{"id":7333,"date":"2026-04-01T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/?post_type=consortia&#038;p=7333"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:03:11","slug":"pyccs-2050","status":"publish","type":"consortia","link":"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/en\/consortia\/pyccs-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"PyCCS-2050"},"content":{"rendered":" <div class=\"block block--header block--header-complex  margin-bottom--big\" id=\"block_48fdd006821218b4a1ba6e9871232978\" data-id=\"\">\n\n\n \t<div class=\"relative\">\n\t\t<div class=\"object-fit-con js-fade-in js-fade\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t \t\t<picture>\n\t\t            <source \n\t\t                media=\"(min-width: 641px)\" \n\t\t                srcset=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-2400x1374.jpg 2400w,\n\t\t                \t\thttps:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1920x1100.jpg 1920w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1600x916.jpg 1600w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1400x802.jpg 1400w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1200x687.jpg 1200w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1024x586.jpg 1024w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-800x458.jpg 800w\"\n\t\t                sizes=\"100vw\">\n\t\t            <source \n\t\t                media=\"(max-width: 641px)\" \n\t\t                srcset=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1200x687.jpg 1200w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1024x586.jpg 1024w,\n\t\t                        https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-800x458.jpg 800w\"\n\t\t                sizes=\"100vw\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-1600x916.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\theight=\"1466\" width=\"2560\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\n\t\t \t\n\t\t \t\n\t\t \t\t<div class=\"image-caption\">\n\t\t \t\t\t<p class=\"copyright-icon\">\u00a9<\/p>\n\t\t \t\t\t<div class=\"copyright-info\">\n\t\t \t\t\t\t<p class=\"caption-item\">\u00a9 Noah Buscher, unsplash<\/p>\n\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t \t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"inner relative js-fade js-fade-up js-2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container container--small\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>PyCCS-2050<\/h1>\n<p>PyCCS-2050 prepares the pyrolysis industry for sustainable scaling towards 2050 \u2013 through fundamental research, technical innovations and the further development of MRV systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"bg--light padding-top\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container container--small\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flexgrid--gutter flex--wrap margin-bottom--small js-fade js-fade-stacked\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"logo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex__item one-half\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pyrolysis industry is growing exponentially, but to become climate-relevant by 2050, it needs lowered barriers and new pathways. PyCCS-2050 develops these: biochar-based fertilisers, platform chemicals from bio-oil, ammonia synthesis from pyrolysis gas, and CO2 capture in an alkalinity\/carbonation reactor \u2013 creating the foundation for using all pyrolysis products as carbon sinks with sound measurement, reporting and verification procedures for national CDR inventories and CDR trading.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex__item three-tenths content-one-half sm-one-whole sm-margin-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"epsilon\">Project management<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Jens Hartmann<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversit\u00e4t Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex__item one-fifth content-one-half sm-one-whole sm-margin-bottom\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"extend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"epsilon\">Projekt duration<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01.04.2026 \u2013 31.03.2029 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex__item one-whole padding-top--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"extend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"epsilon\">Project partner<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Jens Hartmann, Reinaldy Poetra<\/strong>,  University of Hamburg (UHH)|<strong>Dr. Nikolas Hagemann<\/strong>, Ithaka Institute (ITH)|<strong>Prof. Dr. Claudia Kammann<\/strong>, Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU)|<strong>Dr. Susanne Hamburger, Prof. Dr. Moritz Wagner<\/strong>, Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU)|<strong>Prof. Dr. Daniel Kray,  Prof. Dr. Heide Biollaz<\/strong>, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences (HSO)|<strong>Dr. J\u00f6rg Hofmann, Dr. Marcus Lange<\/strong>, Institut f\u00fcr Nichtklassische Chemie e.V. (INC)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n <div class=\"block block--text  margin-bottom--big\" id=\"block_05ce793916535a53776bdb6412f64731\" data-id=\"\">\n\n\n\t<div class=\"container container--small js-fade js-fade-up\">\n\n\t\t<h2>Project goals<\/h2>\n<p>The pyrolysis industry is growing exponentially and for good reason: biochar improves soils and stores carbon long-term, bio-oil and pyrogas provide climate-neutral energy, and pyrolysis plants offer sustainable recycling pathways for biogenic residues even when contaminated with plastics or forever-chemicals. This makes PyCCS one of the leading CDR technologies worldwide today. However, to become truly climate-relevant by 2050, the industry must undergo a profound transformation. Revenue from heat and power will diminish as renewable energy becomes cheaper (solar, wind, combined with heat pumps and batteries) \u2013 new business models are needed. At the same time, using biochar alone is insufficient to sequester enough CO2. PyCCS-2050 develops the foundations for this transformation: we investigate how bio-oil can yield platform chemicals for long-lived products, how pyrolysis gas can be used for ammonia synthesis via the Haber-Bosch process, and how CO2 from pyrolysis plant exhaust gases can be permanently captured by alkalinity\/carbonation reactors. For agriculture, we develop industrially scalable biochar fertilisers and study their effects under future CO2 concentrations. In parallel, we examine how biomass can be sourced sustainably and how CDR can be reliably measured and certified.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proof-of-Concept for Retrofit of industrial cooling towers for direct air capture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7372,"template":"","class_list":["post-7333","consortia","type-consortia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PyCCS-2050 - CDRterra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/en\/consortia\/pyccs-2050\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PyCCS-2050 - CDRterra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Proof-of-Concept for Retrofit of industrial cooling towers for direct air capture.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/en\/consortia\/pyccs-2050\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CDRterra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-01T11:03:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/noah-buscher-x8ZStukS2PM-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1466\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/en\/consortia\/pyccs-2050\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdrterra.de\/en\/consortia\/pyccs-2050\/\",\"name\":\"PyCCS-2050 - 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