8 July 20252 July 2025 Axens, IFPEN, and SMS group Launch Carboverseo™: Essential Technology for e-fuels deployment Carboverseo™ is a critical component of Axens' comprehensive e-fuel scheme, which includes carbon capture (DMX™), an amine technology that efficiently captures CO2 from flue gases
20 June 202513 June 2025 Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy and SAMSUNG E&A Form SAF Technology Alliance Over the near-term, the collaboration aims to scale the use of gasification and FT SAF production methods, while enabling biomass and municipal solid waste to be used as feedstocks
9 May 20255 May 2025 HYCO1 Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. to Collaborate on Carbon Capture and Utilization Project in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia The Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Project will be located in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia, the home of Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG; a subsidiary of PETRONAS), which is the CO2 supplier for the project
19 February 202514 February 2025 Topsoe and Sasol produce syncrude from biogas The FrontFuel SynFuels demonstration project has achieved a major milestone in demonstrating synthetic fuel production from biogenic resources
11 February 20257 February 2025 Chemical looping turns environmental waste into fuel Study finds low-carbon system boosts chemical efficiency
28 January 202523 January 2025 Biochar and its role in carbon sequestration This article explores the opportunities and limitations associated with biochar and its widespread use within the global agricultural sector, and investigates the extent of the impact that biochar can make on global carbon sequestration
22 January 202516 January 2025 Enhancing Biomass Project Economics with CO2 Market Opportunities There are many technologies underway and being scaled up that aim to use CO2 for replacement of hydrocarbons in the development of bioplastics and advanced building materials
6 December 202414 February 2025 Important milestone: Synthetic crude produced from biogas and CO2 in power to liquids demo This achievement is significant in advancing an integrated eFuel process as it goes towards demonstrating bio/e-saf can be derived from existing demonstrated chemicals technology knowhow and processes
3 December 202428 November 2024 Improved catalyst turns harmful greenhouse gases into cleaner fuels, chemical feedstocks The team improved a reaction called dry reforming of methane that converts methane and carbon dioxide into syngas
25 November 202420 November 2024 Electrochaea Partners with Hitachi to Bring Synthetic Methane to Japan Electrochaea and Hitachi have signed a five-year technology transfer and licensing agreement
Electrochaea und Hitachi unterschreiben Lizenzvereinbarung zur Herstellung von synthetischem Methan in Japan Electrochaea und Hitachi Ltd. haben eine fünfjährige Vereinbarung über Technologietransfer und Lizenzierung unterzeichnet
21 November 202418 November 2024 Clariant upgrades its syngas catalyst portfolio to improve customers´ sustainability and profitability The advanced versions of renowned catalysts have already proven their designed benefits at commercial scale
26 June 202420 June 2024 Building e-Fuel Production in Europe by Creating Value from Biocarbon This project has one major goal: maximize the resource efficiency in forestry by producing biocarbon and sustainable e-Fuels in combination with renewable energy
17 May 202414 May 2024 Sugar-based catalyst upcycles carbon dioxide New catalyst could offer a potential solution for using captured carbon
Katalysator auf Zuckerbasis verwertet Kohlendioxid Experten der Northwestern Universität haben durch einen einfachen Katalysator einen preisgünstigen Wandler für abgeschiedenen Kohlenstoff gefunden
21 February 202419 February 2024 Fermentation revolution? Trash becomes treasure as bio-waste yields valuable acetone and isopropanol
Revolution der Fermentation? Müll wird zum Schatz: Aus Bioabfall werden wertvolles Aceton und Isopropanol gewonnen
15 December 20238 December 2023 Standard Gas and Topsoe to collaborate on UK-based renewable natural gas and methanol project The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Danish group to supply its proprietary methanation and methanol technologies for a project being developed in the UK
12 September 20239 September 2023 BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China Fully integrated into the Zhanjiang Verbund site. Innovative process technologies significantly reduce direct CO₂ emissions. World-scale syngas production facility expected to start up in 2025
BASF beginnt mit dem Bau einer Syngas-Anlage am Verbundstandort Zhanjiang in China Die neue Anlage ist vollständig in den Verbundstandort integriert. Durch innovative Prozesstechnologien werden direkte CO₂-Emissionen signifikant verringert. Produktionsanlage im Weltmaßstab soll 2025 in Betrieb gehen
22 August 202317 August 2023 Is recycling CO2 into jet fuel the Holy Grail for sustainable aviation? Moses Lake, Washington is a small, pleasant city in the USA’s northwest, along a sinuous, managed body of water that from above resembles a dragon chasing an eagle
31 July 202326 July 2023 HYCO1 and Kansas Ethanol Collaborate on World’s Largest Biogenic CO2 Utilization Facility HYCO1, Inc. has entered into a 20-year carbon dioxide supply agreement with Kansas Ethanol for the planned construction of the world’s largest biogenic carbon dioxide utilization facility, Green Carbon Synthetics Kansas, LLC
Clariant Catalysts fosters decarbonization research in China through sponsorship of NCC Award Clariant sponsored the Achievement Award, presented by the Catalysis Society of China, for the most significant R&D accomplishment in catalysis
5 July 20233 July 2023 Producer of Green Fuel from Waste Wins £4m Funding to Capture CO₂ from Process A company at the forefront of the British clean energy industry has secured almost £4 million in government funding to make its biomass and waste-to-hydrogen plants even greener by using carbon capture.
27 June 202326 June 2023 Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun
18 April 202313 April 2023 From greenhouse gas to value-added product If one converts CO2 into synthesis gas, a valuable starting material for the chemical industry can be obtained. Researchers at TU Wien show how this works even at room temperature and atmospheric pressure
27 March 202322 March 2023 Development of Technology to Produce Synthetic Gas from Atmospheric Concentration CO2 Using a Transition-metal-free Catalyst A big step towards realization of liquid fuel and chemical production using CO2 as a raw material
24 January 202323 January 2023 Robust and flexible to synthetic methane New reactor concept for methanation
17 January 202312 January 2023 Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun
12 January 20239 January 2023 Fossil Fuel Dependence Inspires an Unexpected Renewable Energy Trend in the Gasification Market, says Market.us Because it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves air quality, gasification is an environmentally-friendly alternative to fossil fuel technologies
13 September 20228 September 2022 Paving the way for solar fuels: Synhelion produces solar syngas on an industrial scale for the first time Together with the the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Jülich they presented the multifocus solar tower
4 August 20221 August 2022 Sun-to-Liquid: Kerosin direkt aus dem Solarturm Eine Pilotanlage in Spanien erzeugt aus Wasser, Kohlendioxid und Solarkraft klimaneutrale, flüssige Treibstoffe. Der Wirkungsgrad hat aber noch Luft nach oben
20 July 202215 July 2022 Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals Producing synthesis gas, a precursor of a variety of fuels and chemicals, no longer requires natural gas, coal or biomass
28 June 202221 June 2022 Scottish Facility to Turn Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Will chemical recycling solve our plastic waste problem?
8 June 20221 June 2022 Grüner Treibstoff aus Abfall: Forschungsanlage in Simmering eröffnet In der weltweit ersten Forschungsanlage dieser Art in Wien werden im industrienahen Maßstab Abfälle und Reststoffe zu grünen Treibstoffen
29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
28 April 202228 April 2022 A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs
26 April 202220 April 2022 NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Advance Commercialization of Made-in-Alberta Chemical Recycling Technology The team has been working to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions while significantly accelerating the upgrading process for waste materials
20 April 202213 April 2022 Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027 The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells
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
11 April 20226 April 2022 Vow ASA: Builds large scale pyrolysis reactor to meet increased demand for advanced carbon products and CO2 neutral energy The reactor will be built and delivered by the end of 2022 by C.H. Evensen Industriovner (“Evensen”), the recently acquired company, and now a wholly owned subsidiary in the Vow group
7 April 20221 April 2022 INERATEC joins forces with Synhelion By combining their complementing technologies, the climate pioneers can scale their respective clean technologies, paving the way for solar fuels to replace fossil fuels
13 December 202110 December 2021 From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air
18 June 202119 October 2021 From Waste-to-Chemicals to Waste-to-Jet Partners repurpose the Rotterdam waste-to-chemicals project to waste-to-jet based on substantial targets and demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, expected support for Recycled Carbon Fuels and a full scope, ‘in-house’ technical solution to be provided by Enerkem and Shell
21 May 202116 June 2021 New Method Boosts Syngas Generation from Biopolyols The Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) proposed a new method to realize photocatalytic conversion of biopolyols to syngas at room temperature with high efficiency
1 December 20209 September 2021 NextChem: Neuer Bereich für chemisches Recycling gegründet Ausleger 'MyRechemical' will nicht recyclingfähige Kunststoffabfälle und andere Materialien in verschiedene chemische Produkte umwandeln
18 February 202016 February 2020 Biobased Solvents and Molecules from Renewable Feedstocks: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Visolis’s Hybrid Bio-Thermocatalytic Process Deepak Dugar, President and Founder of Visolis shared this illuminating presentation on their platform molecules and applications
8 October 20196 October 2019 Complete production chain from biomass residues to Fischer-Tropsch products successfully validated The main focus of the test was to study and verify the performance of the gas cleaning train