20 March 202414 March 2024 Berlin kicks off €23 billion green industry subsidy scheme The German government has launched a race for €23 billion in industrial decarbonisation subsidies, an unprecedented flagship policy that will run over 15 years
12 March 20247 March 2024 Europe’s industrial decarbonisation at risk amid sharp drop in CO2 price The sharp drop in the EU’s CO2 price, caused by high energy prices and political uncertainty, risks the carbon market’s credibility – and may become an obstacle to the bloc’s industrial decarbonisation
5 March 202429 February 2024 Yokogawa Releases OpreX Carbon Footprint Tracer to Support Decarbonization in the Process Manufacturing Industries In collaboration with SAP, a world's first product CO2 emissions management service for the process manufacturing industries
27 February 202426 February 2024 Carbon farming certification to cover soil and wetland management The EU framework on ‘carbon farming’ include restoring forests and soil, wetland management, and growing nitrogen fixing crops
15 February 202412 February 2024 Climeworks and Svante Collaborate in Development and Supply for Direct Air Capture Climeworks and Svante have signed a collaboration and supply agreement to further advance commercial-scale solutions for direct air capture
6 December 202330 November 2023 New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases Utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, the team of Prof. Dr. Shoubik Das, Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Bayreuth, presents in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams
28 November 202323 November 2023 UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as ‘negative emissions’ Environmental groups are taking the UK government to court on Monday (13 November) over plans to spend billions on Biomass with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a technology aimed at removing CO2 from the atmosphere that is also being promoted by the European Union
14 November 20239 November 2023 Efficient Biohybrid Batteries Fast-Charging Hybrid Microbial Fuel Cell and CO2 Electrolyzer, Based on Formic Acid
6 October 20235 October 2023 Capturing CO2 with electricity: A microbial enzyme inspires electrochemistry Scientists isolate a microbial enzyme and branch it on an electrode to efficiently and unidirectionally convert carbon dioxide to formate
31 May 202328 May 2023 NetZero inaugurates in Brazil world’s largest biochar factory using crop residues French start-up NetZero inaugurates in Brazil the world’s largest facility producing biochar from crop residues, being also Latin America’s first biochar plant
10 May 20238 May 2023 Europe needs to urgently prepare for carbon market ‘endgame’ As of 2039, energy companies and energy-intensive industries will only be able to use CO2 allowances which they have previously banked or buy them on the EU carbon market, write Claudia Günther, Michael Pahle, Sebastian Osorio and Simon Quemin
5 May 20233 May 2023 CO₂ recycling: What is the role of the electrolyte? At the HZB, Matthew Mayer and his team has now investigated what causes this and how the clog up process can be prevented
27 April 202325 April 2023 Groundbreaking for E-Fuel Production Plant in Frankfurt INERATEC sets standards for global deployment of power-to-liquid technology with pioneering plant
25 April 202324 April 2023 Parliament backs EU carbon market overhaul, world’s first CO₂ tariff Europe’s carbon market forces power plants and factories to buy CO2 permits when they pollute. It has slashed those sectors’ emissions by 43% since 2005 but is facing a revamp to hit more ambitious EU climate change targets
3 January 202322 December 2022 EU agrees carbon market overhaul in bid to hit 2030 climate goal European Union negotiators reached agreement early on Sunday morning (18 December) to reform the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the biggest carbon market in the world and the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument
14 December 20228 December 2022 Carbon Matchmaker U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announces Carbon Matchmaker, an online information resource to connect users across the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) supply chains
29 September 202217 December 2024 Givaudan and LanzaTech announce their collaboration on developing sustainable fragrance ingredients from renewable carbon Givaudan, a global industry leader in the world of scent and beauty, and LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company have announced a collaboration for the development of sustainable fragrance ingredients from renewable carbon
5 September 202230 August 2022 Carbon storage calculator The carbon storage calculator calculates the carbon stored in different Metsä Wood products by volume and helps our customers and designers make more sustainable choices for building products
8 February 202231 January 2022 The state of Baden-Württemberg is funding a research project on the production of bio activated carbon from renewable raw materials The basis for this is the minus CO2 technology of carbonauten: carbonauten convert bioresidue into biocarbons, which permanently binds CO2 from the atmosphere
12 November 20217 November 2021 Microorganisms produce elemental carbon Researchers identify a new kind of pure carbon production by microorganisms
23 July 20219 September 2021 Blue Biofuels Finds Additional High Value Market for its Sulfur-Free Lignin CBC estimates a market price and intents to pay around $10 per kilogram for this high purity lignin, subject to due diligence, testing, and supply availability
14 July 20219 September 2021 How to make a success of the EU carbon border adjustment The current main tool to prevent carbon leakage is in its current form obstructing substantial emission reductions in industry and should therefore be phased out as soon as possible
12 July 20219 September 2021 LEAKED: The EU’s carbon market reform proposal The revised ETS will be the centerpiece of a broader package of twelve EU energy and climate laws that the European Commission will table on 14 July
7 July 20219 September 2021 Atmospheric CO2 is “our biggest resource” says carbon-negative plastic brand Made of Air Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades
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
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
2 June 20219 September 2021 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
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
18 May 20219 September 2021 The need for bio-based carbon in a sustainable future – Studies on support to R&I policy in the area of bio-based products and services “Carbon Economy” project illustrates the role of bioeconomy in a low fossil carbon economy for Europe, today and in the future.
9 April 20219 September 2021 A stable copper catalyst for CO2 conversion A new catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemicals or fuels has been developed by researchers at RUB and the University of Duisburg-Essen
4 March 20219 September 2021 Groundbreaking Research into White-Rot Fungi Proves Its Value in Carbon Sequestration from Lignin The researchers also highlight that this work is just the beginning of a broad area towards discovering new enzymes and pathways and better understanding carbon flux in these organisms
1 March 20219 September 2021 Reductive Glycine Pathway: A Versatile Route for One-Carbon Biotech This recent study concludes several reports in 2020 on the ATP-efficient, one-carbon-assimilating, rGlyP
19 February 20219 September 2021 British Airways fuels its future with second sustainable aviation fuel partnership British Airways will purchase SAF from LanzaJet’s US plant to power a number of the airline’s flights from late 2022
9 February 20219 September 2021 UPM treibt die weitere Umsetzung seiner Wachstumspläne bei Biokraftstoffen voran Einen wichtigen Teil im Rohstoffmix der Raffinerie würden die bei UPM anfallenden Holzreststoffe und Nebenströme ausmachen
1 February 20219 September 2021 CO2 as Feedstock!: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon to Value Initiative Carbontech — technologies that capture and convert CO2 into valuable end products
28 January 20219 September 2021 Microorganism breaks down phenol under extreme conditions New pathways found for biotechnological degradation of industrial waste
22 January 20219 September 2021 This biodegradable single-use dental flosser actually takes carbon OUT of the atmosphere Carbyn seeks to mitigate the climate crisis by creating a carbon-negative bioplastic that stores more carbon than it releases throughout its lifecycle
12 January 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech and TeselaGen Biotechnology Sign New Multi-Year Deal to Advance Carbon Remediation via Biological Processes LanzaTech and TeselaGen ink new 5-year deal to reduce the human carbon footprint using synthetic biology, extending their relationship through 2025
8 January 20219 September 2021 CarbonSmart™ Milestones for LanzaTech Carbon capture at scale hits new heights
7 January 20219 September 2021 Carbon Clean and Veolia team up to fund green projects in India through a joint venture This partnership between Veolia and Carbon Clean is an important step in the right direction
Carbon Clean und Veolia finanzieren gemeinsam umweltfreundliche Projekte in Indien über ein Joint Venture Diese Partnerschaft zwischen Veolia und Carbon Clean ist ein wichtiger Schritt in die richtige Richtung
5 January 20219 September 2021 Calling Startups to join the Carbon-to-Value Initiative Application is open until 27 January 2021
17 December 20209 September 2021 EU taxonomy should be led by science to drive sustainable investment Meeting climate goals requires the rapid realignment and mobilisation of finance at a massive scale
11 December 20209 December 2020 An interview with Chris Patermann. “We do not lose out of sight that we all live on the same planet” In this long exclusive interviene, the former Director at the EU Commission talks about the Global Bioeconomy Summit and the bioeconomy after the pandemic
1 October 20209 September 2021 EU climate plan could see bloc’s carbon price double this decade The Commission laid out an analysis of how its 27 member countries could slash emissions by at least 55% by 2030, against 1990 levels
10 September 20209 September 2021 New Nitrogen Assembly Carbon catalyst has potential to transform chemical manufacturing he scientists performed experiments with a type of heterogeneous catalyst in which the design and placement of nitrogen on the carbon surface greatly influenced the catalytic activity of the material
31 August 20209 September 2021 New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals By efficiently converting CO2 into complex hydrocarbon products, a new catalyst could potentially aid in large-scale efforts to recycle excess carbon dioxide
13 August 20209 September 2021 Norway’s €2.1bn carbon-capture mega-project gets approval Norway has been cleared to pay 80% of the costs on a large-scale CCS project by the state aid regulator of EFTA
8 June 20205 June 2020 Scientists finally crack nature’s most common chemical bond The hydrocarbon bonds have fully yielded, opening the door to the synthesis of a large range of novel organic molecules, including drugs based on natural compounds
20 May 20209 September 2021 Evonik and Beiersdorf Engaging in Joint Research to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Care Products Its aim is to develop sustainable raw materials for care products, using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the starting material