
CarpeCarbon's first industrial Direct Air Capture system is born in the Michelin factory in Cuneo
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CarpeCarbon has built a pilot plant in Turin and is now planning the first integrated industrial plant.
The agreement between the innovative startup CarpeCarbon and Michelin Italiana will lead to the creation of an industrial project for the capture and valorisation of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the Michelin plant in Cuneo.
After having created a pilot plant in Turin, CarpeCarbon will build its first Direct Air Capture (Dac) plant integrated into an industrial production process in the Cuneo factory, the largest Michelin tire production site in Western Europe.
According to the agreement, the project will make available the carbon dioxide captured directly from the atmosphere for specific industrial applications present on the site, contributing to the replacement of a portion of the carbon dioxide that the Michelin plant currently receives from external suppliers.
In addition, the part of the captured carbon dioxide that will not be delivered to Michelin will be managed independently by CarpeCarbon and destined for permanent storage, thus completing the process of removal from the atmosphere.
The plant will have a nominal capacity of 300 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The DAC plant is expected to come into operation in the second half of 2027.
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