OCOchem teams with ADM to demo Carbon FluX Electrolyzer technology

In Illinois, OCOchem announced production partnership agreement with ADM to build a groundbreaking field demonstration plant using OCOchem’s Carbon FluX Electrolyzer technology. The plant will be co-located within ADM’s corn processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. It will convert biogenic CO2 from ADM’s ethanol production stream to formate molecules, which can be used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial products and applications.

OCOchem’s technology now makes it cost-effective to convert captured CO2 into carbon-negative organic molecules directly using the highly efficient CO2 electrolysis technologies OCOchem has pioneered.

Under the terms of the agreement, OCOchem will build, deploy, and operate modular Carbon FluX electrolyzer systems in an existing facility at the ADM site, converting water and CO2 captured from the bioethanol plant into carbon-negative formate molecules to replace existing fossil fuel-based formates and derivatives. Plant construction is expected to commence later this year and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.

The companies also plan to collaborate on value chain development for formate molecules and derivatives such as formic acid, potassium formate, and ethyl formate. These will target a range of existing and emerging applications, including crop protection, biomass upgrading, fertilizers, water treatment, liquid syngas carriers, industrial solvents, cleaning products, metal recovery, de-icing chemicals, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and flavors and fragrances.