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29 July 202425 July 2024

Unlocking the Future of the European Circular Economy: Factsheet on Carbon Capture and Utilisation by the WaterProof Research Project

The new factsheet defines and explains CCU and its advantage over carbon capture and storage (CCS), describes strategies how to make CCU a sustainable technology and lists a variety of products that can be derived from carbon dioxide (CO₂)

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Carbon capture, an uncertain technology

We shouldn’t forget carbon capture; but our main effort should be in promoting renewable energies

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26 July 20244 October 2024

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

Let's take a look at what happened in July 2024 at RCI:

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23 July 202418 July 2024

Renewable fuels with excellent environmental profile

New synfuels can be used directly in today's vehicles

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Erneuerbarer Kraftstoff mit überzeugender Ökobilanz 

Neue Synfuels können direkt in heutigen Fahrzeugen eingesetzt werden

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CCUS Capture Capacity to Reach 2.5 Gigatonnes Per Annum By 2045

CCUS market outlook, twenty-year granular forecasts, company profiles, and benchmarking of point-source carbon capture, direct air capture (DAC), CO₂ transport and storage (T&S), CO₂ utilization cases, and more

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22 July 20245 August 2024

Last Opportunity to enjoy a 10% discount on tickets for the Advanced Recycling Conference

Uniting industry leaders and stakeholders across all waste value chains

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Letzte Gelegenheit zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für die Advanced Recycling Conference 2024

Die ARC 2024 vernetzt Branchenführer und Interessenvertreter sämtlicher Abfallwertschöpfungsketten

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CO2 als Rohstoff des 21. Jahrhunderts: Leitfaden Biotechnologisches CO2-Recycling

Wie wird aus einem ungeliebten Treibhausgas ein attraktives, profitables Produkt?

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A Perspective on Best Available Carbon (BAC) as Feedstock for the Chemical Industry

New NNFCC-report explores the potential for the industry to make a progressive move towards more sustainable carbon choices through the use of BAC

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19 July 202415 July 2024

Savor Successfully Develops Dairy & Plant-Free Butter From CO2 and Hydrogen

Supported by by influential figures like Bill Gates the startup in San Jose from 2022 to offer an innovative solution to industrial fats

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Fett aus der Luft: US-Startup macht „Butter“ aus CO2 und Wasser

Und das ist nur der Anfang des Bill Gates-gestützten Unternehmens Savor: Fetthaltige Nahrungsmittel wie Milch, Eiscreme, Käse, Fleisch und Öle sollen folgen

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18 July 202415 July 2024

Green hydrogen

The lack of clarity about certification and regulation and the lack of infrastructure available to deliver hydrogen to end users would be essential in the realization of the Net Zero Emissions scenario

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Why carbon capture and storage is not the solution

Carbon capture and storage has been hailed as a potential way to reduce emissions, but it is more likely to increase them by boosting oil and gas extraction. The cheaper and more effective solution is to move to cleaner forms of energy

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17 July 202416 July 2024

New Report: Alternative Naphtha – Technologies and Market, Status and Outlook

For the defossilisation of the chemical industry it is crucial to replace fossil-based naphtha by alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers

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Neuer Report: Alternatives Naphtha – Technologien und Markt, Status und Ausblick

Für die Defossilisierung der chemischen Industrie ist es von entscheidender Bedeutung, in Raffinerien und Crackern fossiles Naphtha durch alternatives Naphtha zu ersetzen

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ESG Clean Energy’s Patented Technology More than Doubles CO2- Capture Rate

ESG Clean Energy's Patented Technology More Than Doubles CO2 Capture Rate

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EU and CBE JU funded project HICCUPS: Website relaunched and leaflet with infographic produced

HICCUPS - Highly Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2 Capture and Utilization for production of bulk plastics applications

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16 July 202411 July 2024

World-first trial of new technology to recycle CO2 emissions from steel production begins at ArcelorMittal Gent, Belgium

Together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and D-CRBN, ArcelorMittal is going to trial a new technology to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide which can be used in steel and chemical production

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Rückverwandlung von CO2 in CO zur klimaschonenden Stahlproduktion

ArcelorMittal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) und das Umwelt-Unternehmen D-CRBN wollen den Bedarf an grünem Wasserstoff zur „grünen“ Stahlproduktion kostengünstig begrenzen

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German government supports SAF production in INERATEC’s e-Fuel plant in Frankfurt through Kopernikus P2X

During the three-year funding period, the production of e-Kerosene will be intensively investigated to create a sustainable alternative to fossil kerosene

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Bund fördert Herstellung von SAF in INERATECs e-Fuel Pionieranlage in Frankfurt über Kopernikus P2X

Im dreijährigen Förderzeitraum wird die Produktion von e-Kerosin intensiv untersucht, um eine nachhaltige Alternative zu fossilem Kerosin zu schaffen

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15 July 20249 July 2024

The IntegrityNext Carbon Emissions Navigator – The Smart Path to Decarbonization

The new Carbon Emissions Navigator streamlines data collection, monitoring and reporting in a single platform for more efficient regulatory compliance and rapid decarbonization

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Neue Software ermöglicht, CO2-Emissionen effizient zu überwachen

IntegrityNext, ein Anbieter von Cloud-Lösungen für das Management von Nachhaltigkeit in der Lieferkette, hat den Carbon Emissions Navigator eingeführt, um CO2-Emissionen zu sammeln und zu analysieren

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Why MOF Players Are Becoming Carbon Capture Companies

With commercial systems expected to enter the market before the turn of the decade, IDTechEx's report predicts a 33-fold growth in the demand for MOFs in carbon capture between 2027 and 2034

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12 July 20249 July 2024

World’s first supply chain established for more sustainable polyester fiber based on CO2-derived material as well as renewable and bio-based materials

For North Face in Japan, renewable and bio-based materials as well as carbon capture and utilization (CCU*) instead of fossil-based will be used. The consortium parties are Goldwin in the role of project owner, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation (all three from Japan), SK geo centric (Südkorea), Indorama Ventures (Thailand), India Glycols (Indien) and Neste

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Erstmals Lieferkette für nachhaltigere Polyesterfasern etabliert, hergestellt aus CO2-basiertem Material und erneuerbaren sowie biobasierten Rohstoffen

Für North Face in Japan sollen erneuerbare und biobasierte Materialien sowie CO2 eingesetzt werden. An dem Projekt beteiligt sind Goldwin als Projektträger, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation (alle drei aus Japan), SK geo centric (Südkorea), Indorama Ventures (Thailand), India Glycols (Indien) und Neste

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Bio-concrete and biogenic construction materials with cyanobacteria

Researchers at Fraunhofer FEP, led by Dr. Ulla König, are establishing the methods of culturing the cyanobacteria, the complementary microbiological analysis, and the upscaling of the biomass production to be achieved

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Biobeton und biogene Baumaterialien mit Cyanobakterien

Am Fraunhofer FEP wird unter Leitung von Dr. Ulla König die Kultivierung der Cyanobakterien, die komplementäre mikrobiologische Analytik sowie die Skalierung der zu gewinnenden Biomasseproduktion etabliert

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10 July 20244 July 2024

Dieses Start-up baut eine CO2-Waschmaschine für die Industrie

Carbon Clean will CO2 aus Industrieanlagen absorbieren und die Kosten dafür drastisch senken. Die fossile Industrie sieht ihre Chance und investiert eine rekordverdächtige Summe

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9 July 20248 July 2024

Neustark secures $69 million in funding to expand carbon removal solution globally

The Swiss climate tech company secures one of the largest growth equity investment rounds in carbon removal

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Neustark sichert sich USD 69 Mio. Wachstumsfinanzierung für die weltweite Expansion ihrer Lösung zur dauerhaften CO₂-Entfernung

Das Schweizer Climate-Tech-Unternehmen sichert sich eine der bisher grössten Wachstumsfinanzierungsrunde im Bereich der CO2-Entfernung

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8 July 20248 July 2024

Boosting Demand for Carbon Dioxide Removal

Scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) enough to reduce as much projected residual CO2 emissions as possible will require combined effort from the world’s governments and regional governing bodies

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The real climate impact of Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS

Our report reveals that CO2 emissions from Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS projects could be two to three times higher than reported when considering upstream emissions from gas extraction, processing and transport

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4 July 202427 June 2024

Changhua Chemical Breaks Ground on First Production Plant for Polyols From Renewable Carbon

The technology for Carnol™ is based on a proprietary process and catalyst from Econic Technologies, which replaces fossil feedstocks with captured CO2

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Enerflex and BASF to collaborate in carbon capture, utilization and storage applications

The Memorandum of Understanding is expected to facilitate the development of economic CCUS solutions, paving the way for global decarbonization advancements

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Enerflex und BASF kooperieren bei Anwendungen zur Abscheidung, Nutzung und Speicherung von CO2

Das Memorandum of Understanding soll die Entwicklung wirtschaftlicher CCUS-Lösungen erleichtern und den Weg für globale Fortschritte bei der Dekarbonisierung ebnen

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3 July 202417 December 2024

Comprehensive Industrial Carbon Management calls for fast and coherent implementation of policy measures

The reduction of fossil fuel dependency and the long-term requirements of carbon as a feedstock must be supported by mechanisms incentivizing a shift to renewable carbon for the chemical and material industries

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1 July 20244 October 2024

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

Let's take a look at what happened in June 2024 at RCI:

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28 June 202417 December 2024

The future of the chemical industry, plastics and recycling at the Renewable Materials Conference

Many initiatives are underway but there is a perceived difficulty at bringing products to market and an awareness around the urgency of the current situation

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Fresh Study Reveals the Ethylene Carbonate Market worth $901 million by 2027

The growth of the market can be attributed to the increasing consumption of ethylene carbonate in manufacture of electrolytes for lithium batteries

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26 June 202424 June 2024

The Renewable Materials Conference 2024 kicks off between talks of carbon, CO₂ and CCU

Innovations, visions and strategies from around the world to understand how the policy framework for the chemical sector will change in the coming years

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Developing bio-based composites that are fit to fly

Introducing bio-derived materials to aircraft production can remove carbon from the atmosphere

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25 June 202419 June 2024

Integration of carbon capture in bioproduct mill: Metsä orders process concept study from ANDRITZ

First of its kind integration of carbon capture into a bioproduct mill would not only enable the removal of CO2 from the flue gas, but also create a basis for future utilization of this side stream

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CO2-Abscheidung für Bioproduktewerk: Metsä beauftragt ANDRITZ mit Prozessstudie

Weltweit erste Integration einer CO2-Abscheideanlage in ein Bioproduktewerk würde nicht nur die Abscheidung von CO2 aus dem Rauchgas ermöglichen, sondern auch die Grundlage für eine künftige Nutzung dieses Nebenstroms schaffen

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21 June 202417 June 2024

Kohlenstoff kann Klimaschutz: Chance für heimische Industrie

Start der vom Bundeswirtschaftsministerium geförderten Basisstudie im Strukturwandel-Projekt

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19 June 202418 June 2024

The Renewable Materials Conference Hits the Mark Again

440 participants discussed the defossilisation of the chemical and materials industry through biomass, CO2 and recycling. The audience voted for the "Renewable Material of the Year 2024": Acetic acid from CO2 by Danish start-up Again wins 1st price

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Erneut ein Volltreffer: Die Renewable Materials Conference

440 Teilnehmer diskutierten über die Defossilisierung der Chemie- und Werkstoffindustrie durch Biomasse, CO2 und Recycling. Das Publikum wählte außerdem den Gewinner des Preises "Renewable Material of the Year 2024": Essigsäure aus CO2 des dänischen Start-ups Again

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RMC2024 Day 2 Coverage

Coverage of the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg, Germany

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18 June 202412 June 2024

BASF researching CO2-neutral production of bio-based fumarate using bacteria found in cow stomachs

In a joint research project FUMBIO, the company is collaborating with Saarland University, University of Marburg and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau