Research and progress with the participation of some of our eFuels Forum friends!
On February 28, 2025, DACMA GmbH handed over a Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT ) after successfully completing the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).
This plant with a capture capacity of 60 tons of CO2 per year represents an important step in the development of advanced CO2 capture technologies.
Next step: Use in tests in port and at sea!
The DAC system will be installed on a floating test platform – a barge in Bremerhaven – from mid-March as part of the H2Mare hydrogen lead project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, or more precisely within the PtX-Wind sub-project. The platform will be equipped with a multi-stage power-to-liquid process, which will be tested in various test series both in the harbor and at sea off Helgoland.
A technical highlight of the system is the integrated unit for pre-filtering the supply air, which was specially developed for the difficult conditions of sea air. This technology ensures that a continuous and stable process is guaranteed even under the changing climatic conditions at sea.
After completion of the extensive series of tests at sea, the system will continue to be operated in the Energy Lab in Karlsruhe and coupled with other industrial processes in order to ensure the scalability and long-term stability of the technology for future industrial applications.
Also on board:
eFuel GmbH, whose shareholders are also partners in the eFuel Forum, are shareholders in DACMA GmbH as part of the Hamburg Blue Hub project.
We keep our fingers crossed!
Photo: DACMA GmbH
