- Unique test facility comprising a bioreactor and electrolyzer under construction in Marl (Germany)
- High-value specialty chemicals produced from CO2 and water using electricity from renewable sources and bacteria
- Rheticus II will receive funding of around €3.5 million from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Evonik and Siemens launched their joint research project Rheticus II. The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide (CO2) and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. In the Rheticus I project, the two companies worked for two years to develop the technically feasible basis for artificial photosynthesis using a bioreactor and electrolyzers. Evonik and Siemens are now combining these two, previously separate, plants in a test facility at Evonik’s site in Marl (Germany). Rheticus II will run until 2021 and will receive funding of around €3.5 million from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
