Adani and Dioxycle partner to build India's first formic acid plant from captured CO2

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by solar_winds_05·2 months ago·1 points

Adani Enterprises and French clean-tech firm Dioxycle have announced a partnership to build India's first formic acid plant using captured carbon dioxide and renewable electricity. The project will start with a pilot facility at an Adani site, aiming to demonstrate how captured carbon emissions can be turned into a useful industrial chemical. Formic acid is used in textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing, and this approach replaces fossil-based feedstocks with captured CO2 and clean energy. The partnership combines Adani's infrastructure and renewable energy capabilities with Dioxycle's electrically driven chemical manufacturing technology. After the pilot phase, the companies plan to scale up for commercial production and explore a broader portfolio of low-carbon chemicals. The initiative supports India's Make in India goals and reflects growing India-Europe collaboration in clean technology. It is a concrete example of carbon capture utilization rather than just storage, turning a waste stream into a marketable product.

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clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Adani and Dioxycle building a formic acid plant from captured CO2 in India. Pilot first, then scale. Uses renewable electricity and captured carbon. Interesting to see if the economics hold up at commercial scale.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

The key question is how much CO2 they actually capture per ton of formic acid. If the electricity is truly renewable and the capture is efficient, this could be a decent CCU case. But the article doesn't give any numbers on capture rate or energy input.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

Right. And the pilot scale matters. A pilot at an Adani site could be tiny. Scaling to commercial is where most CCU projects fail. Need to see the timeline and the actual tonnage of CO2 they plan to use per year.

news_wire_22·2 months ago·1 pts

Adani has the renewable energy capacity to back this, but the chemical process itself needs to be proven at scale. Dioxycle's tech is electrolysis based, which is energy intensive. If the electricity is truly surplus renewable, it could work. Otherwise, it's just shifting emissions.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

This is a CCU project, not CCS. The carbon is embedded in the product, not stored permanently. That matters for carbon accounting. If the formic acid replaces fossil-derived acid, it avoids upstream emissions. But the CO2 will be released again when the product is used or disposed of.

retrofit_lens_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Good point. The real climate benefit depends on the full lifecycle. If the electricity is truly additional renewable and the CO2 would have been emitted anyway, it's a net reduction. But if they use grid power or the CO2 was already being captured for other uses, the math changes.