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7 March 20246 March 2024

Proteingehalt wie Soja: Start-up gewinnt aus CO₂ ein nahrhaftes Pulver

Ein finnisches Start-up braut ein veganes Protein aus CO₂ und Wasserstoff. In Singapur darf es schon verspeist werden, die Zulassung in Europa steht noch aus

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Solein® debuts in Singapore retail stores with Fazer’s snack bar

The new chocolate snack bar is another signal of Solein-powered foods getting closer to market. Solar Foods is set to begin operations of Factory 01 in the first half of this year: the facility will scale Solein production up to commercial levels for the first time

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bp selects BASF’s carbon capture technology for blue hydrogen project in Teesside

License agreement for BASF’s gas treating technology, OASE® white, to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) generated during hydrogen production at bp’s proposed blue hydrogen facility

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ClimateTech startup Cyclize secures €5 Million in Seed Funding for revolutionary plastic recycling technology

Cyclize, the ClimateTech startup from Stuttgart, is forging ahead with €4.75 million in startup capital to initiate a revolution in the chemical industry – the goal: To replace fossil resources using innovative carbon recycling of plastic waste and CO2

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ClimateTech-Startup Cyclize erhält für revolutionäres Kunststoff-Recycling rund €5 Millionen Seed-Finanzierung

Cyclize, das ClimateTech-Startup aus Stuttgart, geht mit €4,75 Millionen Startkapital voran, um eine Revolution in der chemischen Industrie einzuleiten. Ziel: Die Ablösung fossiler Ressourcen durch das innovative Recycling von Kohlenstoff aus Kunststoffabfällen und CO2

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5 March 202429 February 2024

Major Success for CCU: The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) Fully Recognises CO₂ Utilisation as a Net Zero Technology

The CCU community in Europe welcomes the inclusion of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) as a net zero technology and as an eligible strategic technology under the recently agreed upon Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA)

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Commission sets out how to sustainably capture, store and use carbon to reach climate neutrality by 2050

An adopted Industrial Carbon Management Communication to provide details on how these technologies could contribute to reducing emissions by 90% by 2040

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Op-Ed: Facing the realities of CO2 shipping

This CO2 will be sourced from a combination of capture equipment linked to land-based industry, and equipment onboard ships

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Yokogawa Releases OpreX Carbon Footprint Tracer to Support Decarbonization in the Process Manufacturing Industries

In collaboration with SAP, a world's first product CO2 emissions management service for the process manufacturing industries

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1 March 202428 February 2024

PPL, affiliate partners selected for $72 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

The research project and new carbon capture system was developed in partnership with the University of Kentucky and Koch Modular, will be hosted in Louisville, Ky.

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Neste reports increased production of renewable diesel, SAF

Sales were impacted by the delayed ramp-up of Neste’s Singapore expansion and the Martinz joint venture in the U.S.

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New Tech Turns CO2 Into Chemicals With 93% Efficiency, Runs Record 5000 Hrs

Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology teamed up with those from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and spent the last five years looking for a viable solution

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29 February 202426 February 2024

A sustainable fuel and chemical from the robotic lab

Artificial intelligence and automated laboratory infrastructure are massively accelerating the development of new chemical catalysts. With these tools, researchers at ETH Zurich are developing catalysts for efficiently and cost-​effectively synthesising the energy source methanol from CO2

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Im Roboterlabor zu nachhaltigem Treibstoff

Künstliche Intelligenz und eine automatisierte Laborinfrastruktur beschleunigen die Entwicklung neuer chemischer Katalysatoren massiv. Forschende der ETH Zürich entwickelten auf diese Weise Katalysatoren für die effiziente und kostengünstige Synthese des Energieträgers Methanol aus CO2

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Policy recommendations published: How Biosolutions can strengthen Europe’s sustainability, resilience and competitiveness

The European Biosolutions Coalition held the first “European High-Level Summit on Biosolutions” in Brussels, gathering institutions, member states and industry to discuss how for Europe not to fall behind

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28 February 20244 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), February 2024

In this edition you may find that recent updates to the Swiss ecoinvent database offer new implications, tasks about the newly announced key policy project of RCI in 2024, about the European Chemistry Partnering pitching session with a focus on tech scouting, an RCI member portrait and their external publication, a free webinar and the newest RCI member

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The surprise of flash hydrogen

The choice would seem to be between electrolysis, what the ‘greens’ want; or store CO2 in empty gas fields, what the ‘greys’ from the petrochemical industries prefer. Other options still have to be discovered

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Greenhouse gas transformed in aid of carbon-free future

Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in benchtop experiments at the University of Auckland

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27 February 202427 February 2024

Renewable Materials Conference 2024 – Almost final program, workshops and booths still available

World’s largest conference on chemicals and materials based on biomass, CCU or chemical recycling

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Free webinar: All About RC(I)

Discussing the Renewable Carbon Initiative and Strategy, 29 February 2024 – 14:00 to 15:00 (CET)

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IS2H4C: Industrial areas become industrial hubs for the Circular Economy

A new project aims to establish four industrial hubs: in the Netherlands, Turkey, the Basque Country and Germany, in which he focus is on innovative technologies such as carbon capture and electrolysis

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IS2H4C: Aus Industriegebieten werden Industrie-Hubs der Circular Economy

Mit einem neuen Projekt sollen vier Industrie-Hubs errichtet werden: in den Niederlanden, der Türkei, dem Baskenland und in Deutschland, in dessen Zentrum innovative Technologien wie Kohlenstoffabscheidung und Elektrolyse stehen

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Veolia feasibility study highlights potential of UK’s first carbon capture technology to produce sustainable fuels using Energy Recovery Facilities

Innovative carbon capture project could deliver greater sustainability to marine and aviation transport, and achieve ecological transformation for these industries

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Carbon farming certification to cover soil and wetland management

The EU framework on ‘carbon farming’ include restoring forests and soil, wetland management, and growing nitrogen fixing crops

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Carbon Farming: Zertifizierung umfasst Boden- und Feuchtgebietsmanagement

Das neue Zertifizierungssystem der EU über die Speicherung von CO2 zielt auch auf die Landwirtschaft ab. Dadurch können Landwirte für ihren Beitrag zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels künftig entlohnt werden

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26 February 202421 February 2024

How CCU Platforms Stack Up

Companies like Carbon Sink LLC, CapCO2 Solutions, and HYCO1 have developed on-site carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology platforms capable of turning waste CO2 streams into high-value products

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Microsoft-backed clean jet fuel startup fires up new CO2 converter

Twelve uses a CO2 electrochemical reactor - called OPUS - that will be at the center of its first commercial SAF production plant under construction in Moses Lake, Washington

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23 February 202417 December 2024

Products made from crude oil have a significantly higher CO2 footprint than previously assumed

New data sets have significant implications for the comparison of renewable carbon-based and fossil crude oil-based plastics

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Twelve Launches First Commercial-Scale SAF Production Facility

The plant will run on hydropower and use CO2 captured from a nearby ethanol plant, which will be fed through OPUS and turned into synthetic gas, which is basis of SAF

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Bill Gates: Greasy – and good for the planet

Why I’m making big bets on novel fats and oils

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22 February 202420 February 2024

UC engineers’ CO2 conversion helps industry, addresses climate

National research team led by UC professor develops more efficient system to address climate change - a new approach to converting CO2 into ethylene

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Nanoscale research might help convert CO2 waste into usable products

Researchers used extremely powerful magnification equipment to study at a nanoscale how synthetic materials that catalyze and convert carbon dioxide break down

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Forscher decken schwer fassbaren Flaschenhals auf, der die weltweiten Anstrengungen zur Umwandlung von Kohlendioxidabfällen in verwertbare Produkte behindert

Forscher verwendeten extrem starke Vergrößerungsgeräte, um im Nanomaßstab zu untersuchen, wie synthetische Materialien, die Kohlendioxid katalysieren und umwandeln, zerfallen

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20 February 202416 February 2024

Capturing greenhouse gases with the help of light

Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a new method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. It involves molecules that become acidic when exposed to light. Their new process requires much less energy than conventional technologies

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Treibhausgase mit Hilfe von Licht einfangen

Forschende der ETH Zürich entwickeln eine neue Methode, um der Atmosphäre CO2 zu entziehen. Sie arbeiten mit Molekülen, die unter Lichteinfluss sauer werden. Das neue Verfahren benötigt viel weniger Energie als herkömmliche Technologien

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19 February 20247 February 2024

CCS: Breites Umweltbündnis warnt vor gefährlichem Irrweg

Ein breites Bündnis von Umweltverbänden und Bürgerinitiativen warnt anlässlich der bevorstehenden Veröffentlichung der Carbon Management Strategie der Bundesregierung eindringlich vor den Gefahren der Kohlendioxid-Verpressung (Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS)

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The EU has fired the starting gun for the race to deploy carbon dioxide removals in Europe

Positioned as a frontrunner in carbon removal technology, Europe’s policy frameworks are likely to be picked up across the world

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15 February 202412 February 2024

Climeworks and Svante Collaborate in Development and Supply for Direct Air Capture

Climeworks and Svante have signed a collaboration and supply agreement to further advance commercial-scale solutions for direct air capture

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Climeworks und Svante kooperieren bei der Entwicklung und Bereitstellung von “Direct Air Capture”

Beide Unternehmen vereinbaren die Zusammenarbeit bei drei großen CO₂-Abscheidnungsprojekten

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14 February 20244 February 2024

Green Methanol for the Circular Economy – New Catalyst Developed at LIKAT

This process is highly selective (it produces virtually no by-products) and completely dispenses with fossil raw materials

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Grünes Methanol für die Kreislaufwirtschaft – neuer Katalysator am LIKAT entwickelt

Dieses Verfahren ist hochselektiv (verursacht also fast keine Nebenprodukte) und verzichtet komplett auf fossile Rohstoffe

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13 February 20244 February 2024

Wasserstoff erreicht kleine Verbraucher auch ohne Pipelines

Das Fraunhofer IEG hat erstmals alle wesentlichen Wasserstoffderivate und deren Transportoptionen zwischen Importhub und Verbrauchern flächendeckend und umfassend analysiert, bewertet und verglichen

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Advanced materials for solar fuel technology: when sunlight becomes fuel

Producing sustainable fuels from solar energy is an ambitious project and presents major challenges to people and material. In the MAfoS project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL are developing materials for the first industrial solar-to-fuel demonstration plant

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Fortschrittliches Material für die Solarkraftstofftechnologie: Wenn aus Sonnenlicht Treibstoff wird

Nachhaltige Kraftstoffe aus Sonnenenergie zu gewinnen, ist ein ambitioniertes Vorhaben und stellt Mensch und Material vor große Herausforderungen. Im Projekt MAfoS entwickeln Forschende des Fraunhofer-Zentrums für Hochtemperatur-Leichtbau HTL Werkstoffe für die erste industrielle Solar-to-Fuel-Demonstrationsanlage

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12 February 20243 February 2024

Breakthrough for an Alternative to Crude Oil & Palm Oil: COLIPI Receives €1.8 Million Seed Funding for Further Development of CO2-Neutral Climate OilTM

Start up is going to enter the market with its Climate Oil and scale precision fermentation processes to 10 cubic meters the pilot scale

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Durchbruch für Alternative zu Erdöl & Palmöl: COLIPI erhält 1,8 Mio. € Seed-Finanzierung zur Weiterentwicklung des CO2-neutralen Climate OilTM

Start-up möchte die innovative Technologie endlich am Markt testen und in den Pilotmaßstab skalieren

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9 February 20242 February 2024

Drax to launch new business focused on becoming the global leader in large-scale carbon removals

New research published today by Foresight Transitions highlights the critical and cost-effective role that BECCS will play in aiding the United States in the delivery of its ambitious decarbonisation

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“All Set for Carbon Capture in Rakkestad”

KANFA is awarded the first full-scale carbon capture plant for a Waste-to-Energy facility

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EU Commission wants captured CO2 to become ‘tradeable commodity’

The end objective is clear: making CO2 a “tradeable commodity” – like gas or crude oil – thanks to "an EU-wide transport and storage infrastructure with pipelines as the dominant transport means on land"

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8 February 20247 February 2024

Navigating a Renewable Carbon Future with the Program of the CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

Redefining CCU Technology and Empowering Power-to-X Solutions