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INNOVATION AWARD
Best CO utilisation award granted to Dioxycle
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French company, Dioxycle, has
been declared the winner of the ‘Best
CO Utilisation 2024’ innovation
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award presented at the ‘CO -based
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Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024’
held recently in Cologne, Germany, and
online. The company bagged the award
for the development of an ethylene pro-
ducing electrolyser.
Renowned as one of the premier
global events for the entire carbon cap-
ture and utilisation (CCU) and Power-
to-X industry, this year’s edition
spotlighted the latest advancements in
the rapidly expanding realm of CCU.
Six nominees showcased their innova-
tive CCU solutions to a diverse audi-
ence of global experts. Following this,
a majority of the attendees participated
in live voting to select the three winners.
Carbon electrolysis technology
Dioxycle’s carbon electrolysis tech-
nology transforms industrial emissions
into sustainable ethylene solely utilis-
ing renewable electricity and water.
As a result, it is capable of generating
carbon-neutral ethylene at a competi-
tive cost compared to the fossil-based
method. Ethylene is integral in various
everyday products including textile
fibres, plastics, and construction mate-
rials.

Plasma-based CO conversion
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technology
D-CRBN was awarded the second
prize for a cutting-edge plasma-based including e-fuels, organic acids, poly- water, renewable electricity, and CO .
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CO conversion technology. The mers, etc. The fuel underwent testing and certifi-
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Belgian-based company developed a cation by the U.S. Air Force in 2021,
modular and scalable plasma technology Power-to-X sustainable aviation fuel demonstrating it is a drop-in solution in
capable of splitting the CO molecule Twelve, based in the US, won the existing aircraft. E-Jet fuel boasts up to
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into CO, all within a fully electrified, third prize for its ground-breaking 90% lower lifecycle emissions, along-
gaseous phase, devoid of solvents technology E-Jet fuel, which produces side reduced sulphur dioxide (SO ),
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or catalysts. The CO is subsequently Power-to-X sustainable aviation fuel nitrogen oxides (NO ), and other par-
x
converted into high-value chemicals, (SAF) using just three components: ticulate emissions.
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