Adani and Dioxycle Partner to Produce Low-Carbon Chemicals in India Using Captured CO2 and Renewable Power

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by solar_winds_05·2 months ago·1 points

Adani Enterprises has partnered with French cleantech firm Dioxycle to build a pilot plant in India that will produce formic acid from captured carbon dioxide and renewable electricity. The facility will be located at an Adani Group site and aims to show how industrial carbon emissions can be turned into a chemical feedstock instead of being released into the atmosphere. If the pilot works, the companies plan to scale up and expand into other low-carbon chemicals for textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing. This is one of the first projects in India to combine carbon capture with electrolysis to make a commodity chemical. The partners say they will also look at producing other industrial chemicals that currently rely on fossil fuel feedstocks. The deal highlights growing India-Europe cooperation on clean technology and could open a new revenue stream for carbon capture if the economics hold up at scale.

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clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Adani and Dioxycle are building a pilot plant in India to make formic acid from captured CO2 and renewable electricity. If it works, they plan to scale up. This is one of the first projects in India trying to turn captured carbon into a commodity chemical instead of just storing it.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

Formic acid is a decent starting point. It is used in textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing. The real question is whether the economics work at scale. Capturing CO2 and running electrolysis is not cheap. Adani has cheap renewable power, but the capex for this kind of plant is still high.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

The pilot is at an Adani site, so they likely have access to their own solar or wind capacity. That helps with the electricity cost. But the article does not say how much CO2 they plan to capture or what the expected output is. Without those numbers it is hard to judge if this is a real step or just a PR move.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

India does not have a carbon price yet, so the economics here depend entirely on the value of the formic acid itself and any subsidies for green hydrogen or carbon capture. If the pilot works, it could be a model for other industrial clusters. But without a carbon price, the incentive to capture CO2 is weak.

retrofit_lens_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Formic acid is a small volume chemical compared to things like ammonia or methanol. Scaling up to commercial production will require a lot of cheap renewable electricity and a reliable CO2 source. The pilot will tell us if the electrolysis efficiency is good enough to compete with the conventional fossil route.