31 July 20209 September 2021 Reliance to replace auto fuels with electricity, hydrogen; targets carbon-zero co by 2035 Company will use a new technology to convert carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and other material building blocks
Renewable diesel has a bright future: NextChem and Saola Energy partnership will help feedstock suppliers of all sizes take full advantage of it NextChem - Special to The Digest
27 July 20209 September 2021 Photanol in strategic partnership with Renolit SE Making polymers out of air
24 July 20209 September 2021 LONGREAD: circling value in CO2 Circular economy opportunities in CCU, waste greenhouse gases can be stored in profitable sustainable products instead of emitting them
23 July 20209 September 2021 Instead of treating CO2 as liability, we can make it raw material: Mukesh Ambani The other participants in the conference included Prince Abdulaziiz bin Salman al-Saud, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Patrick Pauyanne, CEO, Total and Tanya Beckett, as the moderator
22 July 20209 September 2021 Educational Series Presents Episode 2 about Making Chemicals from Waste CO2 3-minute slide presentation shows examples of technologies used to make chemicals for the cement production, for transportation fuels, or for building block chemicals
AI helps scientists upcycle waste carbon New catalyst is the first one for CO2-to-ethylene conversion to have been designed in part through the use of AI
21 July 20209 September 2021 EU research project IDEALFUEL has started Development of sustainable marine fuels
20 July 20209 September 2021 NGFA, NFU, and Hemp Industries Association Join Growing Biogenic CO2 Coalition New Members Show Broad Support for EPA Rulemaking on Biogenic CO2 Emissions for Agriculture Crops
17 July 20209 September 2021 Electrochaea Expands Executive Team: Harald Beschid Appointed Chief Operations Officer Interest in commercial power-to-gas projects has increased enormously in recent months
Volle Auftragsbücher: Electrochaea stärkt Management-Team mit Harald Beschid als Chief Operations Officer Das Interesse für kommerzielle Power-to-Gas-Projekte ist in den letzten Monaten enorm gestiegen
16 July 20209 September 2021 Carbon capture and reuse gain steam US government and European firms invest in CO₂ capture projects
15 July 20209 September 2021 Lafarge, OMV, VERBUND and Borealis collaborate to capture and utilise carbon on industrial scale
Lafarge, OMV, VERBUND und Borealis starten eine sektorübergreifende Zusammenarbeit für die Abscheidung und Nutzung von CO2 im großindustriellen Maßstab Errichtung einer Anlage im industriellen Maßstab bis 2030, welche eine Abscheidung von nahezu 100% des jährlichen Ausstoßes im Zementwerk Mannersdorf (NÖ) von 700.000 Tonnen CO2 ermöglicht
Mitteldeutsches Bündnis entwickelt Konzept für Wasserstofftransferregion Leipzig Neue Wasserstoffanwendungen für unterschiedliche Verkehrsbetreiber, Betreiber von kommunalen Flotten wie Entsorgungsfahrzeuge sowie der Logistik regional einsetzbar
14 July 20209 September 2021 SoCalGas, PG&E and Opus 12 Announce Advancements in Technology that Converts Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Natural Gas Demonstration shows new electrochemical technology is commercially competitive with other methods of converting the unwanted carbon dioxide in biogas into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas
13 July 20209 September 2021 Engineers find neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material Making catalysts to convert waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial products has been expensive and complicated – until now
10 July 20209 September 2021 Greenhouse-gas reduction performance of EU ethanol reaches new high Renewable ethanol from ePURE members reduced GHG emissions by more than 72% compared to fossil fuels in 2019, according to the latest audited producer data
8 July 20209 September 2021 Australian researchers claim new record for direct ‘solar-to-hydrogen’ solar cells Australian researchers have claimed a new world efficiency record for solar panels that can directly split water using sunlight, in an achievement that opens up a new pathway to low-cost renewable hydrogen
3 July 20209 September 2021 Evonik will grünen Wasserstoff günstiger machen Die Polymerchemie der innovativen AEM-Membran von Evonik ist der Schlüssel für die Leistungsfähigkeit und Effizienz der Wasser-Elektrolyse
2 July 20209 September 2021 LEAKED: Europe’s draft hydrogen strategy The Commission has made hydrogen “a central element” of plans to decarbonise industry
1 July 20209 September 2021 Repsol to develop two major emissions-reductions projects in Spain Repsol CEO Josu Jon Imaz today presented two major pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake in Spain
‘COVID-19 will accelerate investments into Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage’ Interview with Moji Karimi, Co-Founder and CEO of Cemvita Factory
30 June 20209 September 2021 $17m for carbon utilisation projects Each of the selected projects will develop and test technologies that can utilise CO2 from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary feedstock
Hago Energetics Inc. Announces Participation in the NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge Participating in the NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge
Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy The photoelectrode developed by the researchers can be combined with cathodes of various metals
29 June 20209 September 2021 Turning waste CO2 into feedstock New high temperature reactor for production of CO-rich synthesis gas
25 June 20209 September 2021 Mimicking nature to power the future Dr Rahman Daiyan discusses how the team from UNSW’s Particles and Catalysis Laboratory plan to create a carbon neutral energy loop driven by sunshine
SAF Trends for 2020 and Beyond: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuels Find out why there are a zillian paths to sustainable aviation fuels and take a look at The Digest’s latest slide guide from last week’s DigestConnect webinar
24 June 20209 September 2021 Da liegt was in der Luft –Carbon Mining: Wie Chemiker am LIKAT Kohlenstoff aus der Luft abbauen Die Arbeiten ebnen den Weg zu gleich zwei großen Zielen der Chemie
19 June 20209 September 2021 Green hydrogen: thyssenkrupp expands production capacities for water electrolysis to gigawatt scale Together with its joint venture partner De Nora, the company produce electrolysis cells with a total power consumption of up to one gigawatt
Grüner Wasserstoff: thyssenkrupp erweitert Fertigungskapazitäten für Wasserelektrolyse auf Gigawatt-Maßstab Gemeinsam mit Joint-Venture-Partner De Nora produziert das Unternehmen jährlich Elektrolyse-Zellen mit einer Gesamtleistung von bis zu einem Gigawatt
German chem group VCI welcomes Berlin’s hydrogen strategy Germany's Trade Group seeing a decisive step towards the country's shift to renewable energies
Technologieoffenheit entscheidend für Erfolg: Bei Wasserstoff muss Deutschland ganz vorne mitspielen Der Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) sieht die Wasserstoffstrategie der Bundesregierung als entscheidenden Schritt für ein Gelingen der Energiewende
Norsk e-Fuel is planning Europe’s first commercial plant for hydrogen-based renewable aviation fuel in Norway Leading industry consortium joins forces to make unlimited renewable fuel a reality to achieve climate-neutral transportation
Norsk e-fuel plant die erste kommerzielle Anlage für wasserstoffbasierten erneuerbaren Flugkraftstoff in Norwegen Führendes Industriekonsortium vereint Kräfte, um klimaneutralen Transport durch die Bereitstellung von erneuerbaren Kraftstoffen zu ermöglichen
18 June 20209 September 2021 Post-EEG-Anlagen bieten großes Potenzial für grünen Wasserstoff Steigende Strombedarfe, u.a. durch wasserstoffbasierte Anwendungen, müssen im Sinne einer intelligenten Sektorenkopplung angemessene Berücksichtigung finden
Australian researchers set record for carbon dioxide capture Researchers from Monash University and the CSIRO used Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), which resembles a sponge filled with tiny magnets to capture CO2
17 June 20209 September 2021 Neue Wasserstoffstrategie hilft bei Ausstieg aus Öl und Erdgas – aber ignoriert höhere EU-Klimaziele Nach Kabinettsbeschluss: Germanwatch begrüßt Priorität für grünen Wasserstoff - Bei verbesserten EU-Klimazielen für 2030 wird jedoch Überarbeitung notwendig
16 June 20209 September 2021 Laser carved copper catalysts unveil secrets of turning CO2 into fuels New scientists approach shows understandings to the mechanism of carbon dioxide reduction and how to produce multi-carbon products selectively
15 June 20209 September 2021 Power-to-X in Deutschland: Diese Projekte laufen zurzeit Interaktive Karten und Tabellen zeigen bestehende Projekte und Anlagen auf einen Blick
10 June 20209 September 2021 Fraunhofer identifiziert Kernpunkte für den Aufbau einer nachhaltigen Wasserstoffwirtschaft Um den Standort Deutschland langfristig zu stärken, wollen Fraunhofer-Experten jetzt alle verfügbaren Potenziale bündeln und synchronisieren
9 June 20209 September 2021 The door is open for ethanol producers and CCS Two exciting developments in 2018 and 2019 will result in many carbon capture projects in the next few years
8 June 20209 September 2021 Hydrogen is Hot in Australia! ARENA’s Funding for Hydrogen Continues The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Renewable Hydrogen Deployment
5 June 20209 September 2021 Methane pyrolysis turns a grey resource into a green one Researchers have been experimenting with several methods to scale up methane pyrolysis for some thirty years already. But industry shows virtually no interest
4 June 20209 September 2021 New Lords of Circular Carbon: ArcelorMittal, EU complete financing of Steelanol project New plant is expected to produce up to 80 million liters of recycled-carbon ethanol a year and will create up to 500 construction jobs over the next two years
USIPA Applauds EU’s Recognition of Biomass as Integral to Energy Transition Over the past decade, sustainable biomass has made significant contributions towards current 2020 emissions targets and biodiversity goals
3 June 20209 September 2021 Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd. to cooperate on a carbon neutral synthetic biogas production project in Finland Power-to-Gas facility would produce carbon-neutral synthetic biogas using carbon dioxide emissions and electricity generated at the waste-to-energy plant
NELC Planning Committee approves waste-to-jet-fuel plant Altalto Immingham plant gets local council go ahead