4 December 20253 December 2025 From CO₂ to ski wax boxes: NG Nordic and SWIX partner to turn captured carbon into new sports innovation The partnership brings together NG Nordic’s pioneering Carbon2x technology, which converts captured CO₂ into sustainable raw materials, and SWIX’s innovation leadership in high-performance, PFAS-free ski products
3 December 20253 December 2025 Call for Innovations Open for CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026 Prestigious “Best CO2 Utilisation” Innovation Award invites pioneering submissions by 6 February 2026
Aufruf zur Einreichung von Innovationen für die CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026 gestartet Wegweisende Beiträge zu dem renommierten Innovationspreis „Best CO₂ Utilisation“ können bis zum 6. Februar 2026 eingereicht werden
Australia, China poised to lead APAC Power-to-X SAF push amid uneven regional readiness No single country in the APAC region can independently cover all critical dimensions for PtX fuel scale-up, including renewable power, CO2 sources, feedstock supply, industrial capacity, and governance alignment
1 December 202526 November 2025 Greenlyte launches world’s first LiquidSolar™ e-fuel plant, marking industrial breakthrough for synthetic energy The total engineering to inauguration phase took less than 12 months and the final build-out of the plant less than three months
Greenlyte eröffnet Produktionsanlage für synthetisches Gas Greenlyte hebt die kurze Bauzeit von weniger als zwölf Monaten hervor, mit der das Unternehmen zeigen möchte, dass die Technologie schnell umsetzbar und skalierbar ist
28 November 20251 December 2025 Latest nova Market and Trend Reports on Advanced Recycling, Mass Balance and Attribution (MBA), Bio-based Polymers and Alternative Naphtha 8 December 2025 – 14:00-15:30 CET - Online and free of charge
nova’s experts reintroduced: Dr Ángel Puente Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) • Renewable Carbon • Chemistry • Critical Reviews
MCi Carbon unveils scale-up breakthrough at COP30 MCi Carbon returns to the world’s most watched climate summit to invite industry partners to run industrial trials using its CO2-to-materials technology named 'MYRTLE'
27 November 202526 November 2025 Renewable Materials Conference 2026 — Save the Date: 22–24 September in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany) Defossilisation through innovation: Early bird registration, exhibition and workshop booking, as well as submissions for abstracts and innovations for the "Renewable Material of the Year 2026" award are now open
Renewable Materials Conference 2026 – Termin vormerken: 22.–24. September in Siegburg/Köln (Deutschland) Defossilisierung durch Innovation: Frühbucherregistrierung, Anmeldung für die Ausstellung und die Workshops, sowie die Einreichung von Abstracts und Innovationen für den Innovationspreis „Renewable Material of the Year 2026” sind ab jetzt freigeschaltet
26 November 202525 November 2025 New Technology Extracts CO2 from the Atmosphere With a novel process, CO2 can be captured from the air with reduced energy consumption
Neue Technologie holt CO2 aus der Atmosphäre Durch ein neuartiges Verfahren kann man mit verringertem Energieaufwand CO2 aus der Luft abscheiden
Monument Chemical Launches Poly-CO2®: High Performance Polyols from Captured Carbon The company is the first US manufacturer to produce CO₂ polyols based on renewable carbon technology from Econic Technologies
25 November 202525 November 2025 Free Webinar: Success Stories RCI 2025 and Outlook to 2026 – Project results and position papers The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) gives another free webinar presenting its past achievements and future goals
Popping the cork on new low-cost carbon capture method The process uses water and pressure to remove carbon dioxide from emissions at half the cost of current methods
Sprudel für Klima: Forscher beschreiben super simple CO2-Falle Nur mit Wasser und Druck soll ein an der Texas A&M University entwickelter Prozess die CO2-Emissionen zu den halben Kosten entfernen
24 November 202520 November 2025 Unique 50% discount on all nova reports during the winter season Decisions of a strategic nature depend on reliable market information
Launch of EMB Future Science Brief on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal An international working group of thirteen researchers has presented its findings and clear recommendations on the Monitoring, Verification and Reporting for mCDR activities
Spielzeug trifft Nachhaltigkeit: Playmobils nachhaltige Kunststoffe Der deutsche Spielzeughersteller ist weltbekannt in Kinderzimmern. Das Unternehmen aus Zirndorff entwickelt immer mehr Spielfiguren und -sets aus pflanzenbasierten Kunststoffen
Kawasaki Heavy unveils Japan’s biggest ‘air carbon removal’ pilot, plans megatonne system by 2030 Kawasaki aims to scale the system to a commercial unit capable of capturing 500,000 to 1 million tonnes annually by 2030 - one of Asia’s largest announced DAC deployments
21 November 202519 November 2025 DP CleanTech wins contract for revolutionary 50MWe biomass cogeneration project in Spain La Robla Green Project in Castilla y León is a landmark initiative set to reshape Europe’s renewable fuels landscape
20 November 202514 November 2025 From waste to asset: Turning ethanol production CO₂ into jet fuel Manufacturing sustainable aviation fuel with CO₂ byproducts of ethanol production could reduce carbon intensity by more than 80% compared to fossil fuels
GBL, ICT Mumbai launch pilot plant to convert CO2 into clean fuel alternative The innovative pilot plant aims to transform carbon dioxide emissions from bio-ethanol production into a sustainable fuel alternative
19 November 202514 November 2025 LanzaTech Secures €40 Million EU Innovation Fund Grant for first-of-its-kind integrated CCUS project in Norway By utilizing CO rich furnace gas from the ferroalloy production process, this project strategically links carbon capture and utilization (CCU) with carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Recycling CO2 into bioingredients: towards synthetic photo/litho-mixotrophy Advances in carbon capture and gas fermentation technologies enable the sustainable production of one-carbon (C1) and C2 organic molecules, such as formate and acetate, by recycling CO2 and organic wastes
18 November 202512 November 2025 The Realistic Future Of Carbon Capture: Pure Streams, Right Locations, Smart Uses The point is to use it only where it is the lowest cost path to real emissions cuts - capture is not a giant chemical plant bolted on top of another plant
17 November 202511 November 2025 STEROPE: Pioneering Europe’s new model of carbon circularity and industrial decarbonization Transforming industrial CO₂ into sustainable fuels for aviation, maritime and chemicals through innovation, industrial symbiosis and real-scale refinery integration
13 November 20257 November 2025 Exklusive dm-Innovation schützt das Klima, schont Ressourcen und stärkt Kreisläufe Ab diesem November sind in Deutschland bei dm-drogerie markt erstmals Waschmittel erhältlich, die Tenside aus CO2-recyceltem Ethanol enthalten
dm-drogerie markt Launches New Sustainable Laundry Detergent From this november, the first to Denkmit detergents, colour and all-purpose laundry detergent, will be available in dm’s more than 2.150 German store
12 November 202511 November 2025 Last Chance to Register – Advanced Recycling Conference 2025 Alongside core-topics like plastics and polymer recycling, this year’s program explores new developments in biochemical, textile and automotive recycling, plus digital tools supporting scalable solutions for circular systems
Final Chance to Submit Your Abstract: CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026 Leading international event on CO₂ as feedstock invites innovators to showcase their advances in Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technology and Research
CO2-utilization technology makes renewable acrylonitrile The startup company Mars Materials has developed an alternative process that utilizes captured CO2 or bio-based feedstocks
7 November 20253 November 2025 Turning trash into treasure: Scientists transform waste plastics into high-value carbon materials Researchers have discovered how to transform discarded plastics into valuable carbon-based materials that can clean the environment and power next-generation energy devices
6 November 20253 November 2025 OX2 partners with Stargate Hydrogen to accelerate industrial-scale electrolyser deployment in the Nordics The agreement with OX2 paves the way for a hydrogen project in Åland, positioning it as a key hub for large-scale green hydrogen production across Northern Europe, powered by Stargate Hydrogen’s innovative 10 MW Aurora electrolyser systems
Latte of the Future: Ajinomoto Unveils Beanless Coffee with Protein Creamer Made from CO2 Japanese food conglomerate Ajinomoto has introduced beverages using Prefer’s beanless coffee and Solar Foods’s Solein gas protein in Singapore
31 October 20253 November 2025 AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: How AI Powers Progress from Chemical and Material Innovations to Data Security – Preliminary Program now Published Leading experts highlight the diverse role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across circular chemistry, materials, and industrial innovation
AI Circular Economy Conference 2026: Wie Künstliche Intelligenz Innovationen in der Chemie, Materialentwicklung und Datensicherheit vorantreibt – Vorläufiges Programm jetzt veröffentlicht Führende Expertinnen und Experten demonstrieren die vielfältige Rolle von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in den Bereichen Kreislaufchemie, Werkstoffe und industrielle Innovation
30 October 202527 October 2025 Microalgae convert CO2 into useful basic chemicals Researchers from Chemnitz University of Technology, Leipzig University, and Fraunhofer FEP are using microalgae to produce the important basic chemical glycolate from carbon dioxide and sunlight
Mikroalgen wandeln CO2 in nützliche Basischemikalie um Forscher der TU Chemnitz, der Universität Leipzig und des Fraunhofer FEP nutzen Mikroalgen, um aus Kohlendioxid und Sonnenlicht die wichtige Grundchemikalie Glykolat zu produzieren
28 October 202522 October 2025 CO₂ as a raw material: new process makes climate gas usable for the chemical industry Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Ruhr University Bochum and Evonik Oxeno have developed a novel catalyst system that enables the use of the climate gas carbon dioxide as a raw material for the chemical industry
CO₂ als Rohstoff: Neues Verfahren macht Klimagas nutzbar für die Chemie Forschende vom Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, der Ruhr-Universität Bochum und von Evonik Oxeno haben ein neuartiges Katalysatorsystem entwickelt, mit dem das Klimagas Kohlendioxid als Rohstoff für die chemische Industrie genutzt werden kann
27 October 202521 October 2025 EnviTec Biogas unterzeichnet erstes Biogasaufbereitungsprojekt in Belgien Gemeinsam mit Byont die Versorgung mit grüner Energie vorantreiben
EnviTec Biogas Signs First Biogas Upgrading Project in Belgium Advancing the Supply of Green Energy Together with Byont
24 October 202520 October 2025 Nobel Glory Secured: IDTechEx Outlines the Future for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) The structural versatility and tunability afforded by MOFs have attracted widespread interest in numerous applications across carbon capture, gas separation processes, catalysis and many more
NTPC carbon capture project achieves key milestone with production of first drop of methanol using captured CO2 After operating successfully for two years, the pioneering carbon capture project at NTPC’s 500 MW coal-fired Unit-13 at the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in India has reached a major milestone when CO2 captured from flue gas using Carbon Clean’s CaptureX semi-modular technology was used to produce the first drop of methanol
23 October 202522 October 2025 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 to Susumu Kitagawa, Kyoto University, Japan, Richard Robson, University of Melbourne, Australia and Omar M. Yaghi, University of California, Berkeley, USA, “for the development of metal–organic frameworks” Their molecular architecture contains rooms for chemistry
Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach gratuliert Leopoldina-Mitglied Omar M. Yaghi zum Nobelpreis für Chemie Für die Entwicklung metallorganischer Gerüstverbindungen wurde der Preis gemeinsam mit den Chemikern Susumu Kitagawa von der Kyoto University/Japan und Richard Robson von der University of Melbourne/Australien verliehen
Germany Unveils $7B Program To Decarbonize Industry With Carbon Capture Economy Minister Katherina Reiche will offer 15-year climate protection contracts for firms, who must meet binding reduction milestones over the contract term to ensure measurable impact
Reiche will bei Klimaschutzverträgen auch CO₂-Speicherung fördern Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche plant, Klimaschutzverträge für Unternehmen auszuweiten. Dabei setzt sie auch auf CO₂-Speicherung