D-CRBN Raises €17.5 Million for Industrial CO2 Recycling Technology

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by clean_tech_44·3 months ago·1 points

Belgian startup D-CRBN has secured €17.5 million in Series A funding to scale its electrified plasma technology. The system converts industrial CO2 and hydrocarbons into carbon monoxide and syngas, providing sustainable building blocks for chemicals and fuels without creating carbon black byproducts. Led by Astaia with support from the EIC Fund and SFPIM, the funding aims to move the company from pilot validation to industrial scale-up. D-CRBN is currently working with partners in the steel and chemical sectors to deploy these carbon recycling solutions at scale.

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clean_tech_44·3 months ago·1 pts

D-CRBN just closed a 17.5 million euro Series A to turn industrial CO2 into syngas using plasma tech. It is an interesting play for the chemicals and steel sectors to stop relying on fossil feedstocks.

grid_watch_17·3 months ago·1 pts

Plasma technology is energy intensive. If they are scaling this to industrial levels, the local grid connection is going to be the real bottleneck. Do we know the actual power requirements for these demonstration projects?

retrofit_lens_44·3 months ago·1 pts

Integrating this into existing steel mills is never as simple as the pitch deck makes it sound. The piping and heat integration alone can kill the payback period if the efficiency isn't high.

policy_loop_31·3 months ago·1 pts

The success of this depends on the EU carbon accounting rules. If the circular carbon molecules are used in fuels that are burned shortly after, the net climate benefit is small. The real value is in long lived materials.