The latest IPCC report published on Monday 8th October made clear that in addition to reducing worldwide emissions, we need to actively remove CO2 from our atmosphere. This is the only way to protect humanity against the worst consequences of global warming. For the past decade, we have been working on developing and […]
What do energy storage and direct air capture have in common? They are both essential to reach a carbon neutral economy and to limit global warming to safe levels. They can work hand in hand. We are proud to announce that we have just launched one of our second-generation Direct Air Capture plants (DAC-3) in […]
We are on a mission to capture 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025, and today we can proudly announce that we are another step closer to achieving this goal. We have successfully raised CHF 30.5 million (USD 30.8 million) in equity funding from a group of existing and new private investors, as well as […]
We are very excited to be exhibiting on the Kopernikus booth at Achema this year, which takes place on 11-15th June in Frankfurt, Germany. Alongside our partners Sunfire and Ineratec, we will be showcasing our direct air capture technology. Achema is the world forum and leading show for the process industries. We have been involved in the Kopernikus (Power-to-X) […]
Here at Climeworks, we are developing solutions to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goals and a low-carbon future. We knew that the potential for scaling up our technology with carbon storage was enormous, but we needed to get companies on board. This has now been achieved: by removing an equivalent amount of CO2 emissions from […]
Climeworks becomes a founding partner of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions to move the carbon removal agenda forward. At Climeworks, we believe in the importance of collaboration to move forward towards a low carbon economy. We recently began a partnership with the CarbFix Project in Iceland to develop our world first carbon removal solution […]
On October 11th 2017, we launched the Climeworks and CarbFix2 project in Hellisheidi, Iceland, where we installed a Climeworks plant consisting of one CO2 collector module (DAC-1) on the premises of one of the world’s largest geothermal plants. Our goal for this is to investigate the performance of our technology in Iceland as well as […]
At Climeworks, we are searching for solutions to unlock a negative emissions future. After years of hard work and research, we have developed a patented technology which is now in action at the world’s first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Switzerland. Recently, we’ve been working on a different plant – and it’s another […]
Climeworks are delighted to be setting up a stand at drinktec 2017 in Munich, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. Running from Monday 11th – Friday 15th September, the Climeworks stand will be situated in Building C1, Booth Number 643. In addition to a live demonstration of a DAC […]
Today Climeworks is unveiling its proudest achievment to date: the world’s first commercially operational plant capturing CO2 from the atmosphere. We’ll be bringing live updates from the launch event near Zürich, Switzerland. So check out our Twitter and Facebook feeds and sign up to our newsletter to get the latest updates from our ongoing mission […]
Der Verein Clean Fuel Now freut sich sehr, dass nach dem Nationalrat auch der Ständerat heute die Motion Böhni angenommen hat. Damit haben beide Kammern den Bundesrat beauftragt, die notwendigen gesetzlichen, regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen dafür zu schaffen, dass Betreiber, Importeure und Hersteller von Fahrzeugen, welche mit CO2-neutralen, synthetischen und in der Schweiz hergestellten Treibstoffen betankt werden, […]
New technologies will ensure the success of the energy transition. Experts from a variety of disciplines are working now on trailblazing concepts which will allow us to generate, store, transmit and distribute electric power more cleanly and cheaply than ever before. http://www.hannovermesse.de/home
Der 4. Internationale Motorenkongress in Baden-Baden hat beispielhaft unterstrichen, wie wichtig die Entwicklung und Einführung neuer synthetischer Kraftstoffe für die Mobilität insgesamt ist. Die Klimaziele 2050 werden ohne ein Umdenken in dieser Sache klar verfehlt werden. Die Zukunft der Elektrifizierung geht in den kommenden Jahrzehnten Hand in Hand mit effizienten und sauberen Verbrennungsmotoren. Nur so […]
In a celebration of its successful seven years of operation, GEORG is now planning a two-day geothermal workshop on science, technology, and innovation. The aim of the geothermal workshop is to display the achievements and knowledge gathered the past seven years as well as giving the tone for new developments and possible further achievements in […]
During the COP22 Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, for the first time ever a “large- scale technical-solutions conference” for senior delegates by UNFCCC and experts of technology of the 196 states will take place. Focus during the three-days “Low-Emissions Solution Conference” is a presentation by 20 chosen cleantech start-ups that introduce their scaleable technologies. Climeworks […]
Die Climeworks AG, Spin-off-Unternehmen der ETH Zürich und Entwicklerin der effizienten CO2-Filterung aus Umgebungsluft, ist jetzt Teil mehrerer Konsortien aus Industrie und Forschung, die sich mit der Weiterentwicklung von Power-to-Fuel, Power- to-Gas und Power-to-Chemicals beschäftigen. Das Schweizer Cleantech-Unternehmen wird neben mehreren Demonstratoren seiner Direct Air Capture (DAC)-Technologie auch eine CO2 Capture Plant liefern. View PDF
Funded by the Eurostars programme a project between Swiss company Climeworks and Danish Union Engineering is taking shape. The objective of the proposed project is to develop a standardized, competitive, low cost, modular, standalone, and onsite plant for delivery of beverage grade CO2 to bottling companies. The CO2 stems majorly from atmospheric air and is […]
Natural gas, electricity and district heat, water and wastewater: BDEW represents 1,800 companies Members of all sizes and forms of organization / The sectors are the largest investors in the German industry https://www.bdew.de/internet.nsf/id/videos-vom-bdew-kongress-2016-de
The forty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 44) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 44) as well as the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1) took place from 16 to 26 May 2016, in Bonn, Germany. http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_may_2016/meeting/9413.php
To achieve climate targets, e.g. reducing global warming to 1.5°C, CO2 might have to be extracted from atmospheric air on a gigaton scale. There are only a few negative emission technologies with the potential to capture and store the necessary amounts of CO2 until 2100: In combination with storage technology Climeworks’ Direct Air Capture technology […]
The Investor Summit is an invitation-only event at the airport of Zurich tailored specifically to international investors interested in meeting with the finest start-up companies from Switzerland. Just hours before the World Economic Forum begins in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland’s most promising and scalable start-up companies present their business cases to a hand selected group […]
ecoConnect CIC, the UK’s green industry business network, has announced the shortlist for its fourth Cleantech Innovate showcase, which takes place on Thursday, 11th February 2016 at the Royal Institution in London. 36 low carbon technology companies will be pitching to an audience of investors, buyers, industry specialists and support agencies. Delegates can register on […]
Die SWISS EXCELLENCE STIFTUNG hat am 26. Oktober 2015 anlässlich einer Feier im UBS Konferenzgebäude Grünenhof in Zürich den Product Award für drei hervorragende Produktinnovationen vergeben. Die drei Gewinner – Climeworks AG, Silent-Power AG, Gamay SA – konnten ihre Projekte einer breiten Öffentlichkeit mit Medienpräsenz vorstellen und zugänglich machen. http://www.swiss-excellence.ch/news/article/items/erfolgreicher-product-award-event-2015.html
Today the ETH spin-off company Climeworks AG, provider of solutions for efficiently capturing CO2 from ambient air, announced to construct and operate an industrial scale CO2 capture plant, which will worldwide for the first time sell atmospheric CO2 to a customer. The plant will be operational by mid-2016 and annually capture 900 tons of CO2 […]
One of the leading events on Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) of the world Big visions – and also real potential! The usage of carbon dioxide, among experts referred to as Carbon Capture & Utilization (CCU), is gaining momentum. First commercial production of CO2-based polymers has been launched, several additional technologies have progressed so far […]
Audi is active in the development of CO2-neutral, synthetic fuels. The latest project is a pilot plant in Dresden that produces diesel fuel from water, CO2 and green electricity. Audi and its project partners Climeworks and sunfire opened the plant today. With this collaboration, Audi and its partners are demonstrating that industrialization of e fuels […]
Die beiden Kooperationspartner Climeworks und Audi revolutionieren weltweit den Markt für synthetische Kraftstoffe. Wie beide Unternehmen heute am Swiss Energy & Climate Summit in Bern informierten, soll 2015 das weltweit erste Industriemodul eines CO2– Kollektors in eine Produktionsanlage für synthetischen Fahrzeug-Treibstoff integriert und in Betrieb genommen werden. Somit kommen die beiden Partner der Vision einer […]
From Pollutant to Resource. Zürich start-up company Climeworks has developed a technology that filters carbon dioxide out of ambient air. Audi is involved in the project.
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The ETH Spin-off company Climeworks AG, provider of solutions for efficiently capturing CO2 out of ambient air, announces the closing of its series B financing round amounting to CHF 3 million. The proceeds will be used to further industrialize Climeworks’ product as well as to build the first commercial scale CO2 capture plant. Climeworks’ vision […]