About CO2RUe

A collaboration of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, the CO₂ Reduction and Upgrading for e-Fuels Consortium (CO₂RUe) is developing an integrated portfolio of technologies that use renewable electricity to upgrade carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable fuels and chemicals.

CO₂RUe is funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) under its Conversion Technologies subprogram. CO₂ upgrading technologies can increase the carbon efficiency of many industrial processes, including corn ethanol production. Through these technologies, the consortium advances solutions for decarbonizing key economic sectors, such as aviation, marine, chemical manufacturing, and heavy industry.

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CO2RUe Consortium nation labs include the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Berkeley National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Together, they provide capabilities including analysis and modeling, electrochemical, thermochemical, biological, process integration, manufacturing, product analysis, catalyst development, technology scaling, and material analysis.

Our Mission

CO₂RUe’s mission is to develop technologies to upgrade CO₂ to fuels and chemicals to lower greenhouse gas emissions, as well as land and water use, while accelerating the decarbonization of our economy.

Our Goals

Support federal goals of 3 billion gallons of cost-competitive sustainable aviation fuel by 2030 and 35 billion gallons by 2050.
Provide a strategic R&D vision for CO₂-to-fuels efforts and an integrated portfolio of relevant technologies.
Enable efficient CO₂ conversion to intermediate streams via renewable electricity.
Develop strategies for converting C1 and C2 intermediates to fuels and chemicals that achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to current production from petroleum.
Incentivize waste CO₂ utilization to increase carbon efficiency in the bioeconomy.
De-risk technologies toward piloting and eventual commercialization.
Develop project target metrics based on techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment.

Our Team

CO₂RUe is headed by one BETO technology manager and two national laboratory leads. The consortium is also guided by external and internal advisory boards. Learn more about the consortium’s leadership team.

Contact Us

Questions? Contact CO₂RUe to learn more and explore partnership opportunities for R&D in CO₂ reduction and upgrading technologies.

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