21 November 202321 November 2023 The Advanced Recycling Conference 2023 – Your Ultimate Guide to Cutting-Edge Recycling Solutions With the upcoming recycling quotas set by the EU, as well as quotas for mandatory recycled content for specific products, advanced recycling reaches far beyond the plastic packaging sector In consequence, estimations foresee 55% of renewable carbon to come from recycling until 2050. Join more than 250 other participants to discuss effective solutions to handle these capacities
8 July 20225 July 2022 Circular plastics for green growth markets To make circular solutions in the product portfolio even more recognizable to customers in the future, Covestro has developed the brand "CQ" concept which stands for "Circular Intelligence" and indicates the alternative raw material base for the company's products if it is at least 25 percent
Zirkuläre Kunststoffe für grüne Wachstumsmärkte Um zirkuläre Lösungen für Kunden künftig noch besser erkennbar zu machen, hat Covestro das Konzept "CQ" entwickelt, was für "Circular Intelligence" steht und für jeweilige Produkte des Unternehmens die alternative Rohstoffbasis anzeigt, wenn sie mindestens 25 Prozent beträgt
22 March 202216 March 2022 Carbon capture: Early days of a $1 trillion industry? Solutions such as carbon capture, utilization and storage in reducing carbon emissions or even going a step further and removing existing CO2 from the atmosphere are necessary
14 July 20219 July 2021 10 years of EU’s failed biofuels policy has wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands – study T&E, who carried out the study, calls on the EU to end support to palm and soy biodiesel immediately to avoid further deforestation impacts
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
12 May 202118 June 2021 Total Cray Valley and Gevo to further Scale Up Development of Renewable Isoamylene from Fusel Oil The companies are now seeking to advance to Phase 2 of the JDA, which will allow for scale up of Gevo’s technology at a demonstration scale
23 March 20219 September 2021 French oil giant backs startup recycling CO2 into animal food Deep Branch raised 8 million euros to build a pilot plant to turn carbon dioxide into feed for livestock
23 February 20219 September 2021 Carbon Capture – A Man-made Solution To Solve A Man-made Problem Many of the companies, who were not that long ago considered progressive, oil majors etc now hold the key to solving the problem man has created
25 January 202120 January 2021 Total and Engie partner to develop France’s largest site for the production of green hydrogen from 100% renewable electricity 40 MW electrolyser will produce 5 tonnes of green hydrogen per day to meet the needs of the biofuel production process at Total's La Mède biorefinery
9 December 20205 December 2020 Total Corbion PLA outlines most favorable end-of-life options for PLA bioplastics New whitepaper also clarifies where PLA products and applications can significantly contribute towards the circular economy
23 November 20209 September 2021 Total and ADNOC sign strategic framework agreement on CO2 emission reductions and CCUS ADNOC and Total will jointly explore opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions, improve energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy for oil and gas operations
20 November 20209 September 2021 LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal make plastic from captured CO2 First technological and industrial proving that industrial carbon emissions can be used to produce plastic
3 November 20209 September 2021 LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions It is a technological and industrial success proving that industrial carbon emissions can be used to produce plastic packaging
LanzaTech, Total und L’Oréal verkünden eine Weltpremiere: Die Herstellung der ersten Plastikflasche für Kosmetikprodukte aus industriellem Kohlenstoffausstoss Es ist ein technologischer und industrieller Erfolg, der beweist, dass industrielle Kohlenstoffemissionen zur Herstellung von Kunststoffverpackungen genutzt werden können
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
28 October 202023 October 2020 Total and Plastic Energy announce a strategic partnership and the construction of the first chemical recycling plant in France This first project in France represents the start of the collaboration between Total and Plastic Energy to deploy chemical recycling
Total: Kooperation mit Plastic Energy Erstes Projekt dieser Art in Frankreich soll der Start einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen Total und Plastic Energy werden, um das Chemische Recycling voranzubringen
15 October 202012 October 2020 Shell, BP, Total: Das Ende des Ölzeitalters naht Die Ölindustrie steht vor einer historischen Zäsur. Shell-Vorstand Huibert Vigeveno erklärt, wie sich sein Konzern darauf einstellen will
8 October 20206 October 2020 Total Corbion PLA: Erste PLA-Anlage im Weltmaßstab in Europa in Planung Die neue Anlage soll an einem Total-Standort in Grandpuits, Frankreich, errichtet werden und 2024 betriebsbereit sein
7 October 20209 September 2021 Energy Transition: Total Is Investing More Than €500 Million To Convert Its Grandpuits Refinery Into a Zero-Crude Platform for Biofuels and Bioplastics New platform will focus on four new industrial activities and is demonstrating company's commitment to the energy transition and to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050
Total: Komplette Neuausrichtung der Raffinerie in Grandpuits Konzern avisiert neue Rohöl-freie Plattform mit vier Industriezweigen, um mittels eigener Zugeständnisse zur Energiewende ein Carbon-neutrales Europa bis 2050 zu erreichen
6 October 20201 October 2020 Total Corbion PLA announces the first world-scale PLA plant in Europe The new plant is planned to be located on a Total site in Grandpuits, France and to be operational in 2024
3 September 20209 September 2021 #Trending: Chemical recycling of plastics – the missing link in the puzzle to enhance plastics circularity Collection & sorting of plastics waste is quite far from being at the required level and the recycled grades often don’t stand a chance against their low-cost virgin counterparts
17 August 20209 September 2021 Klimaschutz: Norwegen darf CO2-Abscheidung mit 2,1 Mrd. Euro fördern Die Aufsichtsbehörde (ESA) der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) hat Norwegen gestattet, das CCS-Projekt Northern Lights mit bis zu 2,1 Mrd. Euro zu subventionieren
ESA approves Norwegian Full-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage: up to €2.1bn in aid to meet climate goals Norwegian government together with the European Commission to support the project "Northern Lights"
5 June 202031 December 2020 Plastic Recycling: Total and PureCycle Technologies Form a Strategic Partnership Total to purchase part of the output of PureCycle Technologies’ future facility in the United States and to assess the interest of developing a new plant together in Europe
Total: Kooperation mit PureCycle Technologies Total will künftig recyceltes Polypropylen von PureCycle Technologies aus Ohio verarbeiten, beide Unternehmen erwägen den Bau einer Recyclinganlage in Europa
27 March 20209 September 2021 Innovative and sustainable ideas can’t be stopped by the Corona crisis! The winners of the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020” are Air Vodka made from CO2, a biological methanation process as grid-scale energy storage solution and a direct air capture solution for CO2 At nova-Institute’s first online conferences on PtX and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), 50 speakers presented and discussed the future of aviation fuels and carbon dioxide as feedstock!
20 March 20209 September 2021 Your Chance to Join: nova-Institute’s 3-Day Online Conference on Aviation Fuels and Carbon Capture and Utilisation 50 Speakers Present the Future of Aviation Fuels and Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock online on 23-25 March 2020, 10:00 to 18:00 at least 200 to 300 Online Participants Expected
17 March 202018 March 2020 Aviation fuels, CO2-based fuels and chemicals, PtX and CCU need conferences and meeting places for exchange – especially in times of the corona virus. Unfortunately, nova won’t be able to hold the major conferences in Cologne next week due to general event bans in Germany: 1st European Summit on CO2-based Aviation Fuels (in cooperation with IASA), 23 March 2020 and the 8th Conference on Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers, 24 – 25 March 2020
25 February 2020 The “Top 6” candidates are nominated for the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020”! Vodka made from CO2. Biotechnological CO2 conversion to produce chemicals, polymers and methane. Synthetic fuels produced with CO2 captured from air and CO2-based consumer products. Everything and more is possible right now!
31 January 20209 November 2020 Styrenics Circular Solutions Members to Initiate Evaluation of Pyrowave Plastic-to-plastic Chemical Recycling Technology SCS members INEOS Styrolution, Total, Trinseo and Versalis (Eni) to evaluate in detail Pyrowave's depolymerisation technology
8 October 20199 September 2021 Sunfire partners with Total on highly efficient hydrogen technology Cooperation heralds a new era for the industrial use of renewable hydrogen and methanol in refineries
Total kooperiert mit Sunfire und setzt auf hocheffiziente Wasserstoff-Technologie Kooperation läutet neue Ära für die industrielle Nutzung von erneuerbarem Wasserstoff und Methanol in Raffinerien ein
19 September 20199 September 2021 European cooperation on carbon capture and storage Equinor, in cooperation with its partners Shell and Total, is studying the possibilities for developing a CO₂ storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)
29 August 201927 August 2019 Gevo enters into purchase and sale agreement for sustainable aviation fuel to supply Air TOTAL International With the finalization of this new supply contract, Gevo will initially supply Air Total sustainable aviation fuel from its facility in Silsbee Texas
26 August 201921 August 2019 Mineral oil groups ramp up HVO production in the EU In view of alternative feedstock options, UFOP has urged the EU to step up certification and documentation requirements
5 August 201931 July 2019 France bans palm oil from biofuels UFOP: German government should also rule out palm oil now
Frankreich verbannt Palmöl aus Biokraftstoffen Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) fordert die Bundesregierung auf nach französischem Vorbild Palmöl baldmöglichst auszuschließen
9 July 20199 September 2021 Inventys Partners with Total and Lafarge to Bring Carbon Capture Program to British Columbia Project CO₂MENT secures funding from Total, Lafarge, CCP (CO₂ Capture Project), Province of B.C., and Government of Canada
8 July 201912 July 2019 Total Starts Up the La Mède Biorefinery French energy giant's final step in the €275m project, aiming the conversion of a former oil refinery into a new energies complex
16 May 201913 May 2019 Bauernhof im Bottich: Mit Fermentation das Klima retten Der Impossible Burger in Deutschland: Retortenfleisch – nichts für Deutsche?
28 March 201925 March 2019 An InfluenceMap Report: Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate Change How the oil majors have spent $1Bn since Paris on narrative capture and lobbying on climate
31 January 201929 January 2019 Total says French palm oil curb threatens biofuel facility French lawmakers last month voted to remove palm oil from the country’s biofuel scheme as of 2020
29 January 201924 January 2019 The Alliance Launches Today Global corporations join newly launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste
17 January 20199 September 2021 BP announces its part in the Clean Gas Project, a world-first in CCUS technology for capturing emissions from gas-fired power generation World’s first large-scale commercial facility for capturing carbon emissions from gas-fired power generation to be set up in Teesside
BP unterstützt die Speicherung und Nutzung von Kohlendioxid Weltweit erstes kommerzielles Stromkraftwerk auf CCUS-Basis entsteht in Teesside
18 September 201814 September 2018 Opening 1st Plasticroad Bike Path In The World 30 meters of plastic bike path contain recycled plastic equivalent to more than 218.000 plastic cups or 500.000 plastic bottle caps
4 December 201729 November 2017 Mossi Ghisolfi is for sale: Versalis, Total and Chinese industrial groups are interested According to different rumors in Italy, Versalis and various European and Asian industrial groups would be interested in acquiring the Italian chemical company