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The first call of the ETS Innovation fund is expected to be launched in July 2020 and will consider CCU as one of the focus areas for projects.

The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the world’s largest carbon pricing system, is providing the revenues for the Innovation Fund from the auctioning of 450 million allowances from 2020 to 2030, as well as any unspent funds from the NER300 programme.

CO₂ valorisation will play a major role in the upcoming European Green Deal Call. According to the proposal, potential projects are expected to demonstrate industrial application and therefore increase the TRL from 4-5 to 7 in the course of the projects. Projects can have a duration of up to 5 years and should have a major impact on the advancement of the field.

Following the successful ACT1 and ACT2 calls in 2016 and 2018 respectively, which resulted in twenty research projects being funded, the new ACT Call invites transnational research proposals that address the technological, environmental, social and economic challenges required to accelerate CCUS.

With "CO2-WIN" on the way to industrial application (© industrieblick - stock.adobe.com)

In February, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) started its newest dedicated funding measure for CO₂ valorisation: "CO₂ as a sustainable source of carbon - Pathways to industrial application (CO₂-WIN)".

 

Flanders is officially joining the PHOENIX Initiative as a core partner. The members of the PHOENIX Initiative are delighted and are looking forward to a good collaboration.

A warm welcome to the ICCDU 2019 in Aachen (© PtJ)

The PHOENIX Initiative presented the newest activities at the International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU 2019) in Aachen.

With "CO₂-WIN", the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched its newest funding measure focussing on CO₂ valorisation. Deadline for proposals is the 15th of November 2018.

The BMBF booth on CO₂ valorisation at the ACHEMA 2018 (© PtJ)

The PHOENIX initiative was presented to an interested audience at this year's ACHEMA in Frankfurt. The presentation was part of the CO₂ valorisation session on European perspectives. 

The Group of Chief Scientific Advisors' opinion on Novel Carbon Capture and Utilisation has been published on Wednesday, the 23rd of May 2018.

On 22nd of March the first PHOENIX European Stakeholder workshop took part. A summary of the working groups is now available.

In the workshop in Frankfurt the participants discussed the future of CO2 valorisation in the European context with a strong focus on demonstration and subsequent implementation of technologies. The summary as well as the guiding questions are now available to download.