{"id":3420,"date":"2024-10-17T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:53:28","slug":"using-co%e2%82%82-to-create-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/2024\/10\/17\/using-co%e2%82%82-to-create-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Using CO\u2082 to Create Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3420\" class=\"elementor elementor-3420\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fc21d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fc21d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cbb61b\" data-id=\"8cbb61b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08a984 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a08a984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/2024\/08\/20\/what-if-your-company-took-on-the-net-zero-challenge\/\">Reducing GHG emissions<\/a> is at the heart of any effort toward a net-zero future. But one question remains: what should be done with residual emissions?<\/p>\n<p>Among the available solutions, <strong>carbon capture and storage (CCS)<\/strong> is a proven technology, commonly used to increase production from hydrocarbon wells.<br \/>A promising alternative, however, goes a step further: <strong>carbon capture and utilization<\/strong>. Instead of storing carbon underground, the goal is to transform it into useful products\u2014building materials, chemicals, or even proteins\u2014while reducing GHG emissions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e52737 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e52737\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc7df7c\" data-id=\"fc7df7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a69560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a69560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Valorisation Carbone Qu\u00e9bec Project (2017\u20132019)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6fff05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6fff05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Funded by the Government of Quebec, the<strong> Valorisation Carbone Qu\u00e9bec Project (PVCQ)<\/strong> aimed to <strong>assess the GHG reduction potential<\/strong> of different CO\u2082 conversion technologies.<br \/>At the heart of the project was the <strong>enzymatic CO\u2082 capture technology<\/strong> developed by CO\u2082 Solutions, in partnership with researchers at Universit\u00e9 Laval \u2014 a combination praised for its innovation and potential impact (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca\/infuseur\/communique.asp?no=3700&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">environnement.gouv.qc.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-350f13d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"350f13d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b498ab\" data-id=\"4b498ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbbbad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbbbad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CCG\u2019s Role<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdb48b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fdb48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Throughout the project, <strong>CCG was the exclusive partner responsible for quantifying GHG reductions.<\/strong><br \/>Our team analyzed several CO\u2082 conversion pathways, including:<\/p><ul><li>Transformation into <strong>concrete<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/carbicrete.com\/\">Carbicrete<\/a>);<\/li><li>Production of <strong>chemicals<\/strong> such as acetic acid, methanol, or dimethyl ether;<\/li><li>Production of <strong>proteins for aquaculture feed<\/strong> using <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiverdi.com\/\">Kiverdi<\/a>\u2019s technology<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-558c39a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"558c39a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-869ba31\" data-id=\"869ba31\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc30602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc30602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CCG\u2019s Approach<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d2d12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0d2d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our methodological framework, validated by the <strong>Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MELCC)<\/strong> and aligned with <strong>ISO 14064-2 standards<\/strong>, was structured in three stages:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Identifying baseline and project scenarios<\/strong>;<\/li><li><strong>Estimating the GHG reduction potential<\/strong> for each technology;<\/li><li><strong>Summarizing the results<\/strong>, expressed both <strong>per kilogram of final product<\/strong> and <strong>per tonne of CO\u2082 captured<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><p>The chart below illustrates these results, highlighting performance differences across the various technology families.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d74703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d74703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Image1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3428\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Image1.png 481w, https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Image1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Image1-230x131.png 230w, https:\/\/ccgclimat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Image1-350x199.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1fa1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a1fa1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df68938\" data-id=\"df68938\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e971303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e971303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results and Impact<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7325b6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7325b6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The analyses conducted by CCG made it possible to:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Objectively compare<\/strong> several families of technologies;<\/li><li>Highlight those offering the <strong>greatest potential for GHG reduction<\/strong>;<\/li><li>Support the <strong>selection of innovative and viable solutions<\/strong> for the future.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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