22 August 202317 August 2023 Equatic’s Transformative Technology Allows Seawater to Capture & Store Carbon Equatic White Paper Outlines Rigorous MRV Framework to Validate Process
Is recycling CO2 into jet fuel the Holy Grail for sustainable aviation? Moses Lake, Washington is a small, pleasant city in the USA’s northwest, along a sinuous, managed body of water that from above resembles a dragon chasing an eagle
21 August 202315 August 2023 Direct air capture of CO2: dangerous nonsense If DAC is taken seriously by policy makers and the general public, this will lend the oil and gas companies delay in reducing their levels of production
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Up To $1.2 Billion For Nation’s First Direct Air Capture Demonstrations in Texas and Louisiana President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Fund Projects to Kickstart Critical New Industry, Remove Historic Climate-Harming Carbon Emissions Out of the Air, and Create 4,800 Good-Paying Jobs
18 August 202314 August 2023 The success of the INITIATE project using carbon capture and utilisation technology Antonio La Mantia, Director of Communications and Events, and Anastasios Perimenis, Secretary General at CO2 Value Europe, explore the INITIATE project that uses carbon capture and utilisation to contribute to a climate-neutral and circular economy
17 August 202314 August 2023 Babcock & Wilcox, General Hydrogen Corp. Agree to Key Terms for Sale of Carbon-Negative Hydrogen and CO2 Produced from Biomass at Louisiana Plant General Hydrogen would purchase and transport off-site up to 15 tons of hydrogen per day, and CGI Gases would purchase and transport compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) captured during the process
Montauk Renewables, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent with European Energy to Provide CO2 for e-Methanol Production EE North America intends to construct a Power-to-X facility in Texas that would take the biogenic CO2 from Montauk’s locations and use it in the production of e-methanol
16 August 202314 August 2023 The road to decarbonising the steel industry Axel Eggert, Director General of EUROFER, discusses the steel industry’s journey to decarbonisation and the challenges facing the transition
11 August 20237 August 2023 Carbon Dioxide Based Chemicals & Polymers Market to Witness Impressive Growth Increasing interest in organic synthesis using CO2 as a resource has led to the development of high-value fuels and commodities derived from it
10 August 20237 August 2023 Newlight Completes US$125M In New Equity Round Led by GenZero In addition to financial participation, Newlight has completed development agreements with CNG to commercialize specialty films decarbonized with AirCarbon and with OLCV to use direct air capture (DAC)
9 August 20239 August 2023 CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 Call for Abstracts and Posters
Clariant’s MegaMax® catalyst chosen by European Energy for world’s largest e-methanol plant MegaMax was chosen by several big customers as it is proven to deliver high activity and stability under the challenging conditions of CO2-to-methanol conversion
8 August 20232 August 2023 Launch of Demonstration Experiment for CO2 Capture from Waste-to-Energy Plant Flue Gas for Use in Methanation Joint Project by the City of Yokohama, Tokyo Gas, and MHI Group to Establish a CCU Chain Based on Regional Cooperation
Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) A new RCI-report sees carbon capture and storage (CCS) as only a choice of last resort and we should avoid as much as possible any ‘heavy investment in fossil CCS infrastructure’
ISTE to develop eco-friendly hydrogen with British company The partnership with Levidian Nanosystems will secure know-how in joint output of turquoise hydrogen and cathode materials
7 August 20232 August 2023 Electrochemical Conversion of CO2: The Path to Carbon-Neutral Fuels This promising approach has the potential to revolutionize the energy sector and contribute significantly to the fight against climate change
4 August 20232 August 2023 Digitalization driving sustainability forward Covestro established app for product carbon footprint calculation
1 August 202326 July 2023 This new factory will turn CO2 into sustainable jet fuel Startup Twelve broke ground on a commercial-scale facility in Washington state, which it says will be the first in the country to make sustainable aviation fuel from CO2
31 July 202331 July 2023 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), July 2023 New reports and key policy messages
HYCO1 and Kansas Ethanol Collaborate on World’s Largest Biogenic CO2 Utilization Facility HYCO1, Inc. has entered into a 20-year carbon dioxide supply agreement with Kansas Ethanol for the planned construction of the world’s largest biogenic carbon dioxide utilization facility, Green Carbon Synthetics Kansas, LLC
Clariant Catalysts fosters decarbonization research in China through sponsorship of NCC Award Clariant sponsored the Achievement Award, presented by the Catalysis Society of China, for the most significant R&D accomplishment in catalysis
25 July 202320 July 2023 Two Patents Filed for New Solvents for CO2 Capture Process Circa Group AS has applied for patents for two new solvents for CO₂ capture processes
24 July 202319 July 2023 Electrochemical device captures carbon dioxide at the flick of a switch Disruptive technology could lower carbon-capture costs across all emission types
Carbon Capture Scotland to capture and re-use green CO2 Green biogenic CO from Iona Capital’s biomethane plants to be captured and re-used as dry ice
Game-Changing Industrial Hemp Forward Carbon Credits Hemp Carbon Standard, a leading authority on sustainable agriculture and carbon removal will be launching the first-ever forward carbon credits derived from industrial hemp in North America and Europe (including Ukraine)
20 July 202317 July 2023 Leading the green revolution Meet the 10 European startups shaping carbon capture in 2023
18 July 202317 July 2023 Twelve Commences Construction of First Commercial-Scale Plant in US for Producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel from CO2 Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State Senator Julie Warnick, Alaska Airlines and Microsoft join the carbon transformation™company to mark the historic milestone
17 July 202317 July 2023 No Sustainable Future Without Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Why We Need Much More Political Recognition and Support for CCU
Keine nachhaltige Zukunft ohne CO2-Nutzung (Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)) Warum wir viel mehr politische Anerkennung und Unterstützung für CCU brauchen
10 July 20235 July 2023 Chemische Industrie soll mit Recycling CO₂ vermeiden Die Chemieindustrie benötigt gigantische Mengen grünen Wasserstoff – mehr, als vorhanden ist. Fachleute raten zur Alternative: Biomasse und Recycling
7 July 20235 July 2023 Klimaneutrale Kraftstoffe aus CO₂, Biomasse und Strom Die Forschungsarbeiten werden vom Freistaat Bayern mit 11,9 Mio. Euro über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren gefördert
Braskem and New Iridium Partner to Develop CO₂ Conversion Technology and Contribute to the Industry’s Carbon Neutrality Braskem has partnered with New Iridium, a startup based in Colorado. This initiative, and others in development, aim to advance technologies to convert CO₂ generated by industrial operations
6 July 20234 July 2023 Avantium and SCGC partner to bring CO₂-based polymers to pilot phase Avantium is a frontrunner in developing and commercialising innovative technologies for the production of chemicals and materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon from plants or carbon from the air (CO₂)
Using Cyanobacteria to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Glucose Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide, serving as an essential energy source for cells and as an important feedstock for the biorefinery industry
5 July 20233 July 2023 Lower Carbon Footprint With Proven High Performance: Röhm Launches Plexiglas® Proterra Molding Compounds On The Market Röhm offers customers two new ways to lower their product carbon footprint
Reduzierter Carbon Footprint bei bewährter Leistungsfähigkeit: Röhm bringt Plexiglas® Proterra Formmassen auf den Markt Röhm bietet Kunden zwei neue Wege, ihren Product Carbon Footprint zu reduzieren
Producer of Green Fuel from Waste Wins £4m Funding to Capture CO₂ from Process A company at the forefront of the British clean energy industry has secured almost £4 million in government funding to make its biomass and waste-to-hydrogen plants even greener by using carbon capture.
4 July 202328 June 2023 IQ Innovationspreis für revolutionäre Rohstoffgewinnung aus CO₂ Beste Innovation Mitteldeutschlands kommt aus Sachsen
3 July 202328 June 2023 Overview of CO₂ capture and electrolysis technology in molten salts Operational parameters and their effects
30 June 202326 June 2023 Econic Technologies and Monument Chemical announce licensing agreement to develop and grow CO₂ based polyurethanes in USA Econic Technologies, a leading innovator in carbon to value technologies, and Monument Chemical, a leading speciality chemical manufacturer, are pleased to announce their agreement to collaborate on the growth of CO₂ containing polyols in North America
29 June 202314 September 2023 Carbon2Chem®: Pilot plant for methanol production starts operation at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s steel mill in Duisburg The methanol plant was moved to the steel mill to get it operated with gases from ongoing steel production
Carbon2Chem®: Pilotanlage zur Methanolproduktion nimmt Betrieb am Stahlwerk von thyssenkrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg auf Methanolanlage ist jetzt umgezogen, wo sie mit Gasen der laufenden Stahlproduktion von thyssenkrupp Uhde betrieben werden kann
27 June 202326 June 2023 Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun
26 June 202321 June 2023 ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech announce first ethanol samples from commercial flagship carbon capture and utilisation facility in Ghent, Belgium Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process couples decarbonization technology with chemical production to advance EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy
Twelve announces plans to scale production of sustainable aviation fuel made from CO₂ in Washington State Commercial-scale E-Jet fuel production facility in Moses Lake, WA, to supply deals with Shopify, Alaska Airlines, and Microsoft
CPGC and BASF accelerate onboard CO₂ capture system development CPGC is developing an advanced onboard CO2 capture system based on BASF’s OASE® blue gas treatment technology