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27 February 202422 February 2024

Veolia feasibility study highlights potential of UK’s first carbon capture technology to produce sustainable fuels using Energy Recovery Facilities

Innovative carbon capture project could deliver greater sustainability to marine and aviation transport, and achieve ecological transformation for these industries

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26 February 202421 February 2024

How CCU Platforms Stack Up

Companies like Carbon Sink LLC, CapCO2 Solutions, and HYCO1 have developed on-site carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology platforms capable of turning waste CO2 streams into high-value products

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Microsoft-backed clean jet fuel startup fires up new CO2 converter

Twelve uses a CO2 electrochemical reactor - called OPUS - that will be at the center of its first commercial SAF production plant under construction in Moses Lake, Washington

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23 February 202417 December 2024

Products made from crude oil have a significantly higher CO2 footprint than previously assumed

New data sets have significant implications for the comparison of renewable carbon-based and fossil crude oil-based plastics

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Twelve Launches First Commercial-Scale SAF Production Facility

The plant will run on hydropower and use CO2 captured from a nearby ethanol plant, which will be fed through OPUS and turned into synthetic gas, which is basis of SAF

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Bill Gates: Greasy – and good for the planet

Why I’m making big bets on novel fats and oils

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22 February 202420 February 2024

UC engineers’ CO2 conversion helps industry, addresses climate

National research team led by UC professor develops more efficient system to address climate change - a new approach to converting CO2 into ethylene

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Nanoscale research might help convert CO2 waste into usable products

Researchers used extremely powerful magnification equipment to study at a nanoscale how synthetic materials that catalyze and convert carbon dioxide break down

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20 February 202416 February 2024

Capturing greenhouse gases with the help of light

Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a new method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. It involves molecules that become acidic when exposed to light. Their new process requires much less energy than conventional technologies

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Treibhausgase mit Hilfe von Licht einfangen

Forschende der ETH Zürich entwickeln eine neue Methode, um der Atmosphäre CO2 zu entziehen. Sie arbeiten mit Molekülen, die unter Lichteinfluss sauer werden. Das neue Verfahren benötigt viel weniger Energie als herkömmliche Technologien

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19 February 20247 February 2024

CCS: Breites Umweltbündnis warnt vor gefährlichem Irrweg

Ein breites Bündnis von Umweltverbänden und Bürgerinitiativen warnt anlässlich der bevorstehenden Veröffentlichung der Carbon Management Strategie der Bundesregierung eindringlich vor den Gefahren der Kohlendioxid-Verpressung (Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS)

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The EU has fired the starting gun for the race to deploy carbon dioxide removals in Europe

Positioned as a frontrunner in carbon removal technology, Europe’s policy frameworks are likely to be picked up across the world

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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

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14 February 20244 February 2024

Green Methanol for the Circular Economy – New Catalyst Developed at LIKAT

This process is highly selective (it produces virtually no by-products) and completely dispenses with fossil raw materials

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Grünes Methanol für die Kreislaufwirtschaft – neuer Katalysator am LIKAT entwickelt

Dieses Verfahren ist hochselektiv (verursacht also fast keine Nebenprodukte) und verzichtet komplett auf fossile Rohstoffe

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12 February 20243 February 2024

Breakthrough for an Alternative to Crude Oil & Palm Oil: COLIPI Receives €1.8 Million Seed Funding for Further Development of CO2-Neutral Climate OilTM

Start up is going to enter the market with its Climate Oil and scale precision fermentation processes to 10 cubic meters the pilot scale

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Durchbruch für Alternative zu Erdöl & Palmöl: COLIPI erhält 1,8 Mio. € Seed-Finanzierung zur Weiterentwicklung des CO2-neutralen Climate OilTM

Start-up möchte die innovative Technologie endlich am Markt testen und in den Pilotmaßstab skalieren

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9 February 20242 February 2024

Drax to launch new business focused on becoming the global leader in large-scale carbon removals

New research published today by Foresight Transitions highlights the critical and cost-effective role that BECCS will play in aiding the United States in the delivery of its ambitious decarbonisation

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“All Set for Carbon Capture in Rakkestad”

KANFA is awarded the first full-scale carbon capture plant for a Waste-to-Energy facility

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EU Commission wants captured CO2 to become ‘tradeable commodity’

The end objective is clear: making CO2 a “tradeable commodity” – like gas or crude oil – thanks to "an EU-wide transport and storage infrastructure with pipelines as the dominant transport means on land"

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8 February 20247 February 2024

Navigating a Renewable Carbon Future with the Program of the CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

Redefining CCU Technology and Empowering Power-to-X Solutions

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CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 – Auf dem Weg in eine Zukunft mit erneuerbarem Kohlenstoff

CCU-Technologien und Power-to-X-Lösungen neu denken

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Carbon in concrete: Building on CO2

A team led by Pietro Lura is developing a process for integrating biochar into concrete

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Kohlenstoff im Beton: Auf CO2 bauen

Ein Team rund um Abteilungsleiter Pietro Lura an der Empa entwickelt ein Verfahren, wie Pflanzenkohle praxistauglich in Beton integriert werden kann

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Linde Starts up Supply of Clean Hydrogen and Captured Carbon Dioxide to Celanese

Celanese will use the captured carbon dioxide and resulting clean hydrogen, along with other carbon dioxide sources, as feedstock to produce green methanol

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7 February 202431 January 2024

BASF and Envision Energy enter a collaboration to drive sustainable energy solutions 

E-methanol holds significant potential as sustainable energy carrier replacing fossil fuels in various industries

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BASF und Envision Energy arbeiten zusammen an der Entwicklung nachhaltiger Energielösungen 

E-Methanol birgt großes Potenzial als nachhaltiger Energieträger sowie als Ersatz für fossile Brennstoffe

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6 February 202430 January 2024

Sustainable raw materials for a green chemical industry

Launch of the BEFuel project: From exhaust gases and wastewater to e-fuels and high-quality chemicals

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Nachhaltige Rohstoffe für eine grüne chemische Industrie

Start für das Projekt BEFuel: Von Abgasen und Abwässern zu E-Treibstoffen und hochwertigen Chemikalien

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2 February 202426 January 2024

Chemicals Industry needs Sustainable Feedstocks to complete their net-zero journey

Although chemicals industry strategies include energy efficiency, CCS, green energy and advanced recycling, these measures alone will not get firms to net zero

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31 January 202431 January 2024

Catalysing Change – Smart CO₂-Solutions Wanted for the “Best CO₂Utilisation 2024” Innovation Award

Innovators at the Forefront of Carbon Capture and Utilisation are Encouraged to Showcase Their Revolutionary Technologies and Products at the CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

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30 January 202422 January 2024

K-water, BKT, and Capture6 announce their strategic partnership to remove CO₂ while recovering freshwater and minimizing brine discharge in South Korea

Partners agreed to build the world’s first-of-its-kind facility for water recovery and carbon removal using a seawater desalination plant

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29 January 202426 January 2024

Four Weeks Left to Submit Your Innovation to the ”Renewable Material of the Year 2024“

The Innovation Award, sponsored by Covestro, is part of the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC), 11-13 June 2024, Siegburg/Cologne

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Noch vier Wochen Zeit für die Bewerbung auf den Preis „Renewable Material of the Year 2024“

Der von Covestro gesponserte Innovationspreis ist Teil der Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) vom 11. bis 13. Juni 2024 in Siegburg/Köln

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Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), January 2024

You may find our recent member survey about the Transition to Renewable Carbon, you may participate at a RCI-workshop on 2050 scenario, or a free RCI webinar in February, or at the pitching session of the European Chemistry Partnering in Frankfurt

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24 January 202416 January 2024

New seaweed farm off the Norwegian coast seeks to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

Norway has embarked on a pioneering journey to explore the vast potential of large-scale seaweed cultivation as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for ocean-based carbon removal

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23 January 202417 January 2024

Catalytic Combo Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon Nanofibers

Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material

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22 January 202412 January 2024

Celanese begins carbon capture and utilization operations at Clear Lake, Texas, Facility

The Now Operational Project is One of the Largest Active CCU Facilities in the World

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Industrietransformation aus einem Guss

Gemeinsames Thesenpapier des BDI e.V. zur Einordnung von Carbon Management als Teil einer umfassenden Klimastrategie

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German industry joins forces with green groups on CO2 capture

A group of Germany's most influential lobby groups have demanded Berlin present a carbon management strategy

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17 January 202417 December 2024

The brightest stars of Renewable Materials meet in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 11-13 June 2024

The Number One Meeting Point for Global Leaders in Industry, Academia and Policy – first 40 speakers announced, deadline for submissions for the innovation award is 28 February 2024

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16 January 202417 January 2024

Renewable Carbon Companies directory with nearly 41,000 company profile downloads in 2023

The Renewable Carbon Companies (ReCaCo) business directory has established itself as the primary source of information on renewable and sustainable materials solutions. Innovative companies in the field of renewable carbon present their products, intermediates and services

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A Glass That Sifts Carbon Dioxide

Research Group Develops a Glass Material That Precisely Separates Gases

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Ein Glas, das Kohlendioxid siebt

Forschungsgruppe entwickelt ein Glasmaterial, das Gase präzise voneinander trennt

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Topsoe selected by Essar to provide technology for £360 million carbon capture project

Essar’s carbon capture facility is expected to be operational by 2028, eliminating an estimated 1 million tons of CO2 per year

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12 January 20246 January 2024

Novel Catalyst System for CO2 Conversion 

Homogeneous catalysts investigated under industrial conditions

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Neues Katalysesystem für die CO2-Umwandlung

Homogene Katalysatoren unter industrienahen Bedingungen untersucht

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Sumitomo Chemical to Establish Innovative and Highly Efficient Technology for Producing Methanol from CO2

Completion of CCU Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project

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11 January 20244 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), December 2023

The new RCI Scientific Background Report is published and the RCS Label has been presented at the EBC2023, RCI got reinforcement with Jörn Harrandt, you may find project overviews and an invitation to a free RCI webinar

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Renewable formic acid derived from captured CO₂ as a replacement of fossil feedstock in consumer goods 

The Horizon Europe project WaterProof releases a catchy and informative project video describing its innovative carbon capture and utilisation process aiming at a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular EU economy