{"id":670992,"date":"2025-05-23T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/startup-uses-ancient-bacteria-to-turn-texas-co2-into-green-chemicals\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:35:18","slug":"startup-uses-ancient-bacteria-to-turn-texas-co2-into-green-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/startup-uses-ancient-bacteria-to-turn-texas-co2-into-green-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup uses ancient bacteria to turn Texas CO2 into green chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Again, the German-Danish startup using ancient bacteria to turn CO2 into new chemicals, is building a new bioreactor plant in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The facility will be located at Texas City, a major petrochemicals park located on the Gulf Coast. The industrial centre is run by Diamond Infrastructure Solutions \u2014 a joint venture between chemicals giant Dow and Macquarie Asset Management. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building a global company, and that also means taking our technology<\/a> into new regions,\u201d Again\u2019s co-founder Max Kufner told TNW. \u201cThere is a high demand in the US for our chemicals, particularly ones that can be sustainably made on-shore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new facility will capture CO2 from one of Texas City\u2019s refineries. Again will then combine the gas with hydrogen and feed the concoction to a host of millennia-old bacteria. The little germs devour the brew, turning it into commercial-grade compounds like acetate. This is the base chemical in everything from plastics and cosmetics to paint.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most industrial acetate is derived from fossil fuels. By using CO2 that would\u2019ve otherwise entered the atmosphere, Again aims to produce cleaner chemicals. <\/span>The company claims its CO2 fermenter can cut the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of chemical-making by up to 80%.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The petrochemical industry is responsible for 4% of the world\u2019s total GHG emissions \u2014 twice that of air travel<\/a> \u2014 so Again\u2019s tech could make a huge impact. The company also claims its product is cost-competitive with the same chemicals made using fossil fuels.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Again opened its first pilot plant in Copenhagen in 2023, <\/span>which converts up to 1 tonne of CO2 each day and turns it into acetate. <\/span>The company is also currently building a facility in Norway, backed by a $47mn grant from the EU\u2019s Horizon Europe research initiative.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Again emerged from over a decade of research led by Dr. Torbj\u00f8rn Jensen and Professor Alex Nielsen at the Technical University of Denmark. They teamed up with Kufner, a German former early-stage investor, to found the startup in 2021. So far, Again has raised $150mn, according to Dealroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company has already broken ground at the Diamond Texas City site, where it aims to build a new facility and begin production within a year. To bring its low-carbon chemicals to market, Again is partnering with German chemicals distributor Helm, targeting heavy industries in the region as key customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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