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Technical deep dives, industry analysis, and project updates from the CleanCycleCarbon team.
The journey from raw industrial gas to the carbonation in your drink involves more steps than most people realize. Here is how the CO₂ supply chain actually works, from production through purification and delivery.
Cryogenic purification is the most reliable path to beverage grade CO₂. A technical walkthrough of the process, why temperature matters, and what it means for supply quality.
A geopolitical conflict involving Iran could ripple through global urea markets, disrupt U.S. ammonia production, and tighten CO₂ supply for beverage and food producers who depend on it.
The U.S. CO₂ supply chain depends on a handful of large sources. When one goes down, entire regions feel it. Distributed production from RNG upgraders is how you build a supply chain that stops collapsing.
The 2022 CO₂ shortage left beverage producers scrambling, distributors rationing, and prices up 50 percent. It was not a freak event. It was a predictable failure of a supply chain built without resilience.
Beverage grade CO₂ must meet 99.90 percent purity with strict limits on moisture, sulfur, benzene, and dozens of other contaminants. Here is what the spec actually requires and why most sources struggle to meet it.
RNG upgraders vent 35 to 45 percent of their gas stream as CO₂. Capturing and purifying this byproduct to beverage grade is one of the fastest ways to add new domestic CO₂ supply.
An analysis of the U.S. industrial CO₂ market: supply concentration, demand growth, pricing trends, and where new supply will need to come from.
CO₂ enrichment in greenhouses can boost crop yields 20 to 30 percent. As controlled environment agriculture scales, demand for reliable CO₂ supply is growing fast.
Large centralized plants dominate CO₂ supply today. Smaller, distributed capture projects at RNG facilities deliver better economics and supply resilience for the regions they serve.
Cryogenic distillation and chemical absorption are the two dominant CO₂ purification methods. A technical comparison of cost, purity, and operational tradeoffs.
Food grade and beverage grade CO₂ are not the same thing. Beverage grade is stricter on benzene, acetaldehyde, and total hydrocarbons. Here is what the specs actually require.
Biogenic CO₂ is carbon neutral. Fossil-derived is not. Learn how the source of your CO₂ affects carbon accounting, compliance, and buyer decisions.
The 45Q tax credit provides $60 per ton for CO₂ that is captured and utilized. Here is how it works, who qualifies, and how it affects project economics.
A practical walkthrough of how on-site carbon capture systems take raw waste gas and turn it into purified, beverage grade CO₂ ready for distribution.
