4 April 202229 March 2022 The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change?
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.
SHV Energy and LanzaTech announce partnership to pioneer renewable propane SHV Energy and LanzaTech announced a new strategic partnership to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways
29 March 202228 March 2022 Engineered bacteria convert CO2 into valuable industrial chemicals Many industrial chemicals have a large carbon footprint. But scientists have engineered bacteria that ferments carbon dioxide from the air to make industrial chemicals
28 March 202224 March 2022 LanzaTech, ReCarbon, Woodside team up on carbon capture and utilization project in Australia In today’s Digest, the project details, while you may know LanzaTech, exactly who are ReCarbon and Woodside Energy, what does this project mean, reactions from the stakeholders, and more
25 March 202224 March 2022 Woodside launches carbon capture and utilisation collaboration with ReCarbon and LanzaTech Together, all collaboration partners are investigating the viability of a proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) pilot facility in Perth, Western Australia
22 March 202221 March 2022 LanzaTech files for IPO in a SPAC deal LanzaTech recently announced its planned initial public offering (IPO) via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) AMCI Acquisition Corp. II
21 March 202215 March 2022 International Women’s Day. We celebrate all the women who are making the bioeconomy happen The current global labour force participation rate for women is close to 46% (for men it is 71%), according to the International Labour Organisation
18 March 202215 March 2022 LanzaTech NZ, Inc., a market-leading innovator in Carbon Capture & Transformation, to go public through business combination with AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be renamed LanzaTech Global, Inc. and its common stock is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LNZA”
11 March 20229 March 2022 Twelve and LanzaTech Partner to Create Ethanol From CO2 Collaborative process seeks to eliminate the fossil fuel impact of ethanol production
3 March 202228 February 2022 Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals Researchers built on LanzaTech technology to develop a new process that converts emissions from heavy industry or bio-based syngas, into either acetone or IPA, using an engineered bacterium called Clostridium autoethanogenum
2 March 202228 February 2022 Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics
Klimafreundliches Verfahren: Bakterien bilden Chemikalien aus CO2 Modifizierte Bakterien wandeln CO2 in Additive für Treibstoffe, Stoffe, und Kosmetika um
11 February 20227 February 2022 Microsoft and Shell are betting on a company making greener jet fuel LanzaJet recently received $50 million in funding from Microsoft, adding to previous investments from Shell and a handful of other energy companies and airlines
21 January 202220 January 2022 LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels
17 January 202213 January 2022 An exclusive interview with Jennifer Holmgren, the Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2021 Interview with the winner of Il Bioeconomista's 2021 CEO most innovative bioeconomy survey
14 January 20227 January 2022 Recycling CO2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech A picture gallery of the company's achievements for sustainability and a circulareconomy
13 January 202210 January 2022 A sustainable carbons cycle or a vicious emissions cycle? The European Commission’s proposed carbon removal strategy, although it contains some good elements, is also problematic and confusing on other aspects, writes Wijnand Stoefs
6 January 20224 January 2022 LanzaTech and Zara Collaborate to Create a Capsule Collection Made from Recycled Carbon Emissions LanzaTech teams with Inditex to launch carbon emissions-based fabric for Zara
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
The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO is Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech Results from survey to choose the most innovative bioeconomy CEO of 2021
16 December 202113 December 2021 Advances in converting CO2 into polymers Sreeparna Das, independent specialist consultant to the chemicals industry and contributor to materials database Matmatch, outlines some key advancements in the market
15 December 202113 December 2021 The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs 2021 Survey to choose the most innovative bioeconomy CEO of 2021
13 December 202110 December 2021 From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air
16 November 202112 November 2021 SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech to explore synthetic sustainable aviation fuel production "This initiative shows the potential of cross industry partnerships to drive the decarbonization of a hard-to-abate sector" says Anna Borg
15 November 202111 November 2021 On announces CleanCloud™ – turning carbon emissions into running shoes in cooperation with LanzaTech and Borealis Swiss sports brand On leads supply chain coalition to reshape carbon waste into running shoes
12 November 202110 November 2021 Unilever macht Schluss mit schmutzigen Saubermachern Erstes Waschmittel mit recyceltem CO2
10 November 20217 November 2021 First of a Kind Bagasse to Ethanol Project in India LanzaTech teams with Indian engineers to develop bagasse-based ethanol
20 October 202119 October 2021 US Secretary of Energy Granholm and US Senator Ossoff Visit LanzaTech Innovation Hub in Georgia and Site of the World’s First LanzaJet Sustainable Fuels Plant Visit highlights the potential of rural America to create domestic supplies of sustainable fuels and chemicals
8 October 20211 October 2021 Pollution to products? Recycled carbon emissions are coming to consumer shelves Synthetic biology - like that used to make LanzaTech's products - could play a key part in the transition away from fossil fuels and to a climate-smarter economy
7 October 20211 October 2021 CarbonSmart Inside and Out LanzaTech leads the way in getting consumer goods from recycled carbon to market
4 October 202129 September 2021 SynBio: The Science Behind LanzaTech’s Success At its heart, LanzaTech is a cutting-edge synthetic biology or “SynBio” venture, as Wikipedia describes, “…a multidisciplinary area of research that seeks to create new biological parts, devices, and systems, or to redesign systems that are already found in nature."
7 September 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2 Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts CO2 into materials that are traditionally made from fossil fuels
27 August 20219 September 2021 lululemon invests in renewable materials For its polyester materials, lululemon aims to have at least 75% of its polyester sourced from recycled content by 2025 with a stretch goal of having their polyester materials 100% recycled-based
4 August 20213 August 2021 Agile BioFoundry Selects New Collaborations These projects will leverage national laboratory capabilities to address challenges in biomanufacturing
3 August 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech UK and Carbon Engineering team to produce SAF from CO2 The companies are investigating a commercial facility in the UK that will produce more than 100 million litres per year of jet fuel made from atmospheric carbon dioxide
21 July 20219 September 2021 Reusable – yes, absolutely! If there is a system change, then do it properly: without crude oil. New reusable systems only with raw materials from biomass, CO2 and recycling!
20 July 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech and lululemon partner to create the first fabric using recycled carbon emissions Partnership includes India Glycols Limited and Far Eastern New Century
8 July 20219 September 2021 The First Cosmetic Bottle Derived From Enzymatic Plastic Recycling The first cosmetic bottle made from plastic entirely recycled using Carbios’ enzymatic technology
29 June 202124 June 2021 LanzaTech Part of South Wales Industrial Decarbonisation Project Proposed facility will yield around 100 million litres per annum of ATJ Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (ATJ-SPK) to build out the entire supply chain from feedstock to wing
16 June 202116 June 2021 Wall Street wins signal the start of a synthetic biology revolution Last month, Ginkgo Bioworks landed a blank-check deal that valued the company at $15 billion, more than triple what it was worth last year
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
21 May 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech and BASF achieve first milestone in utilizing industrial off-gases for chemical production Industrial exhaust gas used to produce sustainable alcohol – White biotechnology enables carbon recycling
LanzaTech und BASF erreichen ersten Meilenstein bei der stofflichen Nutzung von industriellen Abgasen für die chemische Produktion Aus industriellen Abgasen wird nachhaltig produzierter Alkohol – Weiße Biotechnologie ermöglicht das Recycling von Kohlenstoff
20 May 20219 September 2021 Winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021”: A chair made from hemp fibres and bio-resin, PET bottles made from enzymatically recycled textile waste and CO2-based household cleaners The new concept of the Renewable Materials Conference generated an outstanding response: 420 participants witnessed a firework of innovations of non-fossil material solutions and voted for the winners of the innovation award
12 May 20219 September 2021 Unilever expands to CO2-based surfactant raw material Company’s goal is to convert 100% of its fossil-based raw materials in its cleaning and laundry product formulations in brands
11 May 20219 September 2021 Geld verdienen mit CO2: Bietet der Klimawandel ökonomische Chancen? Eine sicherere Rohstoffquelle als CO2 kann aus Sicht eines produzierenden Unternehmens kaum existieren
10 May 20219 September 2021 The world’s first laundry capsule made using recycled carbon emissions Through a pioneering new process, we’re capturing waste CO2 from a factory - before it reaches the atmosphere - and turning it into a cleaning ingredient for our OMO detergent
4 May 202118 June 2021 Sinopec Capital to Invest and Partner with LanzaTech Sinopec Capital, with its Parent Sinopec Group as largest integrated Energy and Chemicals Company in China, invests in Carbon Recycling company
3 May 20219 September 2021 World-first laundry capsule in market made from industrial carbon emissions For the first time a surfactant made using captured carbon emissions will come to market in a cleaning product