Neustark expands into the EU
Bern/Berlin - Neustark hat mit der Recyclingfirma Heim seine erste Speicheranlage für CO2 in Deutschland eröffnet. In der Anlage in Berlin-Marzahn werden jährlich rund 1000 Tonnen biogenes CO2 in Abbruchbeton gespeichert. In den nächsten Jahren will neustark weitere 15 Projekte in der EU realisieren.
Neustark has opened a commercial plant for the permanent storage of CO2 in demolition concrete together with the construction and recycling company Heim. In the plant, more than 1000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere and bound annually, informs the Bern-based ClimateTech company in a statement. The CO2 mineralised in demolition concrete comes mainly from MVV’s biowaste fermentation plant in Dresden-Klotzsche.
“According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, negative emissions are indispensable in order to achieve our net zero targets,” Johannes Tiefenthaler, founder and co-CEO of neustark, is quoted as saying in the press release. The young Bernese company has developed a method for this, in which demolition concrete is transformed into a corresponding sink for CO2 emissions. “New also in Germany, which is a big step for neustark, but above all for the entire CO2 removal market,” Tiefenthaler says.
In neustark’s technology, CO2 is converted into limestone, which is bound to the pores and surface of the concrete granulate. The granulate carbonated in this way can then be used in road construction or for the production of recycled concrete. In the twelve large-scale plants currently operated by neustark in Switzerland and Germany, around 5000 tonnes of CO2 are bound each year.
Neustark has set itself the goal of expanding its annual capacity to 1 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. To this end, 15 additional plants are planned in the DACH region and in France. Another major step is the adoption of the technology in Holcim‘s recycling plants.