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3 February 202331 January 2023

New catalyst design could make better use of captured carbon, researchers say

University of Toronto scientists found a new catalyst design that could significantly improve the practicality of an electrochemical process that converts captured carbon dioxide into multi-carbon molecules

2 February 20231 February 2023

Buchbesprechung: Kunststoffe im Kreislauf

Vom Recycling zur Rohstoffwende

Erstes klimaneutrales Zementwerk: EU fördert Innovationsprojekt von Holcim mit mehr als 109 Millionen Euro

Förderurkunde für Projekt Carbon2Business in Lägerdorf (Schleswig-Holstein) offiziell in Brüssel übergeben

New method of reducing carbon dioxide could be a golden solution to pollution

A team of researchers from the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a gold-based hybrid material by modifying gold nanoparticles with a macrocyclic compound called cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]) that allows for more efficient CO2RR than previously possible

1 February 20232 March 2023

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), January 2023

Lets take a look at what happened in January 2023 at RCI

31 January 202327 January 2023

PlasCO2 project: Greenhouse gas transformed into a raw material

Evonik has launched the PlasCO2 project together with three partners. The aim is to use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material in the production of C4 chemicals

Projekt PlasCO2: Treibhausgas wird zum Rohstoff

Evonik hat zusammen mit drei Verbundpartnern das Projekt PlasCO2 gestartet. Ziel ist es, Kohlendioxid (CO2) als Rohstoff für die Produktion von C4-Chemikalien zu nutzen

New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainable

Ames Laboratory scientists together with others from several Universities developed a way to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock powered by electricity

Scientists Unveil Least Costly Carbon Capture System to Date

PNNL scientists carve a path to profit from carbon capture through carbon upcycling, unlock crucial step in decarbonization and advancing toward net zero emissions

30 January 202327 January 2023

Project Air to receive EUR 97 million under agreement with Innovation Fund

The European Union is supporting carbon-neutrality for the European chemicals industry

Project Air wird vom Innovationsfonds mit 97 Mio. EUR gefördert

EU fördert kohlenstoffneutrale Chemieindustrie

Nährstoffe aus CO2: Arkeon erhöht seine Kapitalisierung auf über 10 Millionen EUR mit zusätzlicher Finanzierung

Auch ICL fördert das Startup, das aus CO2 Proteine gewinnt

Nutrients from CO2: Arkeon Increases its Capitalization to €10+ Million in Additional Fundraiser

ICL partners with the startup developing protein from CO2

Tying Onto CO₂ Utilization

Through a partnership with a South Dakota ethanol plant, Carbon Sink plans to utilize CO2 for the production of green methanol to power a shipping industry behemoth

27 January 202324 January 2023

AIR COMPANY Awarded Additional NASA Funding to Continue its Research & Development of Kerosene-Based Rocket Fuel

With this funding, AIR COMPANY will make integral strides towards its carbon-negative rocket fuel for space applications on Earth, Mars, and beyond

26 January 20232 February 2023

New tailwind for renewable carbon plastics in EU policy?

nova-Institute’s take on the recently published EU proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation as well as the new policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics

HIF Global und seine Partner feiern die ersten Liter synthetischer Kraftstoffe von Haru Oni, Chile

Der chilenische Energieminister Diego Pardow leitete die Zeremonie, bei der ein Porsche 911 mit synthetischem Kraftstoff betankt wurde

HIF Global and its partners celebrate the first liters of synthetic fuels from Haru Oni, Chile

Chile’s Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, headed the ceremony where a Porsche 911 was loaded with synthetic fuel, starting a new era for the transport sector, in which fuel made with renewable power, green hydrogen, and recycled CO2

25 January 202320 January 2023

Seabound Partners with Crestchic Loadbank to Test Its Carbon Capture Technology for Ships

Seabound’s innovation captures and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust. The company claims the device can capture up to 95% of CO2 emissions per ship

24 January 202324 January 2023

Rewriting the Story of CO₂ – Call for Innovations “Best CO₂ Utilisation 2023”

Innovators in the field of carbon capture and utilisation are invited to present their breakthrough technology or product at the Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023. Applications for the CO2 Innovation Award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2023” are open until 13 February 2023

Die Geschichte des CO₂ neu schreiben – Aufruf zur Einreichung von Innovationen „Best CO₂ Utilisation 2023“

Innovatoren aus dem Bereich der Carbon Capture and Utilisation sind eingeladen, ihre bahnbrechenden Technologien und Produkte auf der Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023 vorzustellen. Bewerbungen für den CO2-Innovationspreis „Best CO2 Utilisation 2023“ sind bis zum 13. Februar 2023 möglich

Climeworks delivers third-party certified CDR services to its first corporate customers, based on first and only validated DAC+S methodology

Climeworks hopes to lead as an example for peers, customers and policy makers alike that are committed to climate action

refuel.green receives €1.2m

refuel.green’s "NextGen-PtX Reactor Unit" is currently on the threshold from laboratory to industry and the Dresden company’s first prototype is expected to produce the first liters of e-fuels in a European refinery

Kostengünstigere Produktion von Kraftstoffen aus erneuerbarer Elektroenergie

Start-up erhält 1,2 Mio. € frisches Kapital für besonders innovative Technologie

23 January 202317 January 2023

Biotechnologisches CO2-Recycling

CO2-Recycling für den Klimaschutz und die industrielle Transformation

19 January 202313 January 2023

US-Forscher entwickeln Tinte mit Salz für besseren biologischen Abbau von 3D-Druck-Polymeren

Texas A&M-Wissenschaftler haben einen Prozess entwickelt, der es den Polymeren ermöglicht, sich im Laufe der Zeit auf natürliche Weise abzubauen

Solarbetriebenes System wandelt Plastik und Treibhausgase in nachhaltige Brennstoffe um

"Das Besondere an diesem System ist seine Vielseitigkeit und Einstellbarkeit"

18 January 202312 January 2023

Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power

Withstanding high temperatures and the light of 160 suns, a new catalyst is 10 times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices of its kind

Metsä Group and VR intensify their cooperation on sustainability

Both Metsä Group and VR are companies with major role in the society and they therefore play an important part in improving environmental performance and responsibility

17 January 202312 January 2023

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun

Electrochemistry converts carbon to useful molecules

A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use: by incorporating it, via electrosynthesis, into a series of organic molecules that are vital to pharmaceutical development

Elektrochemie wandelt Kohlenstoff in nützliche Moleküle um

Wie ein Team mithilfe der Elektrosynthese Kohlendioxid in wertvolle pharmazeutische Moleküle verwandelt

16 January 202312 January 2023

bioplastics MAGAZINE will soon rebrand under the new name “Renewable Carbon Plastics”

Editorial focus will include topics of CCU and Advanced Recycling in the context of plastic materials

Aker Carbon Capture signs Letter of Intent for large carbon capture project

Company hails ‘milestone’ in carbon capture unit production

13 January 202312 January 2023

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) receives support

ECP is one of the newest partner of the RCI

12 January 20239 January 2023

Forschende stellen Bioökonomie-Roadmap für Deutschland vor

Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft hat in Handlungsempfehlungen an die Politik einen Weg skizziert, wie die deutsche Industrie auch in Zeiten multipler globaler Krisen und Herausforderungen erhalten und gesteigert werden kann

Old Christmas trees could be saved from landfill to make renewable fuels

Research at the University of Sheffield and the University of Valladolid has found that pine needles from discarded Christmas trees or other sources could be turned into renewable fuels and new products

Producing fertiliser without carbon emissions

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Carnegie Institution for Science have shown how nitrogen fertiliser could be produced more sustainably. This is necessary not only to protect the climate, but also to reduce dependence on imported natural gas and to increase food security

Dünger klimafreundlicher produzieren

Forschende der ETH Zürich und der Carnegie Institution for Science zeigen auf, wie sich Stickstoffdünger nachhaltiger herstellen liesse. Dies ist nicht nur aus Klimaschutzgründen nötig, sondern auch um die Abhängigkeit von Erdgasimporten zu reduzieren und um die Ernährungssicherheit zu erhöhen

11 January 20239 January 2023

LanzaTech’s Waste Gas-to-SAF Facility receives £25M Grant from UK Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund

Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory to transform waste gases into sustainable jet fuel have moved a step closer

10 January 20232 March 2023

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), December 2022

Let’s take a look at what happened in December 2022 at RCI

Covestro signs major renewable energy supply contracts with Chinese producer CGN

Multi-year contract calls for annual purchase of 300 gigawatt hours of wind and solar power from CGN. Plans to cover 30 percent of electricity demand at Covestro's Shanghai site

9 January 202329 December 2022

Plasma technology makes recycling of CO₂ local and 100% circular

The BluePlasma consortium receives approval from VLAIO to set up an R&D pilot project

Carbon-negative synthetic biology: challenges and emerging trends of cyanobacterial technology

Excessive CO2 emissions are one of the most widely discussed challenges in the 21st century. Carbon-negative production of value-added chemicals by cyanobacterial cell factories has been considered a top priority for solving such problems

6 January 20239 March 2023

Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals

Scientists from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and from the Roche Group propose how to reduce the environmental footprint of the pharma industry

4 January 202327 December 2022

Bundeskabinett beschließt Evaluierungsbericht zum Kohlendioxid-Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG)

Der Bericht stellt den technischen Fortschritt, die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse und den potenziellen Beitrag der Kohlendioxid-Abscheidung und - Speicherung (Carbon Capture and Storage - CCS) für den Klimaschutz dar

How the $1.7T omnibus affects energy, from CCS to hydrogen

The year-end spending package released by Congress on Tuesday could deliver an influx of funding to several Department of Energy programs that may be pivotal for hitting the Biden administration’s climate targets

Limburg companies replace cement with CO₂ as building block binder

The zero-waste company Orbix from Genk and the building materials producer Masterbloc from Maasmechelen have succeeded in developing circular building blocks that use carbon dioxide instead of cement as a binder

3 January 202322 December 2022

EU agrees carbon market overhaul in bid to hit 2030 climate goal

European Union negotiators reached agreement early on Sunday morning (18 December) to reform the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the biggest carbon market in the world and the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument

EU einigt sich auf umfassende Reform des CO₂-Emissionshandels

Die Unterhändler der EU haben sich am frühen Sonntagmorgen (18. Dezember) auf eine Reform des europäischen Emissionshandels (ETS) geeinigt, dem größten Kohlenstoffmarkt der Welt und wichtigsten klimapolitischen Instrument der EU

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