CO₂ capture efficiency
up to 90%
60% in the pilot phase, 90% in the industrial operation phase
LIFE Programme 2021-2027 · Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation sub-programme
LIFE AGHETA
LIFE AGHETA is a project co-funded by the European Union under the LIFE Programme and coordinated by Italimpianti S.r.l.
Project no. 101294052 – LIFE25-CCM-IT-LIFE AGHETA
The project
The challenge
LIFE AGHETA addresses both challenges at once with a single technology that captures CO₂ and abates pollutants in the same treatment, turning emissions into resources. The project directly supports the European Green Deal, the Zero Pollution Action Plan and the 2024 Industrial Carbon Management Strategy, and contributes to the European Climate Law and to the implementation of the Industrial Emissions Directive, by testing a solution that can be replicated across emission-intensive industrial sectors.
Objective
To demonstrate, in an industrial plant operating under real conditions, the environmental, technical and economic effectiveness of the AGHETA CCTU technology for CO₂ capture and the simultaneous abatement of air pollutants, raising it from TRL 6 to TRL 9, and to prepare its replication in other European industrial contexts.
The AGHETA CCTU technology
Capture, transform, valorise. AGHETA is a modular, water-based catalytic multi-scrubber system operating at low temperature, which treats CO₂, NOx, SOx and particulate matter simultaneously in a single integrated process. Treated emissions are not stored but transformed into two powdered by-products, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) and calcium chloride (CaCl₂), that can be reused as secondary raw materials.
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Capture
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transform
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valorise
Expected values at project end
Expected results
CO₂ sequestered
43,271 t CO₂e/year
NOx abated
44.06 t/year
SOx abated
220.32 t/year
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) abated
0.011 t/year
Population with improved air quality
over 3,770 inhabitants
Technology readiness
from TRL 6 to TRL 9
Replication potential
5
additional plants within 5 years after the end of the project, for over 182,000 t CO₂e/year
News & events
LIFE AGHETA: Grant Agreement signed with the European Union
On 15 June 2026, the Grant Agreement for LIFE AGHETA (no. 101294052) enters into force. The project is coordinated by Italimpianti and co-funded by the European Union under the LIFE Programme.
Read the newsLIFE AGHETA in the press: Giornale di Brescia
On 15 April 2026, Giornale di Brescia published an article about LIFE AGHETA.
Read the newsPublic launch event at CSMT Innovation Hub, Brescia
PlannedPartnership
The project is coordinated by Italimpianti Srl and involves Edilquattro Srl / Bernardelli Group, AC Group Srl, CSMT Gestione S.c.a.r.l. and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.
Contacts
