CO2RE Pathfinder projects
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Pathfinders – funding innovative new GGR approaches
The CO2RE Hub ran three annual rounds of the Pathfinder competition to fill research and innovation gaps by funding early stage innovations with the potential for high impact.
We funded 13 projects to support research progress to the point that award-holders are well placed to apply for larger scale R&D sponsorship through other channels.
The Hub also helped facilitate Pathfinder project engagement and participation in the GGR Programme, opening up opportunities to engage with its community of stakeholders.
Pathfinders Call 1 (launched winter 2021)
Pathfinders Call 1 projects explored new methods for capturing greenhouse gases and durably storing or converting them.
Use of co-pyrolised biochar in Carbon-Negative Hydrogen Production (HyBECCS) from bio-organic wastes
Evolved aquatic microbial communities to sequester atmospheric CO2
Methane removal and remediation using chlorine radicals
Enzyme-enhanced carbon capture and storage solutions in basaltic rock
Pathfinders Call 2 (launched autumn 2022)
Pathfinders Call 2 projects are exploring methane or ocean Greenhouse Gas Removal methods.
Encouraging Sphagnum moss growth in peatland pools to reduce methane emissions
Removing atmospheric methane using solar driven catalytic membrane technologies
Developing efficient pre-treatment of seawater for process that removes CO2
Modelling mineral particle transport and dissolution in the ocean for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)
Pathfinder Call 3 (launched autumn 2023)
In this final call we funded five innovative projects seeking to improve upon carbon storage capacity, an essential component to sustainably meet net-zero emission targets.
