{"id":183237,"date":"2026-11-03T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=183237"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:38:38","slug":"retracc-austrias-flagship-project-takes-on-the-circular-carbon-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/retracc-austrias-flagship-project-takes-on-the-circular-carbon-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"ReTraCC: Austria\u2019s Flagship Project Takes on the Circular Carbon Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Project participants at the kick-off meeting \u00a9 ReTraCC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Carbon is not only an energy issue, but a material flow issue: it accounts for 43% of global resource consumption and 39% in Austria. On 29 September 2026, the Austrian flagship project ReTraCC (Resource Transition through Circular Carbon) started its work. Running from July 2026 to June 2030, the project aims to test a systemic transformation towards a circular carbon economy and thereby contribute to the defossilisation of the economic system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbon will remain indispensable for energy, materials and everyday products. The challenge is therefore not decarbonisation, but defossilisation: replacing fossil carbon with renewable carbon from biomass, CO\u2082 and recycling and keeping it in closed loops. In Austria, 54% of all goods-producing sectors depend on carbon. So far, many individual solutions exist, but they are rarely connected and often considered in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ReTraCC addresses this with a three-level approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n