11 January 20219 September 2021 The innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year” The award is new and unique worldwide. For the first time, there will be a comprehensive award for the best renewable materials – which can be produced either from biomass, directly via CO2 utilisation, or recycling.
Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres could improve carbon capture technology Swansea University researchers have developed one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology
Top-Innovationen 2020: Sonne macht Kohlendioxid zum Rohstoff Methoden, die CO2 in großem Stil in etwas Nützliches umwandeln, sind wichtig für den Klimaschutz. Eine neue Generation von Katalysatoren nutzt dafür sichtbares Licht
8 January 20219 September 2021 Universal Carbon Dioxide Platform for Production of Sustainable Food, Fuels and Chemicals LanzaTech is making palm oil-substitutes and omega-3s from carbon emissions
Avantium awarded €5.4 million grant from Netherlands Enterprise Agency for expansion of FDCA pilot plant This grant is solely designated for the expansion of Avantium’s FDCA pilot plant in Geleen
7 January 20219 September 2021 Colossal quarry CO2 capture programme ready to ramp up in 2021 Business Live speaks to Oxford University tech spin out chief exec after partnership with Singleton Birch revealed
Creating animal food from a greenhouse gas In the project React-First, scientists are working to produce a high-protein feed called Proton - more or less from thin air
Carbon Clean and Veolia team up to fund green projects in India through a joint venture This partnership between Veolia and Carbon Clean is an important step in the right direction
Carbon Clean und Veolia finanzieren gemeinsam umweltfreundliche Projekte in Indien über ein Joint Venture Diese Partnerschaft zwischen Veolia und Carbon Clean ist ein wichtiger Schritt in die richtige Richtung
6 January 20219 September 2021 Engineers go microbial to store energy, sequester CO2 The key: Let bioengineered microbes do all the work
5 January 20219 September 2021 Valorising emissions from steel – making into sustainable products European Union awards 21M € for demonstration of industrial symbiosis concept between the steel and chemical industry
4 January 20219 September 2021 How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon New method offers an affordable path to upgraded products while significantly lowering the overall energy cost of combined capture and upgrade
Braskem Announces Research Partnership for Sustainable Plastic Production Using CO2 Capture and Utilization Technology and Use New project to be developed together with researchers at the University of Illinois, Chicago
18 December 20209 September 2021 Grön Fuels, LLC select Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ renewable fuels and H2bridge™ bio-hydrogen technologies with bio-CCS option for a multi-billion low carbon intensity complex in Louisiana Following the expected completion of the first phase of the complex in 2024, the plant will produce 60,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel, including a permitted jet fuel option
Carmeuse, ENGIE and John Cockerill join forces to reduce industrial CO2 emissions in Wallonia Trio of Belgian firms to develop “e-methane” project
17 December 20209 September 2021 IndianOil, DBT and LanzaTech pioneer Technology to convert CO2 to Bio-Diesel and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Carbon recycling will bring in the dual benefits of increased access to green energy and affordable nutrition to all
EU taxonomy should be led by science to drive sustainable investment Meeting climate goals requires the rapid realignment and mobilisation of finance at a massive scale
15 December 20209 September 2021 Porsche and Siemens Energy, with partners, advance climate-neutral eFuels development In the pilot phase, around 130,000 litres of eFuels will be produced as early as 2022
14 December 20209 September 2021 CO2: Raus aus der Luft und ab in den Untergrund Climeworks lässt durch die Schnellkonstruktion seiner neuen Großanlage ORCA die großdimensionierte Direct Air Capture und CO2-Entfernung weiter Realität werden
The rapid construction of Climeworks’ new direct air capture and storage plant Orca has started Climeworks continues to make large-scale carbon dioxide removal a reality with the rapid construction of its new direct air capture and storage plant Orca
PtX-Projekt „Haru Oni“: Altmaier übergibt ersten Förderbescheid für internationales Projekt für grünen Wasserstoff Pilotvorhaben der Industrie in Partnerländern können grünen Wasserstoff und seine Folgeprodukte effizient und kostengünstig erzeugen
11 December 20209 September 2021 Alcohol Production from Carbon Dioxide Methanol as a Fuel and Chemical Feedstock
10 December 20209 September 2021 Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene – the ‘rice of the industry’ Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design - a key component of CO2 utilization using renewable energy
Power-to-X: Germany’s search for green fuels Further processing options include the production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen by adding CO2
Power-to-X: Die Sehnsucht nach dem grünen Kraftstoff Zu den Weiterverarbeitungsmöglichkeiten zählt auch die Herstellung synthetischer Kraftstoffe auf Wasserstoffbasis durch Zufuhr von CO2
Industrielle Anwendung der Sunfire-Hochtemperaturelektrolyse startet HYPOS-Projekt rSOC erfolgreich abgeschlossen
9 December 20209 September 2021 BUSINESS FINLAND greenlights Solar Foods’ €8.6M project World’s first food produced from thin air
8 December 20209 September 2021 Construction of Clariant’s sunliquid® plant in Romania on track for completion by the end of 2021 Construction continues with over 650 workers on site operating in full compliance with all COVID-19 pandemic precaution measurements
Bau von Clariants sunliquid®-Anlage in Rumänien auf dem Weg zur Fertigstellung bis Ende 2021 Bauarbeiten schreiten voran mit mehr als 650 Arbeitern vor Ort und unter absoluter Einhaltung sämtlicher Massnahmen zum Schutz vor der COVID-19-Pandemie
7 December 20209 September 2021 Two new pilot plants will test carbon capture technology developed by European CARMOF project at industrial level Two innovative, customized industrial demonstrators combine 3D-printed nanomaterial structures with selective membranes for capturing and separating CO2
Microbial Electrosynthesis: Where Do We Go from Here? Using present knowledge of bioelectrochemistry, it becomes apparent that the simplest gains in performance are likely to come from advancements in the reactor
4 December 20209 September 2021 Perstorp plan to reduce carbon emission with half million tons by producing sustainable methanol Project AIR will build a first-of-a-kind, large scale, commercial Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) unit to produce sustainable methanol
3 December 20209 September 2021 Preliminary programme: 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” and “2nd European Summit on Co2-based Aviation Fuels” 23–24 March 2021, hybrid event
Covestro develops sustainable cast elastomer solution for the offshore industry CO2-based cardyon® products partly replace fossil raw materials
Covestro entwickelt nachhaltige Gießelastomer-Lösung für die Offshore-Industrie CO2-basierte cardyon® Produkte ersetzen zum Teil fossile Rohstoffe
2 December 20209 September 2021 American Agriculture Leaders Commend Governors for Support on Addressing Biogenic CO2 Barrier Reynolds and Ricketts Among State Governors Urging EPA To Take Prompt Action
Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air
27 November 20209 September 2021 UNIST: New Catalyst Turns Greenhouse Gases into Hydrogen Gas Their findings have been published in Science Advances on August 26, 2020
Hydrogen produced from nuclear will be considered ‘low-carbon’, EU official says Nuclear power is indeed not mentioned in the EU’s hydrogen strategy
EU-Kommission: Aus Atomkraft produzierter Wasserstoff ist „CO2-arm“ Wasserstoff wird als Mittel zur Dekarbonisierung von Schwerindustrien wie der Chemie- und Stahlindustrie oder des Fernverkehrs wie der Luft- und Schifffahrt gesehen
26 November 20209 September 2021 Carbon-capture breakthrough could be a game-changer in utilising CO2 The CSIRO and Monash University have developed a revolutionary device that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere
UPM joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative to change the foundation of chemical industry Just as the energy industry is converting to renewable sources, renewable carbon will become the new foundation of chemical and material industries in the future
23 November 20209 September 2021 Total and ADNOC sign strategic framework agreement on CO2 emission reductions and CCUS ADNOC and Total will jointly explore opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions, improve energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy for oil and gas operations
20 November 20209 September 2021 LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal make plastic from captured CO2 First technological and industrial proving that industrial carbon emissions can be used to produce plastic
€ 140 Mio project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port North-C-Methanol: largest installations worldwide
16 November 20209 September 2021 Room Temperature Conversion of CO2 to CO: A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons New method could potentially reduce carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere and slash costs of chemical manufacturing
Raumtemperatur-Umwandlung von CO2 in CO: Ein neuer Weg zur Synthese von Kohlenwasserstoffen Neue Methode könnte potenziell den Dioxidausstoß in die Atmosphäre reduzieren und die Kosten der chemischen Produktion senken
9 November 20209 September 2021 These diamonds are made of CO2 sucked from the air Forget conflict-free: Your next diamond can be carbon negative