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New EU project funded to develop cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel using CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions and renewable energy
Aviation is one of the most challenging sectors when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions. One of the reasons is that common alternatives such as electrification or hydrogen propulsion, are not expected to be a suitable substitute to kerosene for long ha...
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Groundbreaking Research into White-Rot Fungi Proves Its Value in Carbon Sequestration from Lignin
A foundational study conducted by scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows for the first time that white-rot fungi are able to use carbon captured from lignin as a carbon source.Davinia Salvachúa Rodriguez holds a petri dish ...
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A Sponge to Soak Up Carbon Dioxide in the Air
Berkeley Lab is pursuing a portfolio of negative emissions technologies and related research to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Credit: Gary Whitton/Shutterstock)Human activity is now leading to the equivalent of 40 billion tons of carbon d...
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Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event
Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new “Renewable Materials Conference”, May 18–20, 2021 (www.r...
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Cow excrement tapped by town in Hokkaido for CO<sub>2</sub>-free power
The feces and urine of thousands of Hokkaido dairy cows may soon power facilities prefecture-wide with a world-first technology invented in Japan that converts them into environmentally friendly liquid biofuel.Kei Okubo, an organic photochemistry profe...
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Reductive Glycine Pathway: A Versatile Route for One-Carbon Biotech
Hong et al. heterologously expressed the metabolic core of the reductive glycine pathway (rGlyP) as a sink for the anaerobic conversion of glycerol. This recent study concludes several reports in 2020 on the ATP-efficient, one-carbon-assimilating, rGly...
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Bauen mit CO<sub>2</sub>-Technologie wird möglich
Nachhaltigere, CO2-basierte Materialien für den Bausektor – das könnte zukünftig Realität werden. Seit 2016 arbeitet Covestro gemeinsam mit Partnern aus Forschung und Entwicklung im Rahmen des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) gefö...
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Building with CO<sub>2</sub> technology becomes possible
More sustainable, CO2-based materials for the construction sector – in the future, this could become reality. Since 2016, Covestro has been working with research and development partners as part of the “DreamResource” joint project (F...
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Europe pulls ahead in race for hydrogen, as global project pipeline grows: report
Most of the world’s planned hydrogen projects and the biggest chunk of related investments this decade are expected to be in Europe, an industry report said on Wednesday, as the continent races to scale up the low-carbon fuel to meet climate goals.The ...
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Kalkindustrie: Electrochaea beteiligt sich an richtungsweisendem Projekt zur CO<sub>2 </sub>‐Einsparung
Electrochaea liefert skalierbare Power‐to‐Methane‐Technologie90.000 Tonnen CO2‐Einsparung pro Jahr und AnlageEinsparungspotenzial von bis zu 3,8 Millionen Tonnen CO2 pro Jahr in Deutschland möglich150 Millionen Euro Investment für PilotanlageMit dem Zi...
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