GTI Energy Selected for Award from the U.S. Department of Energy to Demonstrate Industrial Carbon Capture

GTI Energy, a leader in carbon management technologies, has been selected for new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a project that will advance innovative carbon management technologies and pave the way for a net-zero emissions economy in the United States.

GTI Energy will demonstrate its advanced ROTA-CAP™ carbon capture technology at U. S. Steel’s (NYSE: X) Edgar Thomson facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The project will assess the readiness of carbon capture technology for commercial scale-up and widescale deployment. ROTA-CAP™ is GTI Energy’s modular, scalable, integrated industrial carbon capture system that uses novel approaches to intensify the carbon capture process, reducing the size and cost compared to current processes.

“GTI Energy is not merely testing innovative carbon management solutions, we are demonstrating their real-world viability and economic potential,” said Don Stevenson, Vice President of Carbon Management & Conversion, GTI Energy. “This partnership will showcase the power of collaboration and innovation in tackling the complex challenge of transitioning to cleaner energy systems.”

“Lowering carbon emissions in our operations is a key part of the U. S. Steel strategy,” said Scott Buckiso, U. S. Steel Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer. “We welcome the collaboration with the DOE and GTI Energy at our Edgar Thomson plant, together we’re creating solutions that will shape the future.”

DOE's Carbon Management Market Liftoff Report estimates that the U.S. needs to capture and store 400 to 1,800 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually to meet its 2050 decarbonization goals. Industrial sectors such as steel and cement production contribute significantly to global CO₂ emissions, typically at large individual point sources, and are considered hard to decarbonize.

GTI Energy’s ROTA-CAP™ has undergone extensive system-level, proof-of-concept and performance validation testing at the National Carbon Capture Center, providing the confidence in this solution for application at U. S. Steel. Testing in industrial environments will mature this technology for commercial deployment.