On 29 April, Guillermo Diaz Sainz from our partner Universidad de Cantabria took the stage at the CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2025 in Cologne, presenting on behalf of the CAPTUS Project.
His talk, titled “Electrochemical pathways for CO₂ conversion: Toward sustainable formic acid production in the cement industry”, sparked engaging discussions around innovative solutions for one of the most hard-to-abate sectors. The presentation highlighted how targeted electrochemical technologies can turn CO₂ into valuable chemicals, paving the way for a more sustainable cement industry.
This work has been developed in collaboration with several partners from the CAPTUS Project consortium:
Universidad de Cantabria (Angel Irabien), Apria (Esther Santos Santamaría), SINTEF (Jan Hendrik Cloete and Lucas Braakhuis), Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas (Beatriz Malagon Picon), and CIRCE – Centro Tecnológico (Monique Bernardes Figueirêdo and Francisco Javier R.).
We’re proud to see CAPTUS contributing to the dialogue on CO₂ utilization and helping shape the future of green chemistry in heavy industry!