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The growing CO2 atmospheric concentrations, linked with detrimental global warming, and the declining fossil resources derived from power generation, transportation and industries are of great environmental and sustainability concerns. Chemical valorization of CO2 into fuels, chemicals, polymers and construction materials is a promising tool to reduce fossil fuel depletion and greenhouse gas emissions, contribute to decarbonization of energy, transport and industrial sectors and to fulfill climate goals, while storing renewable energy and generating revenue. Chemical valorization of CO2 has the potential to generate products with similar or improved quality and with smaller carbon and water footprints, energy consumption and production costs than traditionally produced counterparts. However, the deployment of these CO2-based products is limited to about 10 million tons of CO2 per year, due to the early stage of development of some valorization routes, the need for low-carbon, cheap and renewable energy and hydrogen and the fulfillment of quality standards and regulations. This chapter focuses on valorization technologies approaching commercialization, consuming huge amounts of CO2 and integrating renewable energy, and reviews the maturity, the scaling-up potential, the climatic, economic and environmental benefits and the bottlenecks for commercialization of the technologies and the market size and price of the synthesized products.

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Abbreviations

AT:

Austria

BE:

Belgium

Bio:

Biological

BP:

British Petroleum

CA:

Canada

Cat:

Catalytic

CH:

Switzerland

CN:

China

coSOEC:

Co-electrolysis of water and CO2 in Solid Oxide Electrolyte Cells

CRT:

Chemical Reaction Engineering

d:

Day

DE:

Germany

DEA:

Danish Energy Agency

DGC:

Danish Gas Technology Centre

DK:

Denmark

DME:

Dimethyl ether

DNV:

Det Norske Veritas

DTU:

Technical University of Denmark

ECN:

Energy research Centre of the Netherlands

ES:

Spain

EU:

European Union

FI:

Finland

FR:

France

FT:

Fischer–Tropsch

HU:

Hungary

IN:

India

IS:

Iceland

IEA:

International Energy Agency

IET:

Institut fur Energietechnik

IT:

Italy

JP:

Japan

KEI:

Knowledge Energy Institute

kЄ:

Thousands of Euros

MCi:

Mineral Carbonation International

MSW:

Municipal Solid Waste

Mt:

Millions of tons

nda:

No data available

NO:

Norway

NL:

Netherlands

NL-DE:

Dutch-German collaboration

NZ:

New Zealand

P2G:

Power-to-Gas

PFI:

Prüf- und Forschungsinstitut

PL:

Poland

QAFAC:

Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited

RFA:

Renewable Fuel Association

RWGS:

Reverse Water Gas Shift

SE:

Sweden

SLF:

Swiss Liquid Future

t:

Ton

Tec:

Technology

TRL:

Technology Readiness Level

TW:

Taiwan

US:

United States of America

WBT:

White Biotech

y:

Year

ZA:

South Africa

ZSW:

Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg

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Ruiz Martínez, E., Sánchez Hervás, J.M. (2022). Chemical Valorization of CO2. In: Inamuddin, Boddula, R., Ahamed, M.I., Khan, A. (eds) Carbon Dioxide Utilization to Sustainable Energy and Fuels. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72877-9_1

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