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28 March 202323 March 2023

Net-Zero Industry Act: Making the EU the home of clean technologies manufacturing and green jobs

Together with the proposal for a European Critical Raw Materials Act and the reform of the electricity market design, the Net-Zero Industry Act sets out a clear European framework to reduce the EU's reliance on highly concentrated imports

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Net Zero Industry Act: Kommission will bessere Bedingungen und mehr Investitionen für saubere Technologien in Europa

Zusammen mit der Initiative zu kritischen Rohstoffen und der Reform des Strommarktdesigns schaffen die Vorschläge zur Netto-Null-Industrie einen klaren Rahmen, um die Abhängigkeit der EU von Importen zu verringern

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Carbon farming law only ‘first step’ in negative emissions push

The EU executive’s proposed legislation on carbon sinks is only the first step in a broader effort to certify negative emissions in agriculture, as well as remunerate and potentially trade them, according to a Commission official

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27 March 202324 March 2023

Six Materials Nominated for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023”

New materials will enable sustainable products in areas such as textiles, cosmetics, packaging, as well as elastic and biodegradable materials for a variety of applications. Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners

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Sechs Materialien für den Innovationspreis „Renewable Material of the Year 2023“ nominiert

Neue Materialien ermöglichen nachhaltige Produkte in Bereichen wie Textilien, Kosmetik, Verpackungen sowie elastische und biologisch abbaubare Materialien für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen. Teilnehmende der „Renewable Materials Conference“ stimmen über die Gewinner ab

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Value from waste(water) CO₂ – Invitation to the First Stakeholder Workshop on LCA and S-LCA of the WaterProof Project

Free online webinar – 30 March 14:00-17:00h CET

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CO2 Electrolysis as an Alternative to Coal

Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich are working on a climate-friendly technology, CO2 electrolysis, which the greenhouse gas CO2 converts directly into carbon monoxide

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CO2-Elektrolyse statt Kohle

Wissenschaftler vom Forschungszentrum Jülich arbeiten an einer klimafreundlichen Technik, der CO2-Elektrolyse, die klimaschädliches CO2 direkt in Kohlenmonoxid umwandelt

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Development of Technology to Produce Synthetic Gas from Atmospheric Concentration CO2 Using a Transition-metal-free Catalyst

A big step towards realization of liquid fuel and chemical production using CO2 as a raw material

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24 March 202321 March 2023

Greening the beauty industry

Professor Christian Euler from the University of Waterloo together with his business partner Vikram Pandit is transforming CO2 into bio-made and eco-friendly products

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22 March 202323 March 2023

IKT: Biokunststoffe aus Mikroalgen

Über die Stoffumwandlung von CO2 durch genmodifizierte Mikroalgen lassen sich kostengünstige Produktionsbedingungen für PHB schaffen

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20 March 202315 March 2023

Consortium Introduces Molten Salt Regeneration System for CCU

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

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17 March 202317 December 2024

RCI Carbon Flows Report: Compilation of supply and demand of fossil and renewable carbon on a global and European level

The new report provides a comprehensive understanding of today's carbon flows and what it means to replace fossil carbon with renewable carbon in the materials and chemicals sectors

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RCI-Bericht: Kohlenstoffflüsse – Angebot und Nachfrage von fossilem und erneuerbarem Kohlenstoff in der globalen und europäischen Wirtschaft

Der neue Bericht bietet umfassende Erkenntnisse über die heutigen Kohlenstoffflüsse und die Bedeutung des Ersatzes von fossilem Kohlenstoff durch erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff im Material- und Chemiesektor

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The EU needs a business case for carbon removals

Carbon dioxide from biomethane and ethanol facilities is already routinely separated and transported at scale, for industrial purposes. The practice just needs to be adopted generally

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16 March 202316 March 2023

From Emission-made Shoes to Jet Fuels – Smart Innovations Make CO₂ the Feedstock of the Future

The Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals announces six nominees for the innovation award “Best CO₂ Utilisation 2023”

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Von Turnschuhen aus CO₂-Emissionen bis hin zu Flugzeugtreibstoff – Intelligente Innovationen machen CO₂ zum Rohstoff der Zukunft

Die Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals gibt sechs Nominierte für den Innovationspreis „Best CO₂ Utilisation 2023“ bekannt

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14 March 20239 March 2023

Climate turnaround: A high-tech suitcase stores CO2

How a regenerative future is being created from waste materials

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Klimawende: Ein Hightech-Koffer speichert CO2

Wie aus Abfallstoffen eine regenerative Zukunft entsteht

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ViridiCO2™ Secures £3m in Seed Funding to make Chemical Products from CO2

A spin-out from the University of Southampton's radical technology converts waste carbon dioxide into surfactants, plastics/polymer feedstocks and small molecules

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Solar fuels – Sustainable energy carriers for the future

At the Institute of Solar Research, research is being done within this field by scientists at the department of Solar Chemical Engineering

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Solare Brennstoffe – Nachhaltige Treibstoffherstellung für die Zukunft

Im Institut für Solarforschung des DLR erforschen Wissenschaftler der Abteilung Solare Verfahrenstechnik diese Prozesse

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13 March 202314 March 2023

nova-experts introduced: Vanessa Kleinpeter

Office and Conference Management

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Vergesst die Luft! Holt das CO₂ aus dem Meer – meinen Forscher

Kohlenstoffdioxid aus den Ozeanen zu entfernen, könnte effektiver und billiger sein, als aus der Luft

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A wholly sustainable plastics economy is feasible

It is also the image of plastics that need to change

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Eine absolut nachhaltige Kunststoffwirtschaft ist möglich

Ändern müsste sich ausserdem das Image von Plastik

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9 March 20236 March 2023

Hydrogen: The path towards decarbonisation

The full energy transition to hydrogen will be an important pillar for facing the power of decarbonising all areas of the economy so that the roadmap for hydrogen is established

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6 March 20233 March 2023

BASF contributes CO2 capture technology to Japan’s first demonstration of blue hydrogen and ammonia production from domestically produced natural gas

Japan’s first demonstration project for the production of blue hydrogen/ammonia from regional natural gas paves the way for the implementation of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) in domestic depleted gas fields and the use of hydrogen for power generation and ammonia production

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CO2-Abscheidungstechnologie ist BASF-Beitrag zum ersten Pilotprojekt zur Produktion von blauem Wasserstoff und Ammoniak aus regionalem Erdgas in Japan

Das erste Pilotprojekt für die Produktion von blauem Wasserstoff/Ammoniak in Japan aus lokal gefördertem Erdgas ermöglicht die konsequente Umsetzung von Kohlenstoffabscheidung, -verwertung und -speicherung in regionalen ausgebeuteten Gasfeldern und die Nutzung von Wasserstoff

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Aus CO2 höhere Alkohole für die chemische Industrie herstellen

Die Energieeffizienz der elektrokatalytischen Synthese von Ethanol und Propanol steigern

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The Blueplasma Consortium Sets up New Pilot Project Converting CO2 via Plasma Technology

Within the framework of the ICON project an R&D pilot infrastructure will be developed to capture greenhouse gas (CO2) locally and turn it into carbon monoxide

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3 March 202328 February 2023

Protecting the climate during textile production – polyester fibers bind CO2

Under the new collaborative EU-project with leadership of the French company Fairbrics are 17 project partners from 7 European countries will contribute their special expertise and further develop the process technologically and make it suitable for industrial use

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Klimaschutz bei der Textilproduktion: Polyesterfasern binden CO2

Unter dem neuen EU-Verbundprojekt ‚Threading CO2‘ arbeiten unter der Leitung des Unternehmens Fairbrics 17 Projektpartner aus sieben europäischen Ländern zusammen, die mit ihrem speziellen Fachwissen den Prozess technologisch weiterentwickeln und industriefähig machen wollen

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2 March 202327 February 2023

Top 10: Leading Carbon Capture Companies

Carbon capture companies aim to bridge the gap between the energy transition and dependence on hard-to-abate industries - we take a look at the top 10

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1 March 202324 February 2023

Carbonova Awarded $2 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada

The company is on track to building the first large scale commercial carbon nanofibers facility in Canada and the award will allow it to advance its technology and begin the design

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27 February 20234 October 2024

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

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

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How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air

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24 February 202323 February 2023

Deep insights into bio- and CO₂-based solutions for polymers

nova Session “Bio- and CO₂-based Polymers: Production, Trends 2022-2027 and the latest Policy Developments” - Workshop with nova experts from technology and markets, sustainability and policy

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INEOS Secures €3.5 billion financing for project one – The greenest cracker in Europe

The plant is designed to use low carbon hydrogen. As soon as enough becomes available, the cracker will have a zero carbon footprint

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20 February 202315 February 2023

Carbon Capture and Utilisation: More Than Hiding CO2 for Some Time

New scientific paper shows that the actual impact of the CCU concept is difficult to assess, because it is highly technological and context-dependent and this can involve controversial discussions

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17 February 202314 February 2023

LanzaTech and AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Announce Closing of Business Combination, Establishing First Public Carbon Capture and Transformation Company

In connection with the closing of the business, AMCI has been renamed LanzaTech Global, Inc. and from February 10, 2023 its common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LNZA

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16 February 202316 February 2023

Wasserstoff – eine norwegische „Zeitenwende“?

Deutschland sieht Norwegen als Wasserstofflieferanten, wenn das Erdgas zu Ende geht. Die norwegische Industrie rüstet auf, aber der deutsche Wasserstoffzug fährt – mit oder ohne norwegischem Wasserstoff

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Biokraftstoffe mit Strom boostern

Neues Verbundprojekt "Synergy Fuels" macht die Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen effizienter

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15 February 202314 February 2023

The Future Sustainable Chemical and Materials Industry will be Based Entirely on Recycling, Biomass and CO₂

From 23 to 25 May 2023, the brightest stars of renewable materials will meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany). More than 500 participants are expected to attend the "Renewable Materials Conference 2023" (www.renewable-materials.eu) – the meeting point for global leaders in industry, science, and politics

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Die nachhaltige Chemie- und Werkstoffindustrie der Zukunft wird vollständig auf Recycling, Biomasse und CO₂ basieren

Vom 23. bis 25. Mai 2023 treffen sich die größten Stars der erneuerbaren Materialien in Siegburg/Köln (Deutschland). Mehr als 500 Teilnehmer werden zur „Renewable Materials Conference 2023“ (www.renewable-materials.eu) erwartet – dem Treffpunkt für weltweit führende Vertreter aus Industrie, Wissenschaft und Politik

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New report reveals “large gap” in carbon dioxide removal needed

CDR from new technologies must increase 1,300-fold by the year 2050. Joint press release of MCC, SWP, University of Oxford, and University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Neuer Bericht zeigt „große Lücke“ bei CO2-Entnahmen aus der Atmosphäre auf

Einsatz neuer Technologien muss bis 2050 um das 1300-Fache steigen. Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von MCC, SWP, Uni Oxford und University of Wisconsin-Madison

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13 February 20238 February 2023

German Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Habeck visits flagship CCS project in Brevik, Norway

In Brevik, Heidelberg Materials is currently building the world's first industrial-scale carbon capture plant in the cement industry to capture and store 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year

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Vizekanzler Dr. Robert Habeck besucht CCS-Leuchtturmprojekt in Brevik, Norwegen

In Brevik baut Heidelberg Materials derzeit die weltweit erste großtechnische Anlage zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung in der Zementindustrie, wo 400.000 Tonnen CO₂ pro Jahr abgeschieden und gespeichert werden

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10 February 20238 February 2023

Flue2Chem: Putting carbon waste to work for net zero

Industry giants in the UK are joining forces in the first-ever cross-sector collaboration aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Flue2Chem project aims to convert industrial waste gases into chemicals that can be used to manufacture superior and more sustainable consumer products