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26 June 202320 June 2023

Direct Air Capture and the Circular Carbon Economy

A New Approach to Emissions Reduction

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Twelve announces plans to scale production of sustainable aviation fuel made from CO₂ in Washington State

Commercial-scale E-Jet fuel production facility in Moses Lake, WA, to supply deals with Shopify, Alaska Airlines, and Microsoft

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CPGC and BASF accelerate onboard CO₂ capture system development

CPGC is developing an advanced onboard CO2 capture system based on BASF’s OASE® blue gas treatment technology

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23 June 202320 June 2023

A Carbon Capture Utilisation future

Avantium’s Chief Technology Officer Gert-Jan Gruter makes a case for Carbon Capture Utilisation as the “golden ticket” for a net-zero future

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21 June 202316 June 2023

Innovative Carbon Capture and Use Technologies: Transforming Emissions into Valuable Resources

This article will explore some of the most promising CCU technologies and their new economic opportunities

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You Can Make Carbon Dioxide Filters With a 3D Printer

NC State researchers demonstrated that it’s possible to make carbon dioxide capture filters using 3D printing

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Sie können Kohlendioxidfilter mit einem 3D-Drucker herstellen

"Dieses Herstellungsverfahren mit 3D-Druck macht alles schneller und präziser"

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20 June 202315 June 2023

Microalgae for Carbon Capture

Harnessing Microalgae for Efficient Carbon Capture and Storage

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19 June 202314 June 2023

Open Letter: Europe Can Count on the Bioenergy Industry for its Net-Zero Goals

Bioenergy plays and will keep on playing an increasingly important role in the EU’s efforts to decarbonise; this sector will be indispensable for meeting the European Union’s climate and energy targets for 2030, 2050 and beyond

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OXCCU Raises $22 Million to Transform Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Leading carbon-to-value company converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products, has completed a Series A financing to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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Defossilisation is the way forward

Carbon is essential for life

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Mikroben unter Strom

Wie Bakterien mit Elektrizität und Kohlendioxid nützliche Chemikalien produzieren können

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Microbes powered by electricity

How bacteria use electricity and carbon dioxide to produce useful chemicals

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16 June 202316 June 2023

The Use of Food and Feed Crops for Bio-based Materials and the Related Effects on Food Security – Recognising Potential Benefits

Renewable Carbon Initiative Publishes New Insights into a Hotly Debated Topic and Urges for Careful and Evidence-based Debates

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Die Verwendung von Nahrungs- und Futtermittelpflanzen für bio-basierte Materialien und die damit verbundenen Auswirkungen auf die Ernährungssicherheit – Anerkennung der potenziellen Vorteile

Die Renewable Carbon Initiative veröffentlicht neue Einblicke in ein heiß diskutiertes Thema und ruft zu einer sorgfältigen und evidenzbasierten Debatte auf

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Holcim, thyssenkrupp Uhde and TU Berlin test innovative process for carbon capture

The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from existing cement plants and at the same time prospectively utilize the captured CO2 for other applications

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Holcim, thyssenkrupp Uhde und TU Berlin testen innovatives Verfahren zur CO2-Abtrennung

Ziel ist es, den CO2-Ausstoß von bestehenden Zementanlagen deutlich zu reduzieren und gleichzeitig das abgetrennte CO2 perspektivisch für weitere Anwendungen nutzbar zu machen

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15 June 202313 June 2023

Microorganisms are key to storing carbon in soils

New study shows, that microbial carbon use efficiency is at least four times more influential than other biological or environmental factors when it comes to global soil carbon storage and distribution

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Mikroorganismen sind entscheidend für die Speicherung von Kohlenstoff in Böden

Neue Studie zeigt auf, dass die Effizienz der mikrobiellen Kohlenstoffnutzung mindestens viermal stärker als andere biologische Faktoren oder Umweltbedingungen die globale Speicherung und Verteilung von Kohlenstoff im Boden beeinflusst

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12 June 20237 June 2023

Mikroalgen für das Klima

Forscher der Hochschule Luzern konnten hochreaktive Bioreaktoren entwickeln, um optimale Bedingungen für ein schnelles Wachstum der Mikroalgen zu bieten

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9 June 20237 June 2023

Equatic Launches Low-Cost, Gigaton-Scale Technology to Decarbonize at Unprecedented Speed

Equatic emerges from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Institute for Carbon Management with a carbon dioxide removal agreement from The Boeing Company

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6 June 20231 June 2023

BASF’s gas treatment technology to be used by Linde and Heidelberg Materials’ large-scale CO2-capture plant

As a new joint venture 'Capture-to-Use' (CAP2U), the three groups will operate the world’s first industrial-scale carbon capture and utilization (CCU) facility at the Bavarian Heidelberg-location Lengfurt

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Linde und Heidel­berg Ma­teri­als nutzen BASF-Tech­no­lo­gie zur CO2-Ab­scheid­ung

Als neues Gemeinschaftsunternehmen 'Capture-to-Use' (CAP2U) werden die beiden Unternehmen die weltweit erste großtechnische Anlage am bayerischen Heidelberg-Standort Lengfurt betreiben

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Avantium awarded €1.5 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into sustainable plastic materials

The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023

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5 June 202331 May 2023

Vinegar could be secret ingredient in fight against climate crisis

Chemical engineers at Monash University have developed an industrial process to produce acetic acid that uses the excess carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere, and has a potential to create negative carbon emissions

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2 June 202331 May 2023

energystore is launching low-carbon footprint insulation product range energystore+ using Neopor® BMB by BASF

energystore launches a range of insulation products with reduced carbon footprint based on EPS granulate Neopor BMB

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energystore bringt Dämmstoff-Produktreihe energystore+ mit reduziertem CO₂-Fußabdruck auf Basis von Neopor® BMB von BASF auf den Markt

energystore bringt eine Dämmstoff-Produktreihe mit reduziertem CO2-Fußabdruck auf Basis des EPS-Granulat Neopor BMB auf den Markt

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1 June 202330 May 2023

Summer Special 2023 – 20% discount on market and trend reports all around renewable carbon until 31 August 2023

After a successful Renewable Materials Conference 2023, covering all renewable carbon topics, nova-Institute is offering its reports around renewable carbon markets for a special price

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Sommer-Angebot – 20% Rabatt auf Markt- und Trendberichte rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff bis zum 31. August 2023

Einer erfolgreichen Renewable Materials Conference 2023 folgend, die alle Themen rund um erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff abdeckte, bietet das nova-Institut seine Berichte rund um die Märkte für erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff zu einem Sonderpreis an

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Archaic equation helps scientists control CO2 transformations

From Forgotten Formula to Climate Game Changer: A New Tool for Converting Carbon Dioxide

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Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power

Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel

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Fahren mit der Sonne: saubere, nutzbare Flüssigkraftstoffe aus Sonnenenergie

Künstliche Blätter können direkt sauberes Ethanol und Propanol produzieren

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31 May 202324 May 2023

LanzaTech and Plastipak Partner to Produce World’s First PET Resin Made from Waste Carbon

LanzaTech and Plastipak Packaging, announce they have successfully produced PPKNatura, the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin made from captured carbon emissions

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Infinium and Navigator CO2 Collaborate on eFuels Project in US Midwest

Navigator to provide approximately 600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

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30 May 20231 June 2023

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

Let's take a look at what happened in May 2023 at RCI

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Messer invests in carbon dioxide recycling using BASF’s gas treatment technology

The flue gas of an industrial company will be recovered for reuse via BASF's OASE® blue technology with recovery and purification processes

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Messer investiert in Recycling von Kohlendioxid mit Gaswäsche-Technologie von BASF

Das Rauchgas eines Industrieunternehmens soll durch Rückgewinnungs- und Nachreinigungsprozesse für die weitere Nutzung wiederverwertbar gemacht werden

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ADM, Air Protein Sign Strategic Agreement to Advance Development and Production of Unique Landless Protein

One more important milestone on the journey to provide consumers with the protein of the future

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25 May 202318 May 2023

With formic acid towards CO2 neutrality

Researchers develop a new method for the sustainable use of CO2

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Mit Ameisensäure zur CO2-Neutralität

Forschende entwickeln einen künstlichen Stoffwechselweg zur nachhaltigen Nutzung von CO2

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bioplastics MAGAZINE on the Plastic. Climate. Future. podcast

In mid-April, Alex Thielen, editor of bioplastics MAGAZINE sat down with Mateusz (Mat) Wielopolski and John Sewell who host the podcast Plastic. Climate. Future. to talk about bioplastics MAGAZINE, the concept of renewable carbon and bioplastics overal

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22 May 202316 May 2023

Honeywell Introduces UOP eFining™ Technology For New Class Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Honeywell UOP eFining can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 88% compared to conventional jet fuel

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2. Innovationswettbewerb für klimaneutrale Produktion ausgeschrieben

Das Wirtschaftsministerium schreibt den zweiten Innovationswettbewerb „Klimaneutrale Produktion mittels Industrie-4.0-Lösungen“ mit einem Volumen von insgesamt 5,5 Millionen Euro aus

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Carbon-negative hydrogen production technology: a new perspective for bio-energy with CO₂ capture and storage

Hydrogen, seen as the “ultimate energy” for the 21st century, boasts benefits such as being clean and renewable, and is storable and versatile

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Technologie zur Herstellung von kohlenstoffnegativem Wasserstoff

Eine neue Perspektive für Bioenergie mit CO₂-Abscheidung und -Speicherung

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19 May 202319 May 2023

Eleven good reasons to attend the Renewable Materials Conference, 23-25 May, online and on-site (Siegburg/Cologne)

The chemical and plastics industry will need to replace 1 Gt of fossil carbon per year with renewable carbon from biomass, CO2 and recycling to achieve net-zero. How can this work?

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17 May 202316 May 2023

Bio-based content, compostable plastics, and chemical recycling – many opportunities for more innovation and sustainability in the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

The Renewable Carbon Initiative’s position paper highlights chances for the EU to lead the way to a sustainable packaging industry and to promote innovation

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Biobasierte Inhaltsstoffe, kompostierbare Kunststoffe und chemisches Recycling – viele Chancen für mehr Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit in der neuen Verordnung über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (PPWR)

Das Positionspapier der Renewable Carbon Initiative zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie die EU den Weg für eine nachhaltige Verpackungsindustrie ebnen und Innovationen fördern kann

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12 May 20239 May 2023

New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide into sustainable byproduct

Carbon capture method works by using carbon to make acetic acid

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10 May 20238 May 2023

Europe needs to urgently prepare for carbon market ‘endgame’

As of 2039, energy companies and energy-intensive industries will only be able to use CO2 allowances which they have previously banked or buy them on the EU carbon market, write Claudia Günther, Michael Pahle, Sebastian Osorio and Simon Quemin