RepAir Carbon has launched a new European office in Luxembourg in a company expansion move led by its VP of Strategy & Growth Jean-Philippe Hiegel. 

Leveraging seven years of experience working on carbon capture and storage infrastructure at Northern Lights in Norway, Hiegel will now head RepAir’s European operations from Luxembourg.

RepAir specializes in an electrochemical DAC technology that can capture CO2 at concentrations below 5%. This system successfully tackles carbon dioxide emissions from both the atmosphere and industrial sources, such as gas turbines and aluminum smelters.

Its DAC solution functions as a battery-inspired electrochemical cell in which electrodes separated by a membrane react with the CO2 present in the air or flue gas drawn into a reaction chamber, capturing and concentrating the carbon in a single step.

The system’s performance and impact have already been recognized by a number of corporate partners, and to date, RepAir has locked in key collaborations in both the U.S. and Europe.

RepAir is the technology provider for the U.S. DOE-backed Pelican Gulf Coast Carbon Removal DAC hub in Louisiana, partnering with Shell, Mitsubishi, Louisiana State University, and the University of Houston. 

The company has projects active in Texas and Greece, and in 2024, it teamed up with Dutch carbon storage startup C-Questra, joining efforts to develop the EU’s first onshore direct air capture and storage project in Grandpuits.

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RepAir’s new Luxembourg office aims to strengthen the company’s European presence at a time when mechanisms such as the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF), CDR buyer’s club mechanisms, and ReFuelEU Aviation are gaining momentum.

The DAC company will take part in Luxembourg’s CCUS & CDR Taskforce, a national initiative by the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Biodiversity aimed at advancing the country’s carbon management framework.

The launch of the new Luxembourg office follows a successful $15 million Series A extension round co-led by Taranis Carbon Ventures and Extantia Capital, in which RepAir also garnered support from Ormat Technologies and Repsol, along with a $3 million non-dilutive grant provided by the Israeli Innovation Authority.

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