• Partanna’s carbon negative concrete is already being deployed throughout the Kingdom.
• R&D project aims to identify new processes that will enable the ultrafast absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere.
• By combining Partanna’s materials science expertise, and KAUST’s innovative Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, both parties aim to delink Saudi Arabia’s development from pollution.

Materials science company Partanna Global has entered a research and development partnership with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), aimed at accelerating the CO2 removal properties of the company’s patented process for producing concrete.

The initiative is set to last 12 months and will integrate Partanna’s exclusive formula with KAUST’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to maximize the ecological and structural advantages of Partanna’s product.

Partanna Concrete ‘breathes like a tree’, pulling CO2 directly from the atmosphere over its lifecycle, while avoiding emissions during production.

Partanna’s process requires zero Portland Cement – a material responsible for 9% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Instead – the company uses a binder made from natural and recycled materials that are available throughout the Kingdom, including brine. This binder is cured at room temperature, avoiding the need for the clinkering process or industrial heating. Through initiating a chemical reaction, Partanna’s binder contains compounds that react with and then absorb atmospheric CO2 molecules.