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2 July 20219 September 2021

Carbon negative material company wins Circularity Accelerate contest

Audi AG worked with Made of Air to create a sustainable dealership model featuring a carbon storing plastic facade

1 July 20219 September 2021

A change of tune for chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO2 emissions into sustainable bio-products

Starting from June 2021, the EU Horizon 2020 project VIVALDI – innoVative bIo-based chains for CO2 VALorisation as aDded-value organIc acids, will develop a set of breakthrough biotechnologies

Umschwung für die chemische Industrie: VIVALDI verwandelt CO2-Emissionen in nachhaltige Bioprodukte

Die Europäische Union hat 7 Millionen Euro für das VIVALDI-Projekt bewilligt, um die biobasierte Industrie in einen neuen, umweltfreundlicheren und wettbewerbsfähigeren Sektor zu verwandeln. Die BOKU erhielt dabei den zweitgrößten Anteil am Projektvolumen

Hybrid Catalyst Technology for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Conversion

New hybrid catalyst platform aims to serve chemical manufacturers in the first instance and could save 20% of all fossil fuels for chemical processes, potentially reducing emissions by eight million tons per year

30 June 20219 September 2021

Why a carbon tax is the most effective price signal for the building sector

A carbon tax on the fuel used to heat Europe’s buildings is the most effective price signal to decarbonise Europe’s building stock

Significantly lower climate impact of contrails when using sustainable fuels

Sustainable fuels reduce the number of ice crystals in contrails and thus their climate impact

Deutlich geringere Klimawirkung von Kondensstreifen durch nachhaltige Kraftstoffe

Nachhaltige Kraftstoffe verringern die Eiskristallanzahl in Kondensstreifen und damit ihre Klimawirkung

29 June 20219 September 2021

Wie sinnvoll ist die CO₂-Entfernung aus der Atmosphäre?

Macht es fürs Klima einen Unterschied, ob man eine Tonne CO₂ komplett einspart – oder ob man sie zwar ausstößt, aber später wieder aus der Luft holt? Eine neue Studie liefert Antworten

No other option for businesses but to go green: Mukesh Ambani

RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani spoke at the Qatar Economic Forum on Monday and mentioned his plans to make the oil-to-telecom-to-digital conglomerate net carbon zero by 2035

Neste and Boston Consulting Group announce new sustainable aviation fuel partnership to reduce the climate impact of business air travel

Through this new partnership, BCG expects to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions on flights with these airlines

28 June 20219 September 2021

Kohlendioxid nachhaltig nutzen

Bioökonomie und Lösungen für die Klimakrise sind eng verbunden. Auf der Konferenz CO2-WIN diskutierten Fachleute die Rolle von Kohlendioxid als Rohstoff

Direct air capture trains

What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?

Finland’s largest Power-to-Gas plant – Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy to continue planning towards an investment decision

The plant planned to be commissioned in 2025 would be the largest in Finland and also the first to produce carbon-neutral, synthetic methane on a commercial scale with a fuel capacity of 10 MW

Is It Starch or Cellulose? NREL Offers Answers That Could Unlock Incentives for Making Cellulosic Ethanol

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offers a simple procedure for a complex analytical problem, an achievement that could help biorefineries expand production of low-carbon cellulosic ethanol

24 June 20219 September 2021

VITO optimises CO2 conversion in the European-funded BioRECO2VER project

Industrial point sources of CO2 are well suited for carbon capture & utilisation applications, in short CCU. The conversion of greenhouse gases into added value (base) chemicals can take place in biological processes. With a brand new, unique high-pressure fermenter, VITO is researching how these processes can be optimised.

New catalyst offers a sustainable future for solar fuel production

Researchers have found a new versatile and sustainable catalyst to be used in solar fuel production

Kurzgutachten im Rahmen der dena-Leitstudie Aufbruch Klimaneutralität

Die Prognos AG hat im Auftrag der dena eine Techno-ökonomische Analyse zu CO2-Negativemissionstechnologien herausgebracht

Altmaier: „Bringen internationalen Markthochlauf von grünem Wasserstoff weiter voran“

Neues Förderinstruments H2Global startet – H2Global Stiftung gegründet

23 June 20219 September 2021

TotalEnergies, Sunfire, and Fraunhofer give the Go-Ahead for Green Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem platform allows testing of regeneratively produced hydrogen for the production of feedstock chemicals and fuelson a large scale for the first time

TotalEnergies, Sunfire und Fraunhofer geben den Startschuss für grünes Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem-Plattform erlaubt die Nutzung des regenerativ erzeugten Wasserstoffs zur Herstellung von Basischemikalien und Kraftstoffen erstmals im großen Maßstab

ICM becomes exclusive distributor of Visionary Fiber Technologies’ fiber reactor

ICM, Inc., has signed an agreement with VFT, to be the exclusive distributor and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for their fiber reactor separation technology in the ethanol space

Scientists Report Efficient Utilization of Waste Paper for Cellulase Production by Trichoderma longiflorum

Researchers at the IMP of the CAS have recently found that waste paper could be efficiently utilized for enzyme production by Trichoderma longiflorum. The study was published in Journal of Cleaner Production

22 June 20219 September 2021

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Sulzer and Blue Planet announce partnership to reduce CO2 emissions to sustainably transform the cement industry

Blue Planet’s pilot plant will capture emissions from an adjacent power plant, providing high CO2 absorption performance while maintaining low energy consumption

Sulzer und Blue Planet geben Partnerschaft zur Reduzierung von CO2-Emissionen bekannt, um den Wandel zu einer nachhaltigen Zementindustrie zu beschleunigen

Pilotanlage von Blue Planet soll die Emissionen eines benachbarten Kraftwerks abscheiden, um eine hohe CO2-Absorptionsleistung bei gleichzeitig niedrigem Energieverbrauch zu ermöglichen

Conoship responds to World Bank’s stance on LNG

Company sees a ‘bright future for LNG in the decarbonisation of the shipping industry'

Introducing HY-CAT, a project devoted to finding better catalysts to spur a CO2 circular economy

The electrochemical conversion of CO2 can generate a variety of valuable products, such as liquid fuels used to power transportation

Das Projekt HY-CAT widmet sich der Suche nach besseren Katalysatoren, um eine CO2-Kreislaufwirtschaft voranzutreiben

Die elektrochemische Umwandlung von CO2 kann eine Vielzahl wertvoller Produkte erzeugen, wie etwa Flüssigkraftstoffe für den Verkehr

18 June 20219 September 2021

Mit Solar-Treibstoff zum Klimaziel

Empa-Forschende untersuchen im Mobilitätsdemonstrator «move» die Herstellung von synthetischem Methan aus energetischer, technischer und wirtschaftlicher Perspektive

Saving the climate with solar fuel

In Empa's mobility demonstrator, move, researchers are investigating the production of synthetic methane from an energy, technical and economic perspective

17 June 20219 September 2021

A tax on fossil carbon is more effective for a carbon border adjustment mechanism than a tax on CO2 emissions

Experts from the German nova-Institute present a tool for elegantly pricing the true cause of global warming

16 June 20219 September 2021

Japan to expand cross-sector use of synthetic methane

Inpex has been co-ordinating with Nedo in a pilot project to produce synthetic methane at its oil and gas fields to explore the potential of recycling CO₂

15 June 20219 September 2021

Covestro’s circular ambitions take shape

Together with ArcelorMittal and other partners, Covestro is investigating the possibilities of converting carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide into chemical building blocks

Efficiently “switching on” bacteria to produce high-value chemicals

Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels - industrial chemistry's use of petroleum accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions

14 June 20219 September 2021

Neste is progressing on its projects on the Innovation business platforms for future growth in renewable and circular solutions

All business platforms established in early 2020 are based on scalable future feedstock pools, which play an important role in tackling the climate change

Top Biofuel Maker Eyes Garbage in Widening Feedstock Hunt

Neste Oyj aims to use forestry waste to produce fuel in Quebec

11 June 20219 September 2021

Neuer Atlas zeigt erstmals die weltweiten Power-to-X-Potenziale

Die Bewertung der technischen und ökonomischen Potenziale basiert auf umfangreichen Analysen, beispielsweise der Flächenverfügbarkeit und den Wetterbedingungen

10 June 20219 September 2021

Minimise investment risks in renewable chemistry

The nova-institute in Germany offers tailor-made and single client studies to reduce the risk of wrong decisions. And it helps to find the best solutions for the use of renewable carbon sources.

9 June 20219 September 2021

Avantium awarded €1.78 million in total from EU grants for the development of electrochemical processes and CO2-based polymers

Company is currently working on scaling up the Volta Technology in pre-pilot units that will be demonstrated at industrial sites in 2021

The rise of CO2 as a feedstock

Carbon Capture and Utilization — could take up billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions if the technologies were adopted across a range of sectors worldwide

Neste is testing renewable gasoline in Sweden for possible commercialization internationally

The final phase of testing is now beginning with the target to complete commercial tests of the fuel

Passing the acid test: New low-pH system recycles more carbon into valuable products

In the electrolyzer, captured CO₂ is dissolved in a liquid electrolyte, which flows over the solid catalyst through which the electricity is supplied

8 June 20219 September 2021

The pulp and paper industry keeps on investing

Today we celebrate 16 projects to reduce carbon emissions that have been successfully finalised in our sector over the past two years

7 June 20219 September 2021

CO2 converted into methanol as fuel for ships

As part of the EU-funded FReSMe project, scientists are researching the possibility of producing the climate-friendly fuel methanol from the harmful climate gas CO₂

4 June 20219 September 2021

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Carbon capture sequestration technology won’t solve crisis

The majority of carbon dioxide from CCS is used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and there are many economic, social, and environmental problems associated with

Germany to invest €8 bn in large-scale hydrogen projects

The economy and transport ministries selected 62 of 230 large-scale projects to receive state funding

2 June 20219 September 2021

LanzaTech Awarded $4.1 Million from ARPA-E for Transformational Energy Technology

The funding will be used to enhance existing technology to enable the direct conversion of CO₂ to ethanol — a building block for low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals

A unique collaboration with Allbirds to create FUTURECRAFT.FOOTPRINT: the brands’ first shoe with

Seeing the possibilities of accelerating a carbon neutral future for sports and style, we teamed up to forge a unique partnership

1 June 20219 September 2021

CO2 reduction: BAM research targets the production of useful chemicals by conversion of the climate gas

Over the next three years, an experts team want to develop carbon-based catalyst materials that are biocompatible and also significantly cheaper

CO2-Reduktion: BAM erforscht, wie sich aus dem Klimagas nachhaltig Chemikalien gewinnen lassen

Expertenteam will in den nächsten drei Jahren Katalysatormaterialien auf Kohlenstoffbasis entwickeln, die biokompatibel und deutlich preiswerter sind

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