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CarbonOcean hat jetzt nicht nur ein Labor – sondern auch ein Türschild!
06.2025
Hinter dieser Tür arbeiten unsere engagierten Mitarbeiter:innen daran, unser Projekt mit voller Kraft voranzutreiben, hier wird getüftelt, getippt und Kaffee in Innovation verwandelt.
Pressemitteilung des Landes Niedersachsen
06.2025
High-ranking delegation from Chongqing
21.05.2025
As part of a delegation visit, Ms. Wang Rong, District Mayor of Rongchang District in the city of Chongqing, also visited CarbonOcean in Kiel. Prof. Dr. Anton Eisenhauer and Prof. Dr. Peter Herzig presented the activities of CarbonOcean. The engaging discussion made it clear that CO₂-related topics are also of great relevance in China. Both sides expressed interest in continuing the exchange in the future.
CarbonOcean – one step further
04.2025
The management team of CarbonOcean, led by founder Dave L. Deck, met in Kiel on 15 and 16 April 2025.
Scientific Director Prof. Dr Anton Eisenhauer (GEOMAR) informed the members of the Strategic Board, former Minister of Science Prof. Dr Johanna Wanka and former Director of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Prof. Dr Peter Herzig, as well as the two CarbonOcean Managing Directors Georg Habighorst and Prof. Dr Michael Bruno Klein, about the current status of work on the COSCEM (Carbon Ocean for Seawater Carbon Dioxide Extraction and Mitigation) project. Dr. Peter Herzig, as well as the two CarbonOcean managing directors Georg Habighorst and Prof. Dr. Michael Bruno Klein.
GEOMAR Administrative Director Frank Spiekermann also welcomed the representatives of CarbonOcean and was briefed on the status of COSCEM as a joint project of GEOMAR and CarbonOcean.
The CarbonOcean approach uses the ocean as a source of non-fossil CO₂ to supply the chemical industry as part of a CCU (carbon capture and utilisation) concept. Coupling this with BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) also opens up the possibility of achieving net-negative CO₂ emissions.
Event for the signing of the research cooperation with GEOMAR, statement by speaker Claus Ruhe Madsen...
15.09.2024
Claus Ruhe Madsen
Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
“One thing is clear from Geomar projects: we know what we don't know. When we look out to sea, there is still a lot of hidden potential that can solve problems above the water surface. Finding solutions through research that you hadn't thought of before.”
“We find solutions for energy or the environment, but research requires not only curiosity but also the courage to invest in technologies without knowing whether it is a solution or perhaps just an intermediate step.”
“The sea is the best product ever, it has no limits, the sea is open.”
Visit to the Hannover Messe
04.2024
Our colleagues from CarbonOcean visited the Schleswig Holstein stand at this year's Hanover Fair.
The picture shows Kathrin Krüger-Borgwardt, Head of Research Promotion and Transfer at Geomar Kiel, and Claus Ruhe Madsen, Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Employment, Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
Future prospects and seawater electrolysis the focus of the project meeting at the Hannover Messe
04.2024
A project meeting on the topic of CarbonOcean took place as part of the Hanover Fair. In addition to the representative of Geomars, Prof. Dr. Eisenhauer, Dr. Thorsten Hickmann (whitecell Eisenhuth), the founder David L. Deck, Dr. Stefan Gossens, Olaf Krawczyk (Ministry of Economics of Lower Saxony) and Georg Habighorst took part. Prof. Dr. Eisenhauer outlined the next steps and the technical structure. One of the topics, whether parallel or integrative to this project, will be seawater electrolysis. There are already concrete approaches to this.
v. l. n. r.: Dr. Thorsten Hickmann, Prof. Dr. Anton Eisenhauer, Dr. Stefan Gossens, David L. Deck
Success for Whitecell Eisenhuth
11.2023
Our partner was awarded first place in the Göttingen Innovation Prize “Hydrogen is our mission” - Whitecell Eisenhuth
History and development
09.2023
CarbonOcean was founded with the goal of developing new technologies that have a positive impact on the environment. Since our inception, we have continuously evolved our concept.
CarbonOcean International AG was initiated in 2023 by David L. Deck in Switzerland, along with the CarbonOcean Engineering GmbH, which now operates in Kiel as a 100% subsidiary.