15 August 202210 August 2022 A simple, cheap material for carbon capture, perhaps from tailpipes Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine — the main component of Formica — chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the United States and other nations as they seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
22 July 202218 July 2022 Jim Hurt commentary: Can Gov. Scott and VT Climate Council go around the court’s crazy EPA ruling? The missing ingredient that Gov. Scott and Vermont utilities can bring to the table is a profitable plan for CO2 removal which can be reused to make synthetic fuels and other products
30 June 202223 June 2022 U.S. Department of Energy Announces $39 Million for Research and Development to Turn Buildings Into Carbon Storage Structures Funding Will Support 18 Projects Aiming to Develop Building Materials that Decarbonize the Atmosphere
Unilever & Genomatica’s palm oil alternatives, biobased World Cup soccer balls, mistletoe as natural glue, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of June 23rd In today’s Digest, check out these bioinnovations as well as mistletoe being used as natural glue, soybean based putting greens, and more…
22 June 202217 June 2022 Photosynthesis-inspired process makes commodity chemicals New strategy is less expensive, less energy intensive than current industrial processes
Von der Photosynthese inspirierter Prozess zur Herstellung von Grundchemikalien Die neue Strategie ist kostengünstiger und weniger energieintensiv als die derzeitigen industriellen Verfahren
14 June 20229 June 2022 Capturing carbon with crops, trees and bioenergy MSU researchers find an integrated approach to land management practices can reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere far more than earlier estimates
7 June 20221 June 2022 Biden Administration Launches $3.5 Billion Program to Capture Carbon Pollution from the Air DOE Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Effort to Establish Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs for Large-Scale CO2 Removal
6 May 20224 May 2022 Lignin-based jet fuel packs more power for less pollution In a study published in the journal Fuel, researchers analyzed a Washington State University-developed jet fuel based on lignin, an organic polymer that makes plants tough and woody
20 April 202213 April 2022 Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide Rice University lab turns hard-to-process trash into carbon-capture master
Behandelte Kunststoffabfälle können Kohlendioxid gut binden Labor der Rice University verwandelt schwer zu verarbeitenden Müll in ein Meisterwerk der Kohlenstoffabscheidung
19 April 202214 April 2022 Neue Methode reinigt Wasserstoff aus Kohlenmonoxidgemischen Lizenzierung der Technologie für ein Start-up
New method purifies hydrogen from heavy carbon monoxide mixtures Penn State associate professor of chemical engineering, proposes using high-temperature proton-selective polymer electrolyte membranes, or PEMs, to separate hydrogen from other gases in an ACS Energy Letters paper
8 April 20224 April 2022 Artificial photosynthesis: the ultimate renewable tech This is the field, where man-made devices replicate the way plants obtain energy from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
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
8 February 202231 January 2022 Plant-Based Epoxy Enables Recyclable Carbon Fiber, Improves Economics for Mass Market Electric Vehicles NREL researchers have shown that making carbon fiber composites with bio-based epoxies and an anhydride hardener makes the material fully recyclable by introducing linkages that are more easily degraded
13 January 20227 January 2022 Higher Performance, Carbon Negative Plastics, Maybe for Less ReSource developing FCDA from furfural - a technology which a number of companies are chasing for
5 January 202217 December 2021 Hemp slowly making inroads in the cement and construction industries Hemp construction is still a niche market waiting to break through into the mainstream, as the CBD industry experiences a glut, the hemp’s undeveloped industrial supply chain has been stuck
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
14 October 202111 October 2021 Catalyst Study Advances Carbon-Dioxide-to-Ethanol Conversion Combination of theory and experiment shows how a three-part catalyst helps transform excess CO2 into useable ethanol
21 September 202116 September 2021 United, Honeywell Invest in New Clean Tech Venture from Alder Fuels, Powering Biggest Sustainable Fuel Agreement in Aviation History United agrees to purchase 1.5 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years - which is one and a half times the size of the rest of the world's airlines' publicly announced SAF commitments combined
Produktion von nachhaltigem Kraftstoff für Flugzeuge: United und Honeywell investieren in junges Cleantech-Unternehmen Alder Fuels Alder wird Verfahren zur Produktion von CO2-armem Rohöl in industriellem Maßstab auf Basis von Biomasse entwickeln – United verpflichtet sich zur Abnahme von 1,5 Milliarden Gallonen SAF – Mit Abstand größte SAF-Order der Luftfahrtbranche
27 July 20219 September 2021 Analysis Shows Enzyme-Based Plastics Recycling Is More Energy Efficient, Better for Environment BOTTLE Consortium Effort Develops Model That Finds Sizeable Energy and Carbon-Saving Benefits for Recycling PET, a Common Plastic Used in Bottles, Clothing, Carpet
5 July 20219 September 2021 Department of Energy Invests $8 Million for Projects to Develop Algae-Based Technologies to Capture Carbon Dioxide for Use in Products Using algae, the selected projects will develop conversion technologies to decrease emissions, helping to reach the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050
17 June 20219 September 2021 DOE Announces $14.5 Million to Combat Plastics Waste and Pollution Innovation in plastics recycling technology is a triple win by cutting plastic waste, reducing industrial energy use and emissions, and creating clean manufacturing jobs
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
10 May 202118 June 2021 With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants The process has the potential to create more sustainable and economically favorable lifecycles for plastics
15 April 202118 June 2021 Sustainable criteria for a forest based biorefinery Practically sustainable means that we take care of at least three constituent parts: environmental, economic and social systems
4 February 20219 September 2021 Houston company could provide answer to Elon Musk’s $100 million question Karimi's technology can turn carbon dioxide into 30 different molecules, creating substances useful for Musk’s home and his envisioned developments on Mars
1 February 20219 September 2021 US DOE Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap The Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies, which started in Nov 2019
19 November 20209 September 2021 NREL recycles biorefinery waste streams to create high-value chemical products Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising route to produce renewable biofuels and oxygenated biochemicals while enabling the reuse, recovery, and recycling of materials containing carbon
12 November 20209 November 2020 Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste Rice University lab detours potential environmental hazard into useful material
Effiziente Nutzung von Kunststoffabfällen Labor der Rice University leitet potenzielle Umweltgefahr in nützliches Material um
11 November 20209 September 2021 U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and Development All new projects will help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products
2 November 20201 November 2020 A first-of-its-kind catalyst mimics natural processes to break down plastic and produce valuable new products While plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile
6 October 20206 October 2020 Multifunctional microbe simplifies processing of plant-derived fuels, chemicals ORNL researchers got an organism to co-utilize multiple compounds in a single bioreactor, gaining a better understanding of how these different pathways interact
21 August 202017 August 2020 Carbon-Optimized Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to ARPA-E’s Carbon Programs David Babson, Program Director at the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy answers important questions in this illuminating slide guide
19 August 202015 August 2020 Danimer Scientific Receives U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Support Bioplastic Production Nearly $5.7 million in support to conduct research and development projects within the biomanufacturing industry
6 August 20203 August 2020 Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects to Accelerate Biomanufacturing Each of the ABF Directed Funding Opportunity awardees will be invited to collaborate with National Lab research facilities to conduct their proposed research
5 August 20201 August 2020 Dutch agency advises the Netherlands to phase out bioenergy In its new GAIN report, SER recommends that biomass to be used for the highest value applications possible and comply with clear sustainability requirements
27 July 202023 July 2020 Tiny Little Shrimp Could Spark Huge Energy Storage Breakthrough Shrimp (May) Be The Key to Energy Storage That Flows
16 July 20209 September 2021 Carbon capture and reuse gain steam US government and European firms invest in CO₂ capture projects
30 June 20209 September 2021 $17m for carbon utilisation projects Each of the selected projects will develop and test technologies that can utilise CO2 from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary feedstock
18 June 202016 June 2020 Showtime for Photosynthesis One of nature’s most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough “molecular movie”
16 June 202012 June 2020 LanzaJet Takes Off! Innovative Sustainable Fuel Technology and Investment Structure to Accelerate Commercialization, Regional Job Growth, and Carbon reduction
DEM-COM: LanzaJet takes off on non-stop flight to scale New LanzaTech spin-off launched with investments from Suncor Energy and Mitsui & Co. about $15 million and $10 million, respectively, to establish the new venture
29 May 202026 May 2020 BD Zones and BDO Zones: Weaponizing Biomass to support a Bio-Fueled Economic Recovery BD and BDO Zones are shovel-ready, actionable initiatives that unlock billions of dollars of institutional investment into communities with a surplus of biomass, and where employment and bioeconomy development can be closely linked
28 April 202022 April 2020 BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment Newly founded BOTTLE Consortium to develop new processes and polymeric materials that are recyclable-by-design
23 April 202020 April 2020 Research Team Engineers a Better Plastic-Degrading Enzyme NREL-, University of Portsmouth-scientists discover enzyme which breaks down PET plastics in hours
Project in Morocco combines hemp and solar to go totally off grid Spain-based Cannabric ground-breaking eco-building in Morocco combines a hemp construction with a high-tech solar energy system