Biochemical CO 2 capture A sustainable development technology For energy production and heavy industries First commercially available biochemical process.

Biochemical CO2 capture

• A sustainable development technology

• For energy production and heavy industries

• First commercially available biochemical process

One more tool for adressingclimate change challenges

- No more CO2 to handle -

Greenhouse gases (GHGs):when « too much » is « bad »

• Nature has had GHG emissions for ever– In balance with GHG consumption by natural means

• Increasing human activities generate an excess of GHG emissions– Imbalance with GHG consumption by natural means

• GHG emissions will have to be reduced– voluntarily and/or by regulation

• CO2 is the most prevalent GHG– followed by CH4

Many ways to reduce GHGs

• GHG reduction achievements will be a combination of various approaches

– Selecting the best energy source• coal, oil, natural gas, biogas, hydrogen

– Upgrading industrial processes• to reduce amounts of GHGs produced

– Capturing CO2 after being emitted• for massive recycling or sequestration

Capture of CO2 emissions

• Greenhouse gas emissions are gas mixtures– CO2, CH4, H2S, NOx

• The petro-chemical industry already knows how to selectively extract CO2 from a gas mixture– For industrial use of the CO2-free gas mixture

– Disposal of CO2 at lowest cost

• GHG volumes are massively higher than CO2 volumes extracted by industry– Petrochemical industry technologies are cost prohibitive

Capture - Sequestration

• First, capture CO2

– Extraction form a gas mixture– Condensation, liquefaction

• Then, sequestrate it– Where ? Environmental risks

– Will it come back in the atmosphere as CO2 ?

• Need for new technologies– Less risk, definitive CO2 elimination

CO2 Solution Inc. offers an

innovative alternative

• CO2 gas is converted

into an unharmful liquid by-product, right at point of emission

• No more need of energy to compress or liquify captured CO2

• No more CO2

Biochemical catalyst

Massive amounts of catalyst are affordably synthesized through latest advances in

genetic engineeringProduction costs slashed

by a factor of 100

Using a potent and robust biochemical catalyst,

CO2 Solution’s treatment unit replicates a natural process

occuring in human muscles

- Carbonic anhydrase -One of the most efficient catalysts,now available for industrial use

Attractive features

• CO2 Solution’s reactor operates at ambient temperature

and atmospheric pressure– Lower costs

– Sustainable development technology

– Favorable Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040)

– Can enrich methane-poor biogases by stripping their CO2 content

• The instant by-product is an easily manageable liquid solution of bicarbonate ions (HCO3

-)

Ancillary benefits of theby-product

• CO2 Solution’s treatment unit:– instantaneously converts harmful CO2 gas– into unharmful bicarbonate ion solution

Valuable alternatives to CO2 compression or liquefaction

Added value of by-product

Several HCO3- recycling options:

– Sequestration in saline aquifers

• More affordable than piping CO2

• Irreversible sequestration, no risk of CO2 leak

– Precipitation, e.g. into calcium carbonate• Commercial value in Pulp and Paper, etc.

– Pure CO2 regeneration through desorption

• Valuable local production in remote areas

A plan of actionfor each industrial sector

• CO2 Solution has a plan of action for your industry sector– Coal-fired power plants– Hydrogen plants and gensets– Biogas enrichment for power generation– Incinerators– Cement, aluminum smelters, pulp and paper, foundry

• CO2 Solution’s plan of action can help you reduce your

GHG emissions by 10% within 3-6 years

• This plan of action will be highly competitive with the increasing costs of CO2 emission penalties

CO2 Solution Inc.

• Contact:

Jo LanoëVice president,business development

CO2 Solution Inc.

Quebec Metro Techno Park

Ste-Foy, Quebec G1P 4R1Canada

(418) 650-1913

• [email protected]

CO2 Solution, a partner of choice

to address some of your needsin climate changes