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19 January 202213 January 2022

Researchers Develop Pb1Cu Catalyst for CO2-to-formate Conversion

The next big thing: A new technology for directly converting carbon dioxide into pure formic acid. Novel electrochemical device based on solid-state electrolyte

18 January 202213 January 2022

Sustainable manufacturing

UD and LSU collaborate to advance manufacturing technologies that employ carbon dioxide and renewable energy

OSU research finds way to scrub carbon dioxide from factory emissions, make useful products

A scientific collaboration led by a researcher at Oregon State University resulted in the development of a new compound that can harvest carbon dioxide from smokestacks and use it to produce commercially beneficial chemicals

14 January 20227 January 2022

How to make the EU’s carbon border tax effective and fair

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) seeks to even the playing field by putting a price on emissions from imported goods, thereby creating an incentive for producers outside the EU to invest in clean technologies

Recycling CO2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

A picture gallery of the company's achievements for sustainability and a circulareconomy

13 January 20227 January 2022

Higher Performance, Carbon Negative Plastics, Maybe for Less

ReSource developing FCDA from furfural - a technology which a number of companies are chasing for

A sustainable carbons cycle or a vicious emissions cycle?

The European Commission’s proposed carbon removal strategy, although it contains some good elements, is also problematic and confusing on other aspects, writes Wijnand Stoefs

Commission’s carbon farming ambition just buries the problem, stakeholders warn

Small farmers’ association European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) blasted the communication, calling it “another step towards the financialisation of agriculture and land speculation”

11 January 20226 January 2022

Für Bier und Cider: Wie ein Teil des CO₂ neue Verwendung findet

Betreiber von Biogas-Anlagen in Großbritannien vermarkten ihr abgeschiedenes CO₂, das in Lebensmitteln verwendet werden kann. Das zeigt neue Perspektiven auf

Neste erwirbt einen Minderheitsanteil an Alterra Energy: als Partner werden die Unternehmen Alterras Kunststoff-Verflüssigungstechnologie in Europa vermarkten

Alterras Technologie ermöglicht die Verflüssigung unzähliger Kunststoffabfallströme aus diversen Post-Consumer-Quellen, die sich in ein Rohöl-vergleichbares Material verflüssigen lassen

10 January 20228 January 2022

EU strategy on sustainable carbon cycles is a major opportunity

Carbon is and will remain at the very heart of our value chains, embedded in chemicals that make the materials and consumer products we all use, said Marco Mensink, Director General of Cefic

New ‘own resources’ for EU budget will come from carbon market, executive says

EU countries need to agree to the new own resources or face paying back the COVID recovery fund themselves, said Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration

Unvermeidliche Debatte um CO2-Senken jetzt vorwärtsbringen

Felix Schenuit und Oliver Geden, Experten für EU-Klimapolitik der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, argumentieren, dass der Schwerpunkt für das Ziel Klimaneutralität auf der Emissionsvermeidung liegen müsse und nicht in einer Entnahme von CO2 aus der Atmosphäre

7 January 20228 January 2022

Eyes on plastic bans – back to science-based material policy

Gut feeling says plastics are bad for the environment – but are the alternatives really better?

Langh Tech researches ways to reduce CO2 emissions using SOx scrubbers

First tests have been successfully performed utilizing the existing Langh Tech hybrid scrubber installed on board one of the vessels in sister company Langh Ship’s fleet

Horisont Energi and Helen enter cooperation for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)

Companies will jointly explore the capture of carbon dioxide from power plant flue gases and the utilization, logistics and storage of the recovered carbon dioxide

6 January 20221 January 2022

ZSW succeeds in producing climate-neutral eLNG from CO2 in the air

High-tech system in line to bridge the gap to an eco-friendly future

ZSW gelingt Herstellung von klimaneutralem eLNG aus Luft-CO2

Hightech als Brückentechnologie für eine klimafreundliche Zukunft

LanzaTech and Zara Collaborate to Create a Capsule Collection Made from Recycled Carbon Emissions

LanzaTech teams with Inditex to launch carbon emissions-based fabric for Zara

5 January 20222 January 2022

European Green Deal: Commission proposals to remove, recycle and sustainably store carbon

The Communication also aims to develop blue carbon initiatives, as using nature-based solutions on coastal wetlands and regenerative aquaculture, provides further benefits for the environment

Europäischer Grüner Deal: Vorschläge der Kommission zu Entfernung, Recycling und nachhaltiger Speicherung von CO2

Mitteilung der Europäischen Kommission zielt auch darauf ab, Initiativen für blauen Kohlenstoff zu entwickeln, da die Nutzung naturbasierter Lösungen in Küstenfeuchtgebieten und bei regenerativer Aquakultur weitere Vorteile für die Regenerierung der Umwelt bietet

Novozymes to deliver on strategy with carbon capture collaboration agreement

Novozymes launched its 2025 strategy with a clear objective to explore new growth opportunities. The company is now delivering on its strategy by entering a collaboration agreement with Saipem, a leading engineering company, to deliver new biotech solutions for enzymatic carbon capture

Saipem and Novozymes to work together to create a more sustainable CO2 capture

The partnership will develop new biotech solutions aimed at carbon capture through enzymes

4 January 20221 January 2022

John Kerry: CO2-Grenzzölle sind „eine legitime Idee, die auf dem Tisch liegt“

Der Sonderbeauftragte des US-Präsidenten für Klimafragen John Kerry gibt Euractiv ein Interview

John Kerry: Carbon border tariffs are ‘a legitimate idea to have on the table’

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kery gives an interview to Euractiv about the climate action

3 January 202214 December 2021

Liquid marbles: how this tiny, emerging technology could solve carbon capture and storage problems

The Australian government regards carbon capture and storage as a priority technology, but some critics say it will only allow the fossil fuel industry to continue polluting

20 December 202122 November 2021

Renewable Carbon News takes a winter break – we will be back on 3 January 2021

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17 December 202113 December 2021

ArcelorMittal expands partnership with carbon capture and re-use specialist LanzaTech through US$30 million investment

Investment is ArcelorMittal’s fourth via its XCarb™ innovation fund

EU carbon price could hit €100 by year end after record run – analysts

As gas prices rise, it becomes more economical to burn coal, which requires more carbon permits and in turn pushes up prices on the carbon market

16 December 202116 December 2021

Political Tailwind for Alternative Carbon Sources

More than 30 leading pioneers of the chemical and material sector welcome the latest political papers from Brussels, Berlin and Düsseldorf

Advances in converting CO2 into polymers

Sreeparna Das, independent specialist consultant to the chemicals industry and contributor to materials database Matmatch, outlines some key advancements in the market

15 December 20219 December 2021

Covestro CEO Dr. Markus Steilemann Featured in Newsletter

The Global CO2 Initiative interviews in its partner profile a visionary and very active leader

14 December 20219 December 2021

The First Winners Of Elon Musk’s $100 Million Carbon Removal Xprize Competition Have Been Announced

A quick view over some promising trials made from students and industry

Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -nutzung für Rohstoffversorgung nötig

Umweltbundesamt warnt davor, fossiles CO2 in CCU zu verwenden

Carbon capture and utilization necessary for raw material supply

German environment agency warns against using fossil CO2 in CCU

13 December 202110 December 2021

From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2

Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air

10 December 20217 December 2021

Policy critical to unlock Carbon Capture and Utilisation in Europe

If the policy context will be navigated effectively, there are many opportunities for decarbonisation across several sectors

9 December 20216 December 2021

Fast 200 Teilnehmende diskutierten auf der Carbon2Chem®-Konferenz Wege zu einer klimaneutralen und nachhaltigen Industrie

4. Konferenz zur nachhaltigen chemischen Konversion in der Industrie gab einen kurzen Überblick zum Status Quo der deutschen Klimagas-Wirtschaft

8 December 20216 December 2021

Enerkem achieves a major breakthrough by producing sustainable aviation fuel from local forest biomass

The research is part of The Sky’s the Limit Challenge organized by Natural Resources Canada and for which Enerkem was selected as a finalist

7 December 20216 December 2021

nova’s experts (re)introduced: Guido Müller

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3 December 202130 November 2021

World BioEconomy Forum awards 2021; winners to unfold their stories in panel discussion

The Awards recognise special efforts made by companies and individuals in an effort to promote and enhance the global circular bioeconomy

2 December 202129 November 2021

Energy Conversion: Make carbonate not carbon dioxide

LMU scientists at the Nano-Institute Munich developed a technique to avoid CO2 in energy conversion processes with carbon-containing fuels

Neue Methode: Karbonat statt Kohlendioxid

LMU-Nanowissenschaftler haben eine Technik entwickelt, kohlenstoffhaltige in kohlenstofffreie Brennstoffe umzuwandeln, ohne CO2 frei werden zu lassen

1 December 202126 November 2021

Carbon capture and utilisation technologies are solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and move away from fossil resources

CCU is a broad term that covers processes that aim at capturing CO2 from flue gas or directly from the air and converting it into a variety of products such as renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials

30 November 202126 November 2021

New IEAGHG report: 2021-02 CO2 as a Feedstock: Comparison of CCU Pathways

As well as storing the CO2 in geological formations, there is increasing interest in the chemical transformation of captured CO2 to value-added products

Bakterien als Klima-Helden

Um in Zukunft eine kohlenstoffneutrale Kreislaufwirtschaft zu etablieren, werden Technologien benötigt, die als Rohstoff CO2 verwenden. In Form von Formiat kann CO2 von bestimmten Bakterien verstoffwechselt werden

Bacteria as climate heroes

To establish a carbon-neutral circular economy in the future, technologies are needed that use carbon dioxide as a raw material. In the form of formate, CO2 can be metabolised by certain bacteria

26 November 202124 November 2021

Science To The Rescue: Sustainable and scalable CO2 capture tech

One hour long documentary by Trevor Vaugh getting up close and personal with some of the challenge teams trying to win the Future Innovator Prize funds

New Technique Improves Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuels

A copper surface coated with layered thin films helps to create useful chemicals from a polluting greenhouse gas

Barton Blakeley Technologies develops first-of-its-kind carbon capture facility in Hertfordshire

Barton Blakeley Technologies, based at Rothamsted Research, has developed the world’s first carbon conversion system, converting CO2 emissions into silica

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