RepAir Carbon Expands to Luxembourg
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– RepAir Carbon, an Israeli direct air capture technology company, has opened a European headquarters in Luxembourg to expand into the industrial decarbonization market.
– Its electrochemical system captures diluted CO₂ using 70% less energy than conventional methods by operating without heat or solvents.
– The company has established commercial projects, including a carbon removal hub in Louisiana with Shell and Mitsubishi and a partnership in France with C-Questra.
– The European expansion is led by Jean-Philippe Hiegel and aims to align with developing EU regulations like the Carbon Removal Certification Framework.
– The move is supported by a recent $15 million funding round and will involve participation in Luxembourg’s national carbon management taskforce.
A significant new player is entering the European market for industrial decarbonization. RepAir Carbon, an Israeli developer of innovative electrochemical direct air capture technology, has established its European headquarters in Luxembourg. This strategic move positions the company to capitalize on the region’s maturing regulatory environment and growing demand for carbon removal solutions.
The expansion is spearheaded by Jean-Philippe Hiegel, the company’s VP of Strategy & Growth. Hiegel brings extensive experience from a seven-year tenure at Norway’s Northern Lights, where he helped build the world’s first commercial carbon transport and storage infrastructure. From the new Luxembourg base, he will lead the company’s regional operations.
RepAir’s core technology tackles a major economic hurdle in the carbon capture sector: excessive energy consumption. Traditional methods are often prohibitively energy-intensive, especially when processing the diluted CO₂ streams common in industrial operations. In contrast, RepAir’s solid-state electrochemical system operates without heat, liquids, or solvents. It effectively captures carbon dioxide from sources like gas turbines, aluminum smelters, and even ambient air at concentrations below 5%, using an estimated 70% less energy than conventional approaches.
The system functions like a specialized battery. Air or flue gas enters a reaction chamber where electrodes interact with CO₂ across a membrane, concentrating and capturing it in one streamlined process. This novel approach has earned RepAir recognition from BloombergNEF, which listed the firm among 14 leading global Direct Air Capture companies.
Commercial deployment is already underway. In the United States, RepAir is a technology provider for the Pelican Gulf Coast Carbon Removal hub in Louisiana. This project, supported by a $4.9 million grant from the U. S. Department of Energy, involves partners like Shell and Mitsubishi. The company’s European activities include a 2024 partnership with Dutch startup C-Questra to develop the EU’s first onshore DAC and storage project near Paris. Additional projects are active in Texas and Greece.
The Luxembourg office solidifies this European footprint and aligns the company with key regulatory developments. These include the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework, buyer’s club mechanisms for carbon removal, and the ReFuelEU Aviation initiative, which will generate sustained demand for captured CO₂ as a feedstock. RepAir will also join Luxembourg’s national CCUS & CDR Taskforce, a government-led initiative to advance the country’s carbon management policies.
For RepAir, Luxembourg provides strategic advantages including proximity to industrial partners, access to climate-focused investors, and a multilingual talent pool. This expansion follows a $15 million Series A extension raised in April 2025. The round was co-led by Taranis Carbon Ventures and Extantia Capital, with participation from Ormat Technologies and Repsol. It also included a $3 million non-dilutive grant from the Israeli Innovation Authority.
(Source: The Next Web)