Decarbonisation across all sectors of the economy is vital to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and avoiding the most catastrophic effects of climate change. But to achieve global climate goals, decarbonising alone will not be enough. The excess CO₂ already in our atmosphere must also be mitigated.
Carbon dioxide removal, including Direct Air Capture (DAC), is an increasingly important complementary strategy to tackle the climate crisis.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that carbon dioxide removal in the order of 1–10 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year could mitigate residual emissions and, in most scenarios, achieve net negative emissions to return global warming to 1.5°C, following a peak.
Leilac and Heirloom’s partnership combines two complementary decarbonisation technologies to develop an efficient, modular solution that can be quickly scaled to remove excess CO₂ from our atmosphere.
Both Leilac and Heirloom’s technologies are designed to harness limestone, an abundant and inexpensive material that, when heated, forms lime – a highly effective sorbent for the capture of CO₂.
Leilac’s decarbonisation technology was developed for, and in partnership with, the cement and lime industries. It aims to provide an efficient solution for the separation and abatement of unavoidable process emissions released in the production of cement and lime and is designed to be powered by renewable energy sources and clean alternative fuels.
Leilac and Heirloom’s technology partnership leverages eight years of significant investment from the European Union and cement and lime industries to support and progress the DAC industry. Currently, Leilac’s design carbon capture capacity (excluding the air absorption process that Heirloom will introduce) is more than double the current combined capture capacity of all DAC facilities globally.
We are grateful to our partners and the investment from the European Union for all we have achieved to date. While industrial decarbonisation continues as our core focus, we are very pleased to be able to leverage our technology to help rapidly scale solutions to mitigate the excess carbon dioxide already in our atmosphere.”
Leilac CEO, Daniel Rennie
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the First People and traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work, and draw inspiration from their responsible custodianship for the land. We pay respect to the Elders, past, present and future.
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