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1 July 20219 September 2021

A change of tune for chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO2 emissions into sustainable bio-products

Starting from June 2021, the EU Horizon 2020 project VIVALDI – innoVative bIo-based chains for CO2 VALorisation as aDded-value organIc acids, will develop a set of breakthrough biotechnologies

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Hybrid Catalyst Technology for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Conversion

New hybrid catalyst platform aims to serve chemical manufacturers in the first instance and could save 20% of all fossil fuels for chemical processes, potentially reducing emissions by eight million tons per year

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29 June 20219 September 2021

Wie sinnvoll ist die CO₂-Entfernung aus der Atmosphäre?

Macht es fürs Klima einen Unterschied, ob man eine Tonne CO₂ komplett einspart – oder ob man sie zwar ausstößt, aber später wieder aus der Luft holt? Eine neue Studie liefert Antworten

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No other option for businesses but to go green: Mukesh Ambani

RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani spoke at the Qatar Economic Forum on Monday and mentioned his plans to make the oil-to-telecom-to-digital conglomerate net carbon zero by 2035

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28 June 20219 September 2021

Kohlendioxid nachhaltig nutzen

Bioökonomie und Lösungen für die Klimakrise sind eng verbunden. Auf der Konferenz CO2-WIN diskutierten Fachleute die Rolle von Kohlendioxid als Rohstoff

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Direct air capture trains

What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?

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24 June 20219 September 2021

VITO optimises CO2 conversion in the European-funded BioRECO2VER project

Industrial point sources of CO2 are well suited for carbon capture & utilisation applications, in short CCU. The conversion of greenhouse gases into added value (base) chemicals can take place in biological processes. With a brand new, unique high-pressure fermenter, VITO is researching how these processes can be optimised.

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Kurzgutachten im Rahmen der dena-Leitstudie Aufbruch Klimaneutralität

Die Prognos AG hat im Auftrag der dena eine Techno-ökonomische Analyse zu CO2-Negativemissionstechnologien herausgebracht

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22 June 20219 September 2021

Sulzer and Blue Planet announce partnership to reduce CO2 emissions to sustainably transform the cement industry

Blue Planet’s pilot plant will capture emissions from an adjacent power plant, providing high CO2 absorption performance while maintaining low energy consumption

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Sulzer und Blue Planet geben Partnerschaft zur Reduzierung von CO2-Emissionen bekannt, um den Wandel zu einer nachhaltigen Zementindustrie zu beschleunigen

Pilotanlage von Blue Planet soll die Emissionen eines benachbarten Kraftwerks abscheiden, um eine hohe CO2-Absorptionsleistung bei gleichzeitig niedrigem Energieverbrauch zu ermöglichen

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Conoship responds to World Bank’s stance on LNG

Company sees a ‘bright future for LNG in the decarbonisation of the shipping industry'

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21 June 202128 June 2021

Bio-based News is now Renewable Carbon News

Dear readers of Bio-based News,

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18 June 20219 September 2021

Mit Solar-Treibstoff zum Klimaziel

Empa-Forschende untersuchen im Mobilitätsdemonstrator «move» die Herstellung von synthetischem Methan aus energetischer, technischer und wirtschaftlicher Perspektive

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Saving the climate with solar fuel

In Empa's mobility demonstrator, move, researchers are investigating the production of synthetic methane from an energy, technical and economic perspective

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17 June 20219 September 2021

A tax on fossil carbon is more effective for a carbon border adjustment mechanism than a tax on CO2 emissions

Experts from the German nova-Institute present a tool for elegantly pricing the true cause of global warming

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16 June 20219 September 2021

Japan to expand cross-sector use of synthetic methane

Inpex has been co-ordinating with Nedo in a pilot project to produce synthetic methane at its oil and gas fields to explore the potential of recycling CO₂

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15 June 20219 September 2021

Covestro’s circular ambitions take shape

Together with ArcelorMittal and other partners, Covestro is investigating the possibilities of converting carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide into chemical building blocks

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14 June 20219 September 2021

Neste is progressing on its projects on the Innovation business platforms for future growth in renewable and circular solutions

All business platforms established in early 2020 are based on scalable future feedstock pools, which play an important role in tackling the climate change

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9 June 20219 September 2021

The rise of CO2 as a feedstock

Carbon Capture and Utilization — could take up billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions if the technologies were adopted across a range of sectors worldwide

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7 June 20219 September 2021

CO2 converted into methanol as fuel for ships

As part of the EU-funded FReSMe project, scientists are researching the possibility of producing the climate-friendly fuel methanol from the harmful climate gas CO₂

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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

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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

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1 June 20219 September 2021

CO2 reduction: BAM research targets the production of useful chemicals by conversion of the climate gas

Over the next three years, an experts team want to develop carbon-based catalyst materials that are biocompatible and also significantly cheaper

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CO2-Reduktion: BAM erforscht, wie sich aus dem Klimagas nachhaltig Chemikalien gewinnen lassen

Expertenteam will in den nächsten drei Jahren Katalysatormaterialien auf Kohlenstoffbasis entwickeln, die biokompatibel und deutlich preiswerter sind

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31 May 20219 September 2021

CO2 als Basis für die Synthese von Chemikalien

Projektpartner wollen beispielgebende Verfahren für eine elektrochemisch-mikrobielle Synthese entwickeln

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28 May 20219 September 2021

Zwei deutsche Chemiker im Finale des Europäischen Erfinderpreises

Dr. Christoph Gürtler (Covestro) und Prof. Walter Leitner (Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion) wurden für Ihr Verfahren zur Umwandlung von CO₂ in wertvolle chemische Rohstoffe geehrt

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27 May 20219 September 2021

Join free nova webinars on markets and strategies for renewable chemicals and materials

Wednesday 9 June 2021 – 12:00-17:30 CET

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25 May 20219 September 2021

Summer Special at the nova-Institute: 20 % discount on all market and trend reports starting now, until 31 August 2021

From technologies over building blocks and polymers to fine chemicals: The latest market reports on bio- and CO₂-based production, recycling, bio-based naphtha and the mass balance approach for a special price

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BayoTech and Carbon Clean Join Forces to Develop Onsite Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Solutions

BayoTech and Carbon Clean will work together on a demonstration facility to evaluate and operate a carbon capture plant to be operational by the end of 2022

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21 May 20219 September 2021

Everfuel plans 300MW HySynergy Phase II electrolyser in Fredericia

The new facility can also provide oxygen for on-site carbon capture and a 25% reduction of the Fredericia refinery emissions by using the green hydrogen for production of fuels

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Transforming atmospheric carbon into industrially useful materials

Salk scientists quantify process to permanently store plant-captured CO₂ as SiC, a valuable material for electronics

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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

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Try This Martini with a Clean Twist

Sustainable Spirits Maker Joins 10 Companies in Carbontech Initiative

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Alkali cations boost carbon dioxide reduction into feedstock chemical

Researchers at the University of Szeged, in Hungary, have discovered an integrated solution to tackle this reaction in continuous flow, overcoming long-term stability problems and enabling a scalable process.

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18 May 20219 September 2021

Luftfahrtbranche: 200.000 Tonnen nachhaltiges Kerosin bis 2030

Die Luftfahrtbranche und die Politik haben konkrete Schritte vereinbart, um zur Klimaneutralität beizutragen

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17 May 20219 September 2021

Tech startup Cemvita Factory expanding office footprint, adding scientists, engineers

A Houston-based startup using biotechnology to convert carbon dioxide emissions into a variety of useful chemicals is scaling up

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces First Cohort of Carbontech Startup Participants

Climatetech leaders from the Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program enthusiastically welcome 10 startups to the initiative

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14 May 20219 September 2021

High Hopes claims stratospheric breakthrough in direct air CO2 capture

The trouble right now is the extremely high cost of pulling carbon directly out of the air

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12 May 20219 September 2021

New catalyst for lower CO2 emissions

Which catalyst can be used to convert carbon dioxide into other substances? Scientists at TU Wien have now created a new material, which belongs to the class of perovskites

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Neuer Katalysator für geringeren CO2-Ausstoß

An der TU Wien suchte man nach einem Katalysator, der Kohlendioxid in andere Substanzen umwandeln kann. Fündig wurde man nun in der Materialklasse der Perowskite

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Bridging carbon product’s valley of death

Capturing CO₂ from energy production emissions to create viable and economical carbon products is a reality that could breathe new life into the coal communities

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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

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10 May 20219 September 2021

Cellulose fibers against climate change

Joint research project to realize with help of textile-fixed amines an optimized and improved CO₂-Sequestration from the air

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7 May 20219 September 2021

Competitive Edge: Ionada’s carbon capture tech

Ionada's modular tech allows new approach for carbon capture

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Aker Solutions Wins FEED Contract for e-Fuel Plant in Norway

The e-Fuel plant is planned to produce CO₂-neutral fuel by using green hydrogen and furnace gas from an existing factory

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6 May 20219 September 2021

How Elon Musk’s CO2 XPRIZE can fight climate change and advance space exploration

Want to win Elon Musk's $100 million XPRIZE for carbon removal? Think small and think Mars

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5 May 20219 September 2021

Steel2Chemicals pilot plant in operation at the end of April

ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux and Tata Steel are investigating to convert CO from residual gases from steel production into raw materials for the chemical industry

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4 May 202118 June 2021

The fabric from which the future is woven

Aim of the common research project is taking CO₂ from the atmosphere and separating it from the air with a mat made of cellulose fibres and amines

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Cellulosefasern gegen den Klimawandel

Gemeinsames Forschungsprojekt soll eine verbesserte, hocheffiziente CO₂-Abtrennung aus der Luft mittels gewebefixierter Amine verwirklichen

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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