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Coordinator is looking for a partner for the EIC Pathfinder Open from the Northern Europe (Scandinavian countries, Northern Germany, Northern UK)

Summary

Profile Type
  • Research & Development Request
POD Reference
RDRFR20250113026
Term of Validity
13 January 2025 - 13 January 2026
Company's Country
  • France
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement
Targeted Countries
  • Greenland
  • Sweden
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
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General information

Short Summary
The project aims at developing a technology that captures carbon dioxide from flue gas using a gas hydrate process in natural conditions.
Full Description
Big French R&D Institution is preparing EIC Pathfinder as a Coordinator and is looking for a company from the Northern Europe.
The current concepts of gas-hydrate-based CO2 capture from post-combustion flue gas generally require adding additives or promoters to reduce pressure and temperature requirements for gas hydrate formation.
The main challenge of this process is maintaining the necessary thermodynamic conditions on a large scale.
The technology differs from what is already known because it uses naturally-imposed temperature conditions to form a gas hydrate.
Some preliminary experiments performed in the laboratory have suggested the possibility of this technology to capture carbon dioxide from flue gas. However, further studies are required for the industrial development of this technology.
Advantages and Innovations
The technology can address the challenges mentioned above to facilitate the scaling up from laboratory experiments to industrial-scale operations because:

(1) it uses naturally-imposed temperature conditions (thus, the energy cost related to temperature control is zero);
(2) it uses a sand bed (which is abundantly available in nature), providing a higher contact surface between gas and water to accelerate hydrate formation (thus, there is no need for chemical additives or promoters);
(3) it uses a static process where there is only gas flux (thus, there is no need to stir or circulate hydrate slurries);
(4) it uses parallel hydrate reactions without hydrates slurries circulation (thus, there is no risk of hydrate blockage).
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
Field of expertise/experience:
- previous experience in developing technologies for carbon capture
- previous experience in deploying technologies for carbon capture from post-combustion flue gas emitted from industrial sites
Stage of Development
  • Under development
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
IPR status
  • Secret know-how

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
Type of partner sought: company from the Northern Europe, with cold climate. Company (small or big) from Scandinavian countries or Northern Germany or Northern UK.

1) company providing services for carbon capture and want to develop the portfolio by adding new technologies
2) company emitting flue gas and want explore new technologies for carbon capture from post-combustion flue gas emitted from industrial sites (e.g., coal power plants, cement production, steel and iron production, natural gas treatment).

Field of expertise/experience:
- previous experience in developing technologies for carbon capture
- previous experience in deploying technologies for carbon capture from post-combustion flue gas emitted from industrial sites

Tasks to be performed by the partner sought:
- Provide industrial advice to the development of our technology
- Participate in validating the technology in the lab
Type and Size of Partner
  • Big company
  • SME <=10
  • SME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
  • Research and development cooperation agreement

Call details

Framework program
  • Access to finance
Call title and identifier
https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder/eic-pathfinder-open_en
Submission and evaluation scheme
EIC Pathfinder Open
Coordinator required
No
Deadline for EoI
Deadline of the call
Web link to the call
https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder/eic-pathfinde…

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 10002003 - Capture and Storage of CO2
  • 04002003 - Compression and liquefaction of gases
  • 04003001 - Gaseous fossil fuel
  • 04006 - Biogas and anaerobic digestion (AD)
Market keywords
  • 06002001 - Oil, gas and coal
  • 06001007 - Other oil and gas
  • 06008 - Energy Storage
Targeted countries
  • Greenland
  • Sweden
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany