The Challenge 

Over the last century, the atmospheric concentrations of key greenhouse gases increased due to human activities. These anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are proving a major challenge to the earth’s climate. Future carbon dioxide emissions and current carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere will lead to adverse climate changes on both short and long time scales that would be essentially irreversible.

The Solution

Team RenewCO2 aims to facilitate the sustainable utilization of captured carbon by means of developing a system that converts carbon dioxide into formic acid by using electrolysis. This process is a circular and sustainable process that gives a safe chemical compound while using the CO2 to our advantage. The formic acid produced can be used in many industrial applications and as a safe fuel.

The Mission

The mission of Renew CO2 can formally be defined as follows: “Developing a system that turns carbon dioxide into formic acid by using electrolysis”

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