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21 August 20254 September 2025

Transdisciplinary perspectives in the circular economy – WaterProof training workshop for students and early-stage researchers

How can industry professionals, researchers and local communities work together to successfully close the carbon loop?

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20 August 202514 August 2025

Pioneering the Power-to-X Future: Launch of the World’s First Commercial e-Methanol Plant

In this article, we speak with the project team to learn about the basics of e-methanol, the unique features of the plant, and the outlook for the future

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18 August 202517 August 2025

Bentley Mills Becomes Early Adopter of Celanese ECO-CC Binder To Advance Sustainable Carpet Tile Manufacturing

Bentley and Celanese worked closely with NSF certifiers to validate this new material input, securing recognition of ECO-CC as qualifying for pre-consumer recycled content

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14 August 202514 August 2025

Sustainably produced methanol from the Carbon2Chem® joint project is entering industrial application

CO2 as a raw material: From exhaust gas to a new product

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Nachhaltig produziertes Methanol aus dem Verbundprojekt Carbon2Chem® geht in die industrielle Anwendung

CO2 als Rohstoff: Vom Abgas zum neuen Produkt

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11 August 20257 August 2025

Agreement with Carbon Removal for large-scale DAC in Norway

Phlair GmbH and Carbon Removal AS, via its subsidiary NorDAC Kollsnes AS, have entered into an agreement to develop Europe’s first large scale direct air capture (DAC) and geologic CO₂ storage project in Øygarden, Norway

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e-Fuels for climate-friendly data centers: Rolls-Royce and INERATEC launch partnership

Data centers are among the fastest-growing energy consumers, primarily due to the increasing use of artificial intelligence

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Rolls-Royce und INERATEC starten Partnerschaft für klimafreundliche Rechenzentren

Rechenzentren gehören zu den am stärksten wachsenden Energieverbrauchern, insbesondere durch den zunehmenden Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz

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CCS/CCU-Aktionsplan: Unternehmen auf dem Weg zur Dekarbonisierung

Carbon Management in Bayern: Aktionsplan CCU/CCS veröfentlicht

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8 August 20257 August 2025

Advancing circularity: Heidelberg Materials launches first industrial scale facility for enforced carbonation in Poland

Heidelberg Materials has started operations at its new industrial pilot facility for enforced carbonation in Górażdże, Poland

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Kreislaufwirtschaft stärken: Heidelberg Materials nimmt großtechnische Anlage für gezielte Karbonatisierung in Polen in Betrieb

Heidelberg Materials hat seine neue industrielle Pilotanlage für gezielte Karbonatisierung im Zementwerk Górażdże, Polen, in Betrieb genommen

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Inauguration of the biogenic CO₂ unit from anaerobic digestion at Terres d’Aquitaine, Gironde, France: SUEZ pushes the boundaries of biowaste recovery

The Terres d’Aquitaine site, operated by SUEZ since 2006, is dedicated to the recovery of organic waste

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7 August 202530 July 2025

Scientists repurpose old solar panels to convert CO₂ exhaust into valuable chemicals

A team of chemists from Yokohama National University, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. and the Renewable Energy Research Center at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) recently decided to tackle two waste problems—excess CO2 emissions and decommissioned solar panels—in the pursuit of creating value-added organic chemicals

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CO₂ as a raw material: Power2Polymers sets milestone for climate-friendly chemistry

New materials with real added value

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CO₂ als Rohstoff: Power2Polymers setzt Meilenstein für klimafreundliche Chemie

CO₂ ist als Klimakiller verschrien, dabei kann Kohlenstoffdioxid der Energiewende aktiv nutzen

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5 August 202529 July 2025

Kraftstoffe aus Sonnenlicht?

"Es funktioniert wie ein perfekt synchronisierter Staffellauf"

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31 July 202529 July 2025

From Loops and Learnings: The Role of AI in a Circular Future

How artificial intelligence is accelerating the transition to circular material systems – from smarter recycling to renewable carbon strategies

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30 July 202522 July 2025

Synhelion betankt erstes Auto mit Solar-Benzin

The solar gasoline was produced at Synhelion’s first industrial plant, DAWN, which has been generating synthetic fuels on an industrial scale since 2024

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Moeve & Zaffra sign Memorandum of Understanding to develop e-SAF Facilities in Spain

Moeve (formerly Cepsa) and Zaffra, a joint venture between Sasol and Topsoe, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the Spanish energy firm and the Amsterdam based e-SAF developer take a step forward to advance European aviation fuel decarbonization

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Förderung von Demonstrations- und Pilotanlagen zum biologischen Rohstoff- und CO₂-Recycling (XCUBIO und CCUBIO)

Gefördert werden Projekte zur Errichtung und Erprobung von Pilot- oder Demonstrationsanlagen für das biologische oder biotechnologische Recycling von CO₂ und weiteren Kohlenstoffverbindungen aus Gasgemischen und Abgasen

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29 July 202528 July 2025

Scaling CO₂ Conversion: Advancing the HICCUPS-Process from Lab to Industry

Interview with Mariana Araújo from the EU and CBE JU funded HICCUPS project

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Semiconductors show promise for efficient carbon capture and utilization

Innovative catalyst design enables the selective conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol

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Prometheus Fuels Hits Major Commercial Milestone

First company in the world to produce 100% carbon-neutral e-Fuel from air and off-grid renewable power

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CO₂-binding alcohols open new pathways for PVC upcycling 

Researchers have developed an innovative approach to functionally upgrade polyvinyl chloride (PVC) using CO₂-binding alcohols. The study provides valuable insights for more sustainable recycling processes

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Installation of a Demonstration Facility for New Low-concentration CO2 Capture Technology at Kobe Works

This will be the company’s first application of PCC for capturing CO2 from exhaust gas from a distributed power plant facility

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28 July 202525 July 2025

Opportunities, challenges and potential for improvement in the large-scale integration of CO2 sources and electrolyzers 

Roadmap for linking CO2 sources and sinks using electrochemical processes

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Chancen, Herausforderungen und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten bei der großtechnischen Integration von CO2-Quellen und Elektrolyseuren

Roadmap für die Verknüpfung von CO2-Quellen und -Senken mittels elektrochemischer Verfahren

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25 July 202522 July 2025

Making fuels from sunlight

Previous efforts to harness solar energy for converting seawater's dissolved carbon into useful products have faced significant challenges

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24 July 202521 July 2025

Synthetic Fuels from Offshore Wind Park

The First Offshore Production Plant for Synthetic Fuels Was Opened Under the H2Mare Hydrogen Lead Project Funded by the German Federal Government

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Synthetischer Kraftstoff aus dem Offshore-Windpark

Im Wasserstoff Leitprojekt H2Mare der Bundesregierung wurde die erste Offshore-Produktionsanlage für synthetische Kraftstoffe eröffnet

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23 July 20251 September 2025

The fossil fuel trap: Why defossilising chemistry is essential – and feasible!

Renewable energy and carbon for climate protection, independence, resilience and competitiveness

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Die fossile Falle: Warum die Defossilisierung der Chemie unverzichtbar – und machbar – ist!

Erneuerbare Energie und Kohlenstoff für Klimaschutz, Unabhängigkeit, Resilienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit

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18 July 202515 July 2025

Climeworks raises USD 162M to scale up technology

Climeworks, the global pioneer in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology and leading provider of holistic carbon removal portfolios, has achieved a significant milestone by securing USD 162 million in additional equity funding — marking the largest carbon removal investment of 2025 to date globally

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Climeworks sammelt 162 Mio. US-Dollar für den Ausbau der Technologie ein

Climeworks, weltweiter Pionier im Bereich der Direct Air Capture (DAC)-Technologie und Anbieter von ganzheitlichen Portfolios zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung, hat einen bedeutenden Meilenstein erreicht, indem es zusätzliche Eigenkapitalmittel in Höhe von 162 Mio. USD erhalten hat – die bisher grösste Investition in Kohlenstoffabscheidung im Jahr 2025 weltweit

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17 July 202515 July 2025

Approval in Principle (AiP) for World’s First LCO₂ / Methanol Carrier

Technologies for converting CO2 into fuel or chemical products are attracting attention as a means of utilizing CO2 in CCUS

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DNV advances Skylark to enable safe scaling of CO2 pipelines for carbon capture and storage

DNV is advancing Skylark, a joint industry project to enhance our understanding of carbon dioxide (CO₂) pipeline operations ensuring regulators and operators globally have access to the highest quality of information to make their decisions

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16 July 202516 July 2025

Call for Abstracts: AI Circular Economy Conference 2026

Unlocking the Potential of Renewable Carbon from Biomass, CCU, and Recycling

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Call for Abstracts: AI Circular Economy Conference 2026

Mit KI das volle Potenzial erneuerbaren Kohlenstoffs aus Biomasse, CCU und Recycling erschließen

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14 July 20258 July 2025

New plant in Germany produces e-methanol from wastewater

As part of the project, biogas is produced in the Mannheim sewage treatment plant, which s is further processed in the demonstration system developed by KIT and ICODOS

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11 July 20257 July 2025

Heidelberg sells out of net-zero cement from Norway plant, CEO says

The CO2 capture facility at Heidelberg's factory in Brevik, southern Norway, will capture around 400,000 metric tons of CO2 per year

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10 July 20254 July 2025

Unveiling Carbon-Storing Harbour Infrastructure with Hakkers

The Port of Rotterdam significantly reduces the environmental impact of maritime anchoring in a world's first

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Beckers entwickelt mit Anodyne CO₂-reduzierte Beschichtungslösung

Mit der Entwicklung von erneuerbarem Hexahydrophthalsäureanhydrid (HHPA) wollen Beckers and Anodyne Chemistries die Grundlage für fortschrittliche Beschichtungslösungen mit einem wichtigen kohlenstoffarmen Rohstoff schaffen

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Monroe Sequestration Partners (MSP) Signs Agreement with Southern Energy to create path for Permanent CO₂ Sequestration

Partnership Signals Breakthrough Collaboration in Carbon Removal and Sustainable Fuel Development for $1 Billion Clean Fuels Facility

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9 July 20254 July 2025

Beckers Group announces collaboration with Anodyne Chemistries to develop world-first renewable chemicals

By working to develop renewable Hexahydrophthalic Anhydride (HHPA), Beckers and Anodyne Chemistries aim to lay the foundation for advanced coating solutions with an essential low-carbon feedstock

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8 July 20252 July 2025

Axens, IFPEN, and SMS group Launch Carboverseo™: Essential Technology for e-fuels deployment

Carboverseo™ is a critical component of Axens' comprehensive e-fuel scheme, which includes carbon capture (DMX™), an amine technology that efficiently captures CO2 from flue gases

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GCMD successfully demonstrates world’s first end-to-end value chain for onboard captured CO2

This cross-sectoral demonstration highlights how captured CO2 from ships can be repurposed for industrial applications, linking maritime decarbonisation efforts with broader land-based carbon ecosystem

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7 July 20251 July 2025

Taking carbon capture to new heights

$5 million from the TIER fund is being invested to help launch the world’s first direct air capture centre

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4 July 20251 July 2025

Making Plastic from Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Electricity

Caltech chemists have developed a system that uses electricity from sustainable sources for the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide into ethylene and carbon monoxide for making more complex compounds

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2 July 20251 July 2025

From Policy and Technologies to Practice: Twelve Interactive Expert Workshops at the Renewable Materials Conference 2025

Alongside the main conference programme this year, the Renewable Materials Conference will feature a wide range of in-depth knowledge exchange workshops. A 10% discount on the conference ticket price is available for registrations before 17 August

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Von Politik und Technologie zur Praxis: Zwölf interaktive Experten-Workshops auf der Renewable Materials Conference 2025

Neben dem Hauptkonferenzprogramm bietet die Renewable Materials Conference in diesem Jahr ein breites Spektrum an Workshops, die einen vertieften Wissensaustausch ermöglichen. Bei einer Anmeldung bis zum 17. August erhalten Sie 10 % Rabatt auf den Preis der Konferenztickets