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CO<sub>2</sub> as Feedstock!: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon to Value Initiative
Carbontech — technologies that capture and convert CO2 into valuable end products or services is hot right now in attempts to make the planet not so hot with climate change. If you missed last week’s DigestConnect, check out this slide guide from the C...
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nova-experts introduced: Ferdinand Kähler (M.Sc.)
Ferdinand joined nova-Institute in October 2020 as staff scientist, after supporting the team as a trainee since 2019. With his background in mechanical engineering and sustainability sciences, he supports the nova-Institute in the fields of life cycle...
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Bilfinger Tebodin supports Clariant in building first-of-a-kind advanced biofuels plant
Bilfinger Tebodin has been commissioned by the Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant to deliver EPCM (engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management) services for the construction of their commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol ...
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This Amazon-backed startup makes net-zero fuel for planes, ships, and trucks
Amazon says it wants to hit the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Reaching that goal will require emissions cuts across the company’s operations, but one of the biggest challenges will be long-distance transportation—it’s possible to switch to...
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Scientists create coatings from nature
Organic chemists from the University of Groningen and the Dutch multinational company AkzoNobel, a major global producer of paints and coatings, developed a process that allows them to turn biomass into a high-quality coating using light, oxygen and UV...
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New electrode design more efficiently converts CO<sub>2</sub> into fuel
For years, researchers have worked to repurpose excess atmospheric carbon dioxide into new chemicals, fuels and other products traditionally made from hydrocarbons harvested from fossil fuels. The recent push to mitigate the climactic effects of greenh...
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Carbon Dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) as Chemical Feedstock for Polymers – already nearly 1 million tonnes production capacity installed!
The nova report addresses the polymer industry, brands, technology scouts, investors, and policy makers. The report provides 100 pages of information around CO2-utilisation for chemical building blocks and polymers.Visuals and PDF files in German and E...
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Mikroorganismus baut Phenol unter extremen Bedingungen ab
Forschende rund um Dr. Meina Neumann-Schaal vom Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH in Braunschweig haben den Abbau von Phenol durch Saccharolobus solfataricus charakterisiert. Mittels Methoden aus den Bere...
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Microorganism breaks down phenol under extreme conditions
Scientists led by Dr Meina Neumann-Schaal of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, have characterised the breakdown of phenol by Saccharolobus solfataricus. Using methods fr...
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Solar chemicals and fuels in the dark
Imagine being able to run solar powered conversion of CO2 to solar chemicals and fuels without interference from clouds or after the sun sets. Sounds impossible, like the dream of perpetual motion. However, it turns out that this is in fact possible be...
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