BACKGROUNDER
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB
Canada T8H 2T2
T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079
November 7, 2013
CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
(CCEMC) CORPORATION SHORTLISTS 55 PROJECTS
FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING FROM ITS
INTERNATIONAL $35 MILLION GRAND CHALLENGE:
INNOVATIVE CARBON USES
The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation has invited full
proposals from 55 projects from around the world for the first round of its $35 million
Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge is seeking to create new products and markets
based on the utilization and conversion of carbon dioxide.
The projects that have been invited to submit full proposals are:
Proposal Title
Proposal Type
Applicant
Country
An innovative and highly efficient microalgaebased carbon sequestration system to reduce CO2
emission and produce biofuels in all climates
Algae
bio-fixation
University of
Maryland Center for
Environmental Science
United States
CO2 Emissions Capture for Transportation Fuels
Production Using 3D Algae Tank System and
Growth Enhancer.
Algae
bio-fixation
T2e Energy Holdings,
LLC
United States
The Use of Carbon Dioxide in Making CarbonateBonded Concrete Blocks
Bacteria
bio-fixation
McGill University
Canada
Bioconversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals
using engineered cyanobacteria
Bacteria
bio-fixation
University of Toronto
Canada
Photobiological Production of Butanol Directly
from Carbon Dioxide (the sole “feedstock”),
Sunlight and Water via Engineered Cyanobacterial
Nano-factories.
Bacteria
bio-fixation
Phytonix Corporation
United States
Total recycling of CO2 for fuel and feed
Bacteria
bio-fixation
University of California,
Los Angeles
United States
Biological Co-fermentation of Carbon Dioxide and
Methane to Malic Acid
Bacteria
bio-fixation
Industrial Microbes,
Inc.
United States
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion to
Biodegradable Plastics and Drop-In Fuel Using a
Flexible Microbial Platform
Bacterial
bio-fixation
OakBio
United States
Carbon-Based Construction Building Materials for
Structures and Infrastructure
Carbonate
production
University of Toronto
Canada
The Concrete Carbon Revolution (CCR)
Carbonate
production
CarbonCure
Technologies
Canada
Highly-scaleable market-driven mineral
carbonation (HS-MD-MC)
Carbonate
production
Cambridge Carbon
Capture Limited
United Kingdom
Mineral cabonates produced from industrial
waste as a means to produce valuable carbonate
products and reduce CO2 emissions
Carbonate
production
Lixivia, Inc.
United States
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND
EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB
Canada T8H 2T2
T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079
Proposal Title
Proposal Type
Applicant
Country
Development and Optimization of Iron-Carbon
Dioxide Fuel Cell
Carbonate
production
Reactive Innovations,
LLC
United States
Blue Planet Ltd. - Carbon Capture and Mineralogic
Sequestration - Addressing the World Wide
Epidemic on a World Wide Scale
Carbonate
production
Blue Planet Ltd.
United States
Skyonic SkyCycle™ Proof-of-Concept
Demonstration
Carbonate
production
Skyonic Corporation
United States
Solidia Concrete - A Sustainable Method for
Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Carbonate
production
Solidia Technologies
United States
Energy-Efficient Conversion of CO2 and H2S from
Natural Gas or Refinery Operations into Useful
Commodity Chemicals
Carbonate
production
New Sky Energy
United States
Converting carbon dioxide into industrial
chemicals using clean, domestic sources of
energy in Alberta
Chemical
synthesis
Liquid Light, Inc
Canada
Solar Photocatalytic Foam: CO2-to-Products
Through Photoactive Nanoparticle-Stabilized
CO2 Foams
Chemical
synthesis
University of Toronto
Canada
Coupled Removal of CO2 and Desalination of
Produced Water/Brine
Chemical
synthesis
University of British
Columbia
Canada
New Solid Sorbents to Capture and convert CO2
to Value-added Products
Chemical
synthesis
University of Calgary
Canada
Valorization of the contaminant gases H2S and
CO2 through an integrated approach
Chemical
synthesis
TNO
Netherlands
Process Intensified technology for efficient CO2
utilization to hight utility cyclic carbonates
Chemical
synthesis
Carbon Clean
Solutions Limited
United Kingdom
Electrosynthesis of Renewable Chemicals from
Carbon Dioxide
Chemical
synthesis
Kiirus Technologies
United States
Scale up of a process for CO2 conversion into an
agricultural chemical
Chemical
synthesis
Dioxide Materials, Inc.
& 3M Company
United States
Production of Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) from
Captured CO2 and Methanol
Chemical
synthesis
E3Tec Service, LLC
United States
Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid from
CO2 and CH4
Chemical
synthesis
Gas Technology
Institute
United States
Novel Catalytic Technology for Producing
Ethylene oxide using Carbon Dioxide
Chemical
synthesis
RTI International
United States
High-efficiency CO2 capture using novel fibres
in the production of soil conditioning agents and
polymer replacements
Fertilizer
production
CCm Research Ltd
United Kingdom
Carbon-Negative Chemical Production
Fertilizer
production
Carbon Cycle Limited
United Kingdom
Chemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide via
Solar-Powered Artificial Photosynthesis
Liquid fuels
McGill University
Canada
Producing Synthetic Fuels out of CO2 by use of
Solar Energy
Liquid fuels
New CO2 Fuels
Israel
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BACKGROUNDER
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB
Canada T8H 2T2
T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079
Proposal Title
Proposal Type
Applicant
Country
Turning waste into wealth: biofuels from waste
greenhouse gases
Liquid fuels
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Renewable Fuel Synthesis from Atmospheric CO2
Liquid fuels
Climeworks AG
Switzerland
Two Shockwave-Enabled Technologies in Tandem
Liquid fuels
CEFCO Global Clean
Energy, LLC
United States
Manufacture of Chemical and Fuels from Green
House Gases
Liquid fuels
Pioneer Energy
United States
Green Methanol from Carbon Dioxide and
Renewable Hydrogen (Methanol+)
Methanol
production
Quantiam
Technologies Inc.
Canada
Highly efficient production of methanol and
ethanol-derived products from continuous CO2
hydrogenation
Methanol
production
Institute of Chemical
Research of Catalonia
Spain
Flue Gas CO2 Conversion
Methanol
production
Catelectric Corp.
United States
Catalytic CO2 Conversion to Industrial
C1 Chemicals
Methanol
production
National Energy
Technology
Laboratory, U.S.
Department of Energy
United States
CO2 Conversion to Methanol through
Bi-reforming
Methanol
production
University of California,
Riverside
United States
Production of lignin-cyclic carbonates by
chemical fixation of carbon dioxide during biofuel
production
Polymer
processing
MIRO CHEMBIOTECH
Ltd.
Canada
Environmentally Friendly Technology to produce
CO2 Derived commercially used products
Polymer
processing
SBI Fine Chemicals Inc.
Canada
A process for CO2 conversion into polymer
intermediates
Polymer
processing
Dioxide Materials
United States
Electrochemical Production of Polymer Precursors
from Waste CO2
Polymer
processing
Sustainable
Innovations, LLC
United States
Converting CO2 Into Styrene for the production
of Rubber Using Kiverdi’s Carbon Engineering
Platform.
Polymer
processing
Kiverdi
United States
CarbonMaster Carbon Ripper
Solid carbon
products
CarbonMasters
Canada
CCO2 to Graphene Conversion
Solid carbon
products
JRE Petroleum Services
Canada
Converting industrial carbon emissions into lowcost carbon nanotubes
Solid carbon
products
Damascus Fortune
Malaysia
Carbon Dioxide Catalytic Converter
Solid carbon
products
Solid Carbon Products
LLC
United States
CO2 as a Building Block for All Carbon Solar Cells
Solid carbon
products
Yale University
United States
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BACKGROUNDER
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB
Canada T8H 2T2
T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079
Proposal Title
Proposal Type
Applicant
Country
Novel Internal Dry Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Technology for CO2 Utilization
Syngas
production
University of Alberta
Canada
Valorizing Industrially Produced CO2: An Effective
Solution for Carbon Capture and Its Conversion
to Marketable Products
Syngas
production
Enerkem
Canada
Integration of Advanced Hybrid Inorganic
Membranes for Carvon Dioxide Conversion
Syngas
production
The Robert Gordon
University
United Kingdom
HUMASORB® -L for removal of CO2, NO2, GHG’s
and Sox trace metals from fossil fuel combustion
gases and recycling into a value generation
HUMASORB®-CS, a stable multi-purpose filter for
removal of contaminants from wastewaters
Water treatment
ARCTECH,Inc
United States