Calix to develop zero carbon shipping

Industrial technology company Calix has been awarded a grant of $8.73 million (UK 5 million pounds) by government funder Innovate UK to demonstrate a low-cost route to decarbonise.

Calix subsidiary Leilac, which is commercialising Calix’s novel kiln technology to decarbonise cement and lime production, won the grant in a project led by Windship Technology Ltd.

It will demonstrate a route to decarbonise shipping with a combination of renewably powered propulsion and a lime-based carbon capture solution for remaining emissions.

Lime is a highly effective sorbent for the capture of CO2, however the lime itself must be produced with low or zero emissions.

Leilac will receive $1.75 million support for a $2.9 million programme to demonstrate the delivery of lime to a onboard exhaust scrubber for CO2 capture.

Future installations of the technology will utilise zero emissions lime produced by a Leilac reactor.

Calix managing director Phil Hodgson said the project would combine highly innovative Australian and Uk technologies.

Hodgson said: “Calcium looping for carbon capture with low emissions lime is an exciting application with significant potential, and we look forward to developing this technology further with the support of our partners.”

Marine shipping is considered a particularly hard to abate sector and there are strong synergies with developments in the lime and cement sectors and renewable powered vessels.

The partners envisage 50 percent of a ship’s power to come from renewables, with emissions from remaining conventional fuel requirements captured by zero emissions lime.

Fuel is needed for manoeuvring in port and in storm conditions where wind is not suitable.

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Picture: Windship Technology