CarbonOcean - Value creation from emissions
Green CO₂ as a raw material of the future
Sustainably Impacting Climate Change – through CO₂ -Removal from Seawater!
With cutting-edge technology, a dedicated team of experts, and collaboration with a world-leading research institute, we are setting new standards in the development of efficient methods for CO₂ extraction from seawater. Our goal: to make a meaningful contribution to mitigating the climate crisis.
By combining cutting-edge scientific research with innovative technologies, we are shaping a sustainable future. Together, we can actively reduce the CO₂ -burden on our oceans – creating a world where environmental protection and technological innovation go hand in hand.
Efficient CO₂ removal from seawater – Technologies for a climate-neutral future
The oceans absorb around 25 to 30% of man-made CO₂ emissions and thus play a central role in the global carbon cycle. Due to its high solubility and chemical conversion into bicarbonate and carbonate, seawater contains around 140 times more inorganic carbon per unit volume than the atmosphere. It is in dynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere via air-sea exchange.
CarbonOcean develops technologies that utilise this principle: we remove CO₂ from the atmosphere by using seawater as a reaction medium, which continuously draws CO₂ from the air via the air-sea equilibrium. At the same time, we tap into CO₂ as a raw material for a climate-neutral economy, from sustainable fuels and building materials to chemical recyclables.
Our solution offers several advantages:
- Higher Efficiency: Instead of filtering CO₂ from the thin air, the Carbon Loop uses Procedure, CLP"Seawater as a reaction medium. Since dissolved inorganic carbon is present in significantly higher concentrations there, CO₂ can be indirectly removed from the atmosphere in an energy-efficient manner: seawater continuously equilibrates with the air and draws in new CO₂.
- Effective atmospheric relief: By deliberately disrupting the air-sea balance, atmospheric CO₂ is permanently converted into solid or reusable forms.
- Usable CO₂ instead of waste product: The captured CO₂ is not a final storage material, but a raw material: it can be further processed into climate-neutral fuels, building materials or chemical products. This creates a regenerative carbon cycle as an alternative to pure storage.
Science and technology working hand in hand: CarbonOcean combines geochemical understanding, industrial process engineering and innovative materials research to create a new CO₂ circular economy that brings together climate protection and economic development.
Benedikt Brambs
CarbonOcean combines technological innovation with industrial applicability, making climate neutrality a reality
Prof. Dr. Peter Herzig
The CarbonOcean approach offers enormous climate-related potential and combines CO2 reduction with CO2 utilisation.
... development of effective climate technologies.
... collaboration with business and industry
…CO2 as a technical product
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Johanna Wanka
Prof. Dr. Michael Bruno Klein
Based on the collaboration with GEOMAR, one of the world’s leading marine research institutes, the CarbonOcean approach defines a new future shaped from the perspective of the ocean – technologically ambitious, ecologically regenerative, economically value-driven, and socially accepted.
Oliver R. Baumann
Green CO₂, obtained from renewable sources or thanks to innovative technologies, will represent a sustainable alternative to CO₂ based on fossil emissions. Utilising existing CO₂ as a circular economy and avoiding a further increase in atmospheric CO₂.
Dave L. Deck
Green CO₂ is increasingly recognised as a raw material for a sustainable future. While CO₂ was traditionally considered a harmful waste product of industry, our modern new technology enables it to be used as a valuable raw material for a carbon-neutral future.