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Carbon Take Back Obligation: make sure fossil fuels producers take responsibility for cleaning up CO2

This summer, the world has been shocked by disasters, probably caused by climate change. When will the global community take upon it in earnest the task of reducing greenhouse gas emissions? To this end, Dutch researchers have proposed a new instrument: the Carbon Take Back Obligation (CTBO). This will make fossil fuel producers co-responsible for

LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bags, as well as for large-scale applications in automotive, furniture, textiles and other everyday products. Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts CO2 into materials that are traditionally made from fossil fuels. The company helps brands

The REDWine project and climate change

In the EU project REDWine, the CO2 produced during wine fermentation is captured and used to produce algae biomass. Novis GmbH from Tübingen supplies the complete system for CO2 utilisation. The aim of the project is to reduce the share of global warming caused by wine production in a way that is economical for producers. In June

Das REDWine-Projekt und der Klimawandel

Im EU-Projekt REDWine wird das bei der Weingärung entstehende CO2 aufgefangen und zur Produktion von Algen-Biomasse genutzt. Die Novis GmbH aus Tübingen liefert dafür das Komplettsystem zur CO2-Verwertung. Ziel des Projektes ist, den durch die Weinproduktion verursachten Anteil an der globalen Klimaerwärmung auf eine für die Hersteller wirtschaftliche Weise zu reduzieren. Im Juni 2021 gab Kommissionspräsidentin

One if by sea, two if by sky: the search for affordable CO2 capture technology

In a companion piece, “Where will we put all the CO2?” we looked at the potential storage solutions from geologic storage to limestone. That’s why we focus on covering solids that utilize carbon dioxide as a component compound. Hence, limestone, which contains various iterations of calcium carbonate, is made utilizing CO2, and sequesters roughly 1.3

Velocys: SAF collaboration with Toyo advances to commercial stage

According to Velocys, Toyo will integrate biomass gasification, Velocys’ Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology, and other process technologies to convert woody biomass into SAF during this phase of the proposed project. “This step towards a commercial-scale biorefinery in Japan shows the increasing momentum of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel market,” said Henrik Wareborn, CEO of Velocys. “This announcement

Finalist Interview: Mibelle Group’s plastic made from CO2

Next up in our series of Sustainability Awards finalist interviews is Mibelle Group with its PET bottles that are made from 30% CO2 – a finalist in the Pre-Commercialized Innovation category. Congratulations on being selected by the international judging panel as a Sustainability Awards 2021 finalist! Could you please introduce your successful entry and what’s

RCI members advocate policy analysis and focused implementation of the renewable carbon strategy

The members of the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) (www.renewable-carbon-initiative.com), founded in September 2020, have joined forces to shape the transition from the fossil to the renewable age for the chemical and materials industry. This means spreading the concept of renewable carbon and developing new value chains based on renewable carbon as a feedstock. In the

Weshalb die Rolle der Biotechnologie in Europa unterschätzt wird

Wenn derzeit über die Souveränität Europas oder Deutschlands gesprochen wird, sind Corona-Impfstoffe, Quantencomputer, KI, Kreislaufwirtschaft, neue Materialien und Wasserstoff die Schlagworte. Allerdings sind die Corona-Impfstoffe eher zufällig in diese Diskussion geraten, weil wir von einer Pandemie überrollt wurden, die uns auf unser elementarstes Bedürfnis zurückgeführt hat: Überleben. Die Diskussionen um technologische Souveränität sind jedoch älter

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already

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