Graforce, Berlin Hotel unveil negative emissions technology

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 -- The Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin is set to become the first hotel and event location worldwide with a negative CO₂ balance when generating heat.

This is due to Graforce-developed methane plasmalysis technology, whereby the MOA Berlin will not only generate its heat without any emissions. It will also be able to extract CO₂ from the atmosphere – while heating.

According to a statement, the MOA Berlin is no longer heating with natural gas but with hydrogen from biogas as the methane plasmalysis technology splits the biogas into hydrogen and solid carbon.

Using electricity from renewable energies, methane plasmalysis is just as climate-friendly as electrolysis – but the costs are significantly lower.

For the zero-emission heating process, the MOA Berlin uses modified gas condensing boilers fuelled by a mixture of green hydrogen and biogas. The mixing ratio is controlled by the methane plasmalyser.

The solid carbon can be used as an industrial raw material, for paints and ceramics or, as in the case of the MOA Berlin, for producing asphalt.

Thus, Graforce offers the worldwide first market-ready technology for CO₂ reduction and a green alternative to the controversial CCS storage.

The German company Graforce has developed new plasma applications for inexpensively producing green hydrogen and other valuable industrial gases from residual materials. Details at www.graforce.com/EN.

-- BERNAMA