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nova’s experts (re)introduced: Dr Ángel Puente


Dr. Ángel Puente, M.Sc., joined the nova-Institute in 2017 and is part of both the Sustainability and Technology & Markets Departments. With his background in Chemistry, Ángel Puente supports the nova-Institute conducting ISO Life Cycle and Sustainability Assessments of renewable chemicals and materials, including critical reviews. Moreover, technology scouting, market research and feedstock analysis round


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Circular carbon dioxide seeks balance


Although the storage and recirculation of CO2 are often mentioned in the same breath, they are two very different sports. Both options are necessary to reduce CO2 emissions and to ensure a smooth energy and raw material transition. According to Earl Goetheer of TNO and Peter Moser of RWE, added value and energy consumption have


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Decarbonisation tech instantly converts CO2 to solid carbon


The carbon dioxide utilisation technology from RMIT researchers is designed to be smoothly integrated into existing industrial processes. Decarbonisation is an immense technical challenge for heavy industries like cement and steel, which are not only energy-intensive but also directly emit CO2 as part of the production process. The new technology offers a pathway for instantly


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Haldor Topsoe to support Indaba Renewable Fuels’ production of sustainable aviation fuel


Indaba Renewable Fuels (Indaba) will build two greenfield refineries in California and Missouri to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing Topsoe’sHydroFlex™ technology. The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024 totaling. The capacity of the plants is 6500 barrels per day at each location. Topsoe will also provide its H2bridge™ hydrogen technology


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CropEnergies AG unveils plans to produce renewable ethyl acetate using Johnson Matthey technology


CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, and Johnson Matthey, London, a leader in sustainable technologies, have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol near its production site in Zeitz, Germany. Using Johnson Matthey technology, the renewable ethyl acetate produced by CropEnergies


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CropEnergies AG präsentiert Pläne zur Herstellung von erneuerbarem Ethylacetat mit Johnson Matthey-Technologie


Die CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, und Johnson Matthey, London, ein führendes Unternehmen für nachhaltige Technologien, haben einen Planungs-, Lizenz- und technischen Dienstleistungsvertrag für eine Anlage abgeschlossen, mit der die CropEnergies AG in der Nähe ihres Produktionsstandorts in Zeitz aus nachhaltigem Ethanol erneuerbares Ethylacetat herstellen kann. Das mit der Johnson Matthey-Technologie von CropEnergies produzierte erneuerbare Ethylacetat verringert


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What if all our buildings were sucking carbon from the air?


The first commercial carbon removal plant, where CO2 is sucked out of the air and stored underground, is in a remote part of Iceland, nowhere near a city. It’s a massive industrial operation. But the carbon-capturing technology doesn’t need to be sequestered to the middle of nowhere: It could also be incorporated into neighborhoods—something that


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Overcoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion


If researchers could find a way to chemically convert carbon dioxide into fuels or other products, they might make a major dent in greenhouse gas emissions. But many such processes that have seemed promising in the lab haven’t performed as expected in scaled-up formats that would be suitable for use with a power plant or


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Turning harmful CO2 into useful chemicals


Making important raw materials for fine chemicals out of carbon dioxide really works. As part of the Max Planck collaborative project eBioCO2n, a team of researchers from Fraunhofer IGB have successfully performed a first ever fixation of CO2 via a multi-enzyme enzyme reaction driven by electricity yielding a prospective intermediate for the chemical industry. The


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Aus klimaschädlichem CO2 werden nützliche Chemikalien


Aus Kohlenstoffdioxid wichtige Ausgangsmaterialien für Feinchemikalien machen – das funktioniert tatsächlich: Einem Forscherteam des Fraunhofer IGB ist es im Max-Planck-Kooperationsprojekt eBioCO2n erstmals gelungen, CO2 in einer auf dem Transfer von Elektronen basierenden Enzymkaskade zu fixieren und in einen festen Ausgangsstoff für die chemische Industrie umzuwandeln. Das Verfahren zur elektrobiokatalytischen CO2-Fixierung wurde bereits publiziert und gilt


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