Biological Carbon Dioxide Capture & Utilization (Bio-CCU)
Sheffield is a powerhouse of CCU research in the UK:
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Sheffield is the lead of CO2Chem network.
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Sheffield hosts one of the UK’s largest energy research institutes – Energy2050, in which CO2 capture & utilization is a key focus.
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Sheffield is a core member of the Centre for Low Carbon Futures.
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Sheffield hosts the UK Centre for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation (CDUUK).
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Sheffield is the lead of EPSRC-funded 4CU programme grant.
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Prof. Peter Styring is the co-author of the influential book “Carbon Capture and Utilisation in the Green Economy” and the Elsevier textbook “Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: closing the carbon cycle”.
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Our bio-CCU work is funded by an American polymer company (bound by non-disclosure agreement), ERASynBio and CONACYT.
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Our work was cited by Nature Biotechnology.
In Bio-CCU, we focus mainly on Cupriavidus necator H16 (also known as Ralstonia eutropha H16).