EINDHOVEN (October 28, 2025) – Wim Peters Kwekerijen, an innovative large-scale tomato grower, and Carbyon, a direct air capture (DAC) technology developer, have partnered to demonstrate growing tomatoes with circular CO2 captured from the surrounding air. In a greenhouse at Carbyon’s Field Lab, tomato plants are directly fed with the circular CO2. The collaboration marks a significant leap towards replacing fossil-derived CO2with sustainable CO2 from air, while aiming at a lower cost level and avoiding current challenges in the CO2 supply chain.
In conventional greenhouse farming, supplemental CO₂is a crucial feedstock to accelerate the production of sugars for crop growth and thereby improve yields. Tomatoes typically require 30 kilograms of CO₂ per square meter per year. Currently, this CO₂ is mostly sourced from fossil sources- either by burning natural gas on-site or delivered via fossil-based supply chains. Using combined heat and power (CHP) plants already increases energy efficiency and puts associated CO₂ emissions to beneficial use. Yet, to further improve the sustainability of indoor farming, Carbyon and Wim Peters Kwekerijen are collaborating to replace fossil-derived CO₂ with a climate-neutral alternative.
At Carbyon’s Field Lab in Eindhoven, tomato plants are being grown in a greenhouse environment where atmospheric CO₂, captured by Carbyon’s DAC system, is fed directly to the plants. This closed-loop system not only demonstrates a new way to enrich greenhouse environments without relying on fossil fuels but also shows the potential of DAC for supporting carbon-neutral food production.
For Wim Peters Kwekerijen this partnership perfectly aligns with its mission to move towards fossil-free cultivation with care for nature and society. At their location in Someren in the south of the Netherlands, they operate an innovation greenhouse where they experiment with novel technologies and cultivation techniques to become more sustainable. The next step of the partnership would be to replace the fossil CO2 with a Carbyon machine on-site.
“This partnership is a start of upscaling this innovation in agriculture for climate-conscious farming” said spokesperson WimPeters from Wim Peters Kwekerijen. “Local sourced CO₂ allows us to grow healthy, local food with reliable supply of green CO₂.”
The tomatoes grown in the pilot are already thrivingunder the new system. The demonstration project will run throughout 2025 and2026, with results and lessons shared among the partners to explore scaling thetechnology in Wim Peters’ greenhouses.
“This project is a milestone for both climate tech andagriculture,” said Hans De Neve, founder of Carbyon. “Instead of emitting CO₂to support plant growth, we’re recycling it from the air - turning a probleminto a resource. I am extremely proud that our first tons of captured CO2are already used by Wim Peters’ tomatoes.”
For more information, press inquiries, or partnershipopportunities, please contact:
Wim Peters Kwekerijen
wimpeterskwekerijen.nl
info@wimpeterskwekerijen.nl
+31 (0)4 93 47 04 05
Carbyon B.V.
carbyon.com
media@carbyon.com
+31 (0)6 49 31 95 73
