Sue Surkes is the environmental reporter for The Times of Israel.
Israeli company Airovation Technologies said Monday it has signed a memorandum with Phoenicia, the country’s sole glass maker, to install generation that converts the plant’s carbon dioxide emissions into minerals that can be used in the glass production process.
After more than a decade of studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Airovation Technologies has evolved to capture sodium carbonate from carbon dioxide at the point where it is emitted.
Sodium carbonate, also known as sodium carbonate, is a key component in glass making. Its CO2 extraction is carried out through a patented chemical invention that uses superoxide radical, nature’s toughest oxidizer.
Airovation is also running on the extraction of carbon dioxide that can be sold in Israel for use in the food, feed and fertilizer industries.
The new memorandum of understanding with Phoenicia, which is located in the southern city of Yeruham, will see Airovation execute a two-phase expansion process, which will eventually lead to the first all-advertising unit. This will reduce Phoenicia’s global warming carbon emissions, contribute to a circular economy and decrease the company’s dependence on sodium carbonate imports, according to an Airovation.
“By partnering with Israel’s only glass manufacturer, we have taken steps to not only put our generation into action, but also to revolutionize the glass industry in our country,” said Gil Tomer, co-founder and COO of Airovation.
Michel Ben Simon, CEO of Phoenicia, said: “Phoenicia is very happy with an Israeli start-up and cooperates in the execution of this pilot project.
Ben Simon pointed out that Phoenicia is also the factory in the country that can recycle glass bottles collected under a national deposit law.
Phoenicia built a natural gas-fired power plant that is expected to start operating within two months, he said, and installed a facility a decade ago to prevent emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate pollutants.
Earlier this month, Airovation Technologies announced a memorandum with Kolon Industries Inc. of Korea, a chemical and textile production company, to collaborate on a three-phase scale-up procedure for carbon sequestration.
Airovation Technologies will participate in Israel’s premier business occasion on weather technologies at the upcoming UN COP27 weather conference, which will kick off in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 6.
The event will take place on November 8 at four in the afternoon. At nine o’clock in the evening, the Israel Export Institute will partner with the Foreign Trade Administration of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Association of Israeli Manufacturers to provide Israeli responses in the fields of energy, water scarcity, agriculture and food technology.
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