1st edition winner
“CO₂UP: Scaling the hydrothermal CO₂ reduction process using biomass as a reducer” by the Bioeconomics Institute of the University of Valladolid (IB-UVA)
The proposal offers an innovative technology in the field of CO2 capture and reduction processes, replacing the regeneration of an adsorbent/absorbent with a hydrothermal CO2 reduction process, using compounds obtained from the biomass as reducing agents. It contemplates the design, construction and operation of a pilot plant to increase the technology readiness level to TRL = 5.