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Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) supports the European Green Deal, but calls for an extension to the material sector through a comprehensive renewable carbon strategy
The current political focus on renewable energy is not sufficient to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050
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LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal Announce a Worldwide Premiere: The Production of the First Cosmetic Packaging Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions
Through their innovative partnership, LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal have premiered the world’s first sustainable packaging made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The successful conversion process takes place in three steps:LanzaTech captures ...
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Climate protection: Bayreuth chemists develop new material for the separation of CO<sub>2</sub> from industrial waste gases
Chemists at the University of Bayreuth have developed a material that could well make an important contribution to climate protection and sustainable industrial production. With this material, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) can be specifically...
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Klimaschutz: Bayreuther Chemiker entwickeln neues Material zur CO<sub>2</sub>-Abtrennung aus Industrieabgasen
Chemiker der Universität Bayreuth haben ein Material entwickelt, das einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz und zu einer nachhaltigen Industrieproduktion leisten kann. Mit diesem Material kann das Treibhausgas Kohlendioxid (CO2) aus Industrieabgasen, ...
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CO<sub>2</sub> capture: launch of Dinamx, an industrial pilot demonstration project for the DMX process
Progress at the DMX Dinamx-project. Crédit: Artelia et AxensThe four-year Dinamx “Demonstration and innovative applications of the DMX™ process” project* has been launched by partners IFPEN, Total Refining & Chemicals and ArcelorMittal France. Coordina...
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Multi-million-euro project transforms CO<sub>2</sub> into green raw material in North Sea Port
Ten private- and public-sector partners will at 12 pm on Wednesday 21 October mark the launch of the North-C-Methanol project. Together they will reduce annually the CO2 emissions by 140,000 tons.They will also generate 44,000 tons of “green” methanol ...
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Durchbruch bei der Wasserstoff-Rückumwandlung aus Methanol für Brennstoffzellen
Forschende am Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse (Likat) in Rostock haben ein neues Verfahren entwickelt, um die in Methanol zwischengespeicherte Energie wieder…Full text: https://www.iwr.de/news/durchbruch-bei-der-wasserstoff-rueckumwandlung-aus-met...
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Harnessing sunlight to convert CO<sub>2</sub> to fuels
The utilisation of carbon dioxide has a part to play not just in reducing emissions, but by taking advantage of…Full text: https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/harnessing-sunlight-to-convert-co2-to-fuels/
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Artificial Cyanobacterial Biofilm Can Sustain Solar-driven Ethylene Production for Over a Month
Ethylene is one of the most important and widely used organic chemicals. The research group at the University of Turku led by Associate Professor Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne has designed a thin-layer artificial biofilm with embedded cyanobacterial cell ...
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Communicating the bioeconomy through maps
What is the bioeconomy? Is it relevant to me, my sector, my business, the place where I live or my farm? What is unique about it? How does Ireland compare relative to other European countries? And how can I get involved? These are questions that a seri...
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