Projects

Optimising direct air capture technologies for better environmental and social outcomes

Developing an optimal design methodology for direct air capture

Providing certainty in CO2 accounting for photobioreactors

Harnessing new microalgae technology for long-term, verified carbon sequestration

Novel carbon dioxide mineralisation initiated by direct air capture

Waste to treasure: Novel hybrid carbon dioxide mineralisation initiated by direct air capture

Closing the direct air capture-solar-mineral carbonation (DAC-Solar-MC) loop

Investigating novel absorption fluids to make DAC-Solar-MC a reality and mining more sustainable

Electrochemical mineral carbonation for more sustainable mining

Helping to reduce carbon emissions and manage waste streams in mining

Mission Innovation – Carbon Dioxide Removal (MI-CDR) engagement

We're coordinating Australia’s engagement in the MI-CDR Mission. We're also co-leading the Enhanced Mineralisation (EM) Technical Track.

Combining waste rock and beneficial microbes to enhance soil for carbon capture

Using natural soil processes to accelerate rock dissolution and CO2 sequestration rates

Enhancing alkalinity for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

Assessing electrochemical approaches to ocean alkalinity enhancement

Identifying the geological properties of ultramafic rocks for carbon storage potential

Providing data to support the economics of mineral carbonation

Accelerating carbon biomineralisation in seawater to help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide

Mimicking natural processes to speed-up carbon capture