16 July 202411 July 2024 World-first trial of new technology to recycle CO2 emissions from steel production begins at ArcelorMittal Gent, Belgium Together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and D-CRBN, ArcelorMittal is going to trial a new technology to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide which can be used in steel and chemical production
Rückverwandlung von CO2 in CO zur klimaschonenden Stahlproduktion ArcelorMittal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) und das Umwelt-Unternehmen D-CRBN wollen den Bedarf an grünem Wasserstoff zur „grünen“ Stahlproduktion kostengünstig begrenzen
31 May 202431 May 2024 Trial carbon capture unit begins operating on blast furnace at ArcelorMittal Gent, Belgium In October 2022, the four parties announced their collaboration on a multi-year trial of MHI’s carbon capture technology at multiple carbon dioxide emission points
2 April 202421 March 2024 Successful demonstration in Dunkirk of the CO₂ capture DMX™ process 3D pilot: success of the first “parametric” test phase
26 June 202321 June 2023 ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech announce first ethanol samples from commercial flagship carbon capture and utilisation facility in Ghent, Belgium Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process couples decarbonization technology with chemical production to advance EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy
30 May 20234 October 2024 Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), May 2023 Let's take a look at what happened in May 2023 at RCI
3 May 20234 May 2023 Smart Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Technologies and Materials Defossilise the Economy With a current capacity of over 1.3 million tonnes for CO₂-based products and steadily growing demand, smart Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies are helping to establish CO2 as a renewable carbon feedstock. Many of these innovations have been introduced at the Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023
Smarte Technologien und Materialien aus dem Bereich der Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -verwertung (CCU) defossilisieren die Wirtschaft Mit einer aktuellen Kapazität von rund 1,3 Millionen Tonnen für CO₂-basierte Produkte und einer stetig wachsenden Nachfrage, tragen intelligente Technologien aus dem Bereich der Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -verwertung (CCU) dazu bei, CO2 als Quelle für erneuerbaren Kohlenstoff zu etablieren. Viele dieser Innovationen wurden auf der Conference on CO2-bases Fuels and Chemicals 2023 vorgestellt
3 February 20237 February 2023 Taking Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X to the next level – Final Program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023” Leading international experts meet at one of the world’s key events on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X from 19-20 April 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) und Power-to-X auf erreicht die nächste Stufe – Das vollständige Programm der „Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023“ Führende internationale Experten und Expertinnen treffen sich vom 19. bis 20. April 2023 in Köln zu einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltungen im Bereich der CO2-Nutzung, Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), und Power-to-X
9 January 202329 December 2022 Plasma technology makes recycling of CO₂ local and 100% circular The BluePlasma consortium receives approval from VLAIO to set up an R&D pilot project
20 December 20229 January 2023 Leading international experts meet at one of the world’s key events on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X On 19-20 April 2023 in Cologne, Germany, and online. The preliminary program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023” is online. Take a look!
Führende internationale Experten treffen sich auf einer der weltweit wichtigsten Veranstaltungen zu Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) und Power-to-X Am 19. und 20. April 2023 in Köln und online. Das vorläufige Programm der "Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals 2023" ist online. Schauen Sie rein!
19 December 202214 December 2022 ArcelorMittal inaugurates flagship carbon capture and utilisation project at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium €200 million CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry. Project part of multi-technology strategy to reduce carbon emissions at Ghent plant
31 October 202226 October 2022 Sasol, ArcelorMittal South Africa partner to decarbonise and reindustrialise Vaal, Saldanha through green hydrogen Both partners will advance studies into two potential projects in South Africa and explore the regions potential as export hub for green hydrogen and derivatives
Sasol und ArcelorMittal werten CO2 auf Sasol und ArcelorMittal kündigen eine Partnerschaft an, deren Ziel es ist, die Technologie der Kohlenstoffabscheidung zu entwickeln
31 March 202231 March 2022 Soap, proteins and highly complex molecules from CO2 – these are the winners of the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2022” innovation award Large scale investments in CO2-based ethanol, methanol and aviation fuel are just around the corner – supporting climate protection and independence from fossil fuels. Participants of the “Conference on CO2-based Fuels & Chemicals 2022” elected the three innovation award winners. The award was organised by nova-Institute and CO2Value Europe, and sponsored by YNCORIS.
17 December 202113 December 2021 ArcelorMittal expands partnership with carbon capture and re-use specialist LanzaTech through US$30 million investment Investment is ArcelorMittal’s fourth via its XCarb™ innovation fund
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
5 May 20219 September 2021 Steel2Chemicals pilot plant in operation at the end of April ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux and Tata Steel are investigating to convert CO from residual gases from steel production into raw materials for the chemical industry
6 April 20219 September 2021 Air Liquide and ArcelorMittal join forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of steel production in the Dunkirk industrial basin This partnership is the first step towards the creation of a new low-carbon hydrogen and CO2 capture technologies ecosystem in this major industrial basin
24 March 20219 September 2021 “Best CO2 Utilisation 2021″: The three winners of the innovation award are turning CO2 into methanol, cleaners, plastic packaging or surfactants CO2 has become famous in a sad way. Carbon Recycling International from Iceland, LanzaTech from USA and Covestro from Germany transform it into usable raw materials.
22 February 202117 February 2021 Vow ASA and ArcelorMittal join forces to build biogas plant in Luxembourg The biogas will be made using Vow’s patented ‘Biogreen’ pyrolysis technology, which involves heating sustainable biomass at high temperatures
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
20 November 20209 September 2021 € 140 Mio project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port North-C-Methanol: largest installations worldwide
2 November 20209 September 2021 CO2 capture: launch of Dinamx, an industrial pilot demonstration project for the DMX process The DMX™ process, developed by IFPEN and marketed by Axens, uses a solvent for separating CO2 via absorption with a high capture capacity
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
29 May 20209 September 2021 Belgium: EU supports ArcelorMittal with EUR 75m EIB loan to scale up breakthrough technology to reduce carbon emissions Two ground-breaking projects at ArcelorMittal plant in Ghent, Belgium, to considerably reduce carbon emissions by converting waste and by-products into valuable new products
23 October 201920 October 2019 Air Liquide partners with ArcelorMittal in pilot project to capture and recycle carbon In this project, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a technology solution that purifies the offgas coming from the blast furnace
24 September 20199 September 2021 ArcelorMittal commissions Midrex to design demonstration plant for hydrogen steel production in Hamburg Conversion to green hydrogen from renewable energy sources will take place once available in sufficient quantities and at an economical cost
ArcelorMittal beauftragt Midrex mit der Planung einer Demonstrationsanlage für die Wasserstoff-Stahlproduktion in Hamburg Umstellung auf grünen Wasserstoff aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen erfolgt nach ausreichender Verfügbarkeit und zu wirtschaftlichen Kosten.
23 July 20199 September 2021 ArcelorMittal Belgium starts construction on two pioneering projects to further reduce carbon emissions The two installations represent a total investment of 160 million euros and will avoid approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year in the first phase
28 May 20199 September 2021 LanzaTech aims to fuel jets and make consumer goods from recycled carbon pollution Consumers soon could be taking flights powered by recycled carbon pollution and wearing sneakers synthesized from planet-warming waste gas
1 February 20199 September 2021 European industry fosters CO2 reutilization Next step in collaboration of industrial and academic partners / Evaluation of industrial-scale testing in southern France
Europas Industrie fördert CO2-Wiederverwertung Nächster Schritt in der Kooperation von Industrie und Forschung / Industrielle Erprobung soll in Südfrankreich untersucht werden
28 January 20199 September 2021 Sulzer helps turn carbon emissions into biofuels at the ArcelorMittal Gent plant Sulzer was appointed on the basis of its extensive expertise, in-depth knowledge and manufacturing capabilities for the processing industries
17 August 20189 September 2021 Neue, umweltfreundlichere Perspektiven für Abgase aus der Stahlproduktion Derzeit im Bau befindliches neues Stahlwerk wird die Abgase aus der Stahlerzeugung zur Herstellung eines umweltfreundlichen Transportkraftstoffs nutzen
19 July 20189 September 2021 ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech break ground on €150million project to revolutionise blast furnace carbon emissions capture Pioneering new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol
12 July 201810 July 2018 UK Government Grant to Develop World First Waste Carbon to Jet Fuel Project Successful bid in Future Fuels for Flight and Freight competition
20 June 20189 September 2021 BASF invests in LanzaTech, ArcelorMittal’s underway on advanced fuels, Syngenta breaks 3B gallon mark, Leaf gets an accelerator: partnership frenzy in the bioeconomy Robust technologies must find effective routes to market through robust partnership — the days of vertically-integrated companies that can “do it all” appear to be over
15 December 20179 September 2021 ArcelorMittal gets nod from World Economic Forum for integrating circular economy principles into its business model Corporation is finding ways to make transformational changes to the way it does busines
27 October 20179 September 2021 Covestro: Europeans join forces on CO2 – Chemical industry will use waste gas from steel factories to make plastics Research project launched with 14 partners from seven countries - EU supports development of a particularly sustainable process
Covestro: Europäischer Schulterschluss zur CO2-Nutzung – Chemie will Abgase aus Stahlwerken für Kunststoffe verwenden Forschungsprojekt mit 14 Partnern aus sieben Ländern gestartet - EU fördert Entwicklung von besonders nachhaltigem Verfahren
23 January 20179 September 2021 Research identifies potential of CO2 reuse in Flanders With carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), the carbon cycle is closed and CO2 is no longer a waste stream
19 January 201716 January 2017 LanzaTech Awarded $4M from DOE for Low Carbon Jet & Diesel Demonstration Facility LanzaTech is currently building its first commercial ethanol facilities using waste gases
20 September 20169 September 2021 Virgin ♥ LanzaJet fuel: “A real game changer for aviation,” says Branson New LanzaTech's Lanzanol works in passenger cars and drops carbon by 80 percent
19 August 201615 February 2018 Growing A Bioeconomy — Flanders To Produce Fossil-Free Fuels, Chemicals, And Products Flanders region of Belgium to be transformed into a European center hub of a new biobased economic activity
3 August 20162 August 2016 Gas fermentation: another promising biobased technology Some overview about top companies and the sector’s achievements
11 March 20169 September 2021 MIT researchers turn waste gas into liquid fuel Successful trial at a pilot plant in China using bacteria to convert exhaust emissions to oil will now be tested at a larger scale
20 January 201619 January 2016 A Carbon Smart Future through Green Chemistry The Readers of Biofuels Digest rated more than 100 individual molecules