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Europe could save €2 trillion by 2050 with low-carbon hydrogen, says report

The role of hydrogen in making Europe climate neutral was the central theme of an event on Wednesday (7 July), which presented the findings of the Hydrogen4EU report, a multi-disciplinary research partnership funder by the oil and gas industry. The findings of the report were clear: although green hydrogen made from renewable electricity sources will

Twelve, Formerly Opus 12, Secures $57 Million in Series A Funding Led by Capricorn and Carbon Direct

Carbon transformation startup Twelve has raised $57 million in Series A funding from lead investors Capricorn Technology Impact Fund and Carbon Direct Capital Management. Seed round lead DCVC, as well as Munich Re Ventures, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Breakout Ventures, and Evok Innovations also participated in the round. “We’re compelled by the opportunity to eliminate rather than offset carbon emissions, and Twelve has the

Holy Grail: Startup entwickelt Mini-Carbon Capture Anlage für den eigenen Garten

Dieser Ansatz ist neu: Bisherige Projekte zur Carbon Capture Technologie sind zumeist direkt im großen Maßstab gedacht. Das macht auch Sinn, immerhin müssen die ausgestoßenen Treibhausgasemissionen so schnell wie möglich in Vielzahl reduziert werden. Bei der Direct Air Capture-Technologie soll das Kohlenstoff direkt aus der Luft „gefangen“ werden. Bisher ist das aber kaum rentabel, braucht viel Energie

These ‘supertrees’ are engineered to capture more carbon

Part of the climate challenge isn’t just the transition to things like renewable energy and electric cars—it’s also about dealing with the oversupply of CO2 that’s already in the Earth’s atmosphere. By the middle of the century, by one estimate, the world may need to be pulling 10 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

LEAK: EU to propose aviation fuel tax in green policy push

The European Commission has drafted plans to set an EU-wide minimum tax rate for polluting aviation ...

TotalEnergies and Veolia Join Forces to Develop CO2-based Microalgae Cultivation to Produce Next-generation Biofuels

TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to develop a four-year research project at the La Mède biorefinery, operated by TotalEnergies, with the long-term goal of producing biofuel. Through photosynthesis, microalgae use sunlight and CO2 from the atmosphere or from

EU biofuels goals seen behind deforested area as big as the Netherlands

European Union targets to boost biofuel use are likely to have led to the deforestation of an area r...

New online presence for the content pages of the nova-Institute

From the very beginning, there was a clear separation between the appearance of the nova-Institute and its services on www.nova-institute.eu and the content pages of the nova-Institute, which have enjoyed high visitor numbers for years and can now be found under the new web address www.renewable-carbon.eu. Visuals and PDF file in English available at: www.nova-institute.eu/press/?id=281

Views on Sustainability : Michael Carus, Managing Director, nova-Institute

Sustainability has become a powerful worldwide movement with government, industry and civil society realising that there is no other way, other than putting sustainability principles to work and into action to ensure that future generations are left with enough resources for their comfortable living on earth, that the ill effects of climate change are reversed

Commissioner: Rejecting CAP plans on basis of Green Deal alignment ‘unimaginable’

The EU's Agriculture Commissioner has said he does not foresee a situation where a member state's Co...

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