CarbFix

CarbFix is a collaborative research project led by Reykjavik Energy, that aims at developing safe, simple and economical methods and technology for permanent CO₂ mineral storage in basalts. It was founded in 2007 by Reykjavík Energy, CNRS, the University of Iceland, and Columbia University.

In 2011-2014, the CarbFix project received funding through the 7th framework European Commission (EC coordinated action 283148). The partners involved in the project were; The University of Iceland, CNRS in Toulouse, France, Amphos21 in Barcelona, Spain, Nano Science center of Copenhagen University, Denmark, and the project leader Reykjavik Energy, Iceland. The first pilot injections took place during the project, and it was demonstrated that the solubility trapping of CO₂ occurs immediately, and the injected carbon is trapped in minerals within a few years using the CarbFix injection method in basalt hosted storage reservoirs.

The CarbFix2 project aims on moving the demonstrated CarbFix technology from the demonstration phase to a general and economically viable complete CCS chain that can be used through Europe and throughout the world. CarbFix2 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Project ID 764760). Five partners are involved with the project; The University of Iceland, CNRS in Toulouse, France, Amphos 21 in Barcelona, Spain, Climeworks in Zürich, Switzerland, and the project leader Reykjavik Energy, Iceland.

CarbFix News

Climeworks and CarbFix2 in the media

The launch of the world’s first carbon removal solution through direct air capture in Hellisheidi last week has received world-wide attention.

CarbFix and Climeworks join forces with the world’s first negative emission plant using direct air capture

CarbFix and Climeworks have now joint forces through the CarbFix2 project, which is funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020, to open the first negative emission plant using direct air capture at the CarbFix injection site.

Generous grants for climate projects

Reykjavík Energy along with the University of Iceland and other international scientific institutions have received two EU grants for climate projects to the combined amount of EUR 12.2 million.

The CarbFix 2 project

There are exciting times ahead for the CarbFix project - the CarbFix 2 project was officially started on the 1st of August 2017.

CarbFix among the 11 greatest engineering innovations of 2016

CarbFix was ranked number 7 in a list of the 11 greatest engineering innovations of 2016 by Popular Science.

CarbFix inspiring young scientists

Last summer Annika Day, an 11 year old girl from San Antonio, read an article about CarbFix and became interested in the project.

CNBC story on CarbFix

CNBC recently published a story on how the CarbFix method can be used to store CO₂ in rocks. The story can be found here.

CarbFix presented at COP22

CarbFix was presented in two workshops in the Nordic Pavillion at the COP22, UN Climate negotiations in Marrakech on November 7-18, 2016.

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The CarbFix Project

The CarbFix team had demonstrated that over 95% of CO₂ captured and injected at Hellisheidi geothermal Power Plant in Iceland was mineralized within two years. This contrasts the previous common view that mineralisation in CCS projects takes hundreds to thousands of years. Industrial scale capture and injection have been ongoing at the power plant since 2012.

GAS INTO ROCK FULL SUB from Orkuveita Reykjavikur on Vimeo.

The CarbFix2 Project

The main goal of the CarbFix2 project is to move the demonstrated CarbFix technology from the demonstration phase to a general and economically viable complete CCS chain that can be used through Europe and throughout the world. It is funded by the European Union through H2020 (Project ID 764760).

Five partners are involved with the CarbFix2 project; The University of Iceland, CNRS in Toulouse, France, Amphos 21 in Barcelona, Spain, Climeworks in Zürich, Switzerland, and the project leader Reykjavik Energy, Iceland.

Publications

Media coverage, scientific publications, and other public documents regarding the CarbFix project.

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