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Atmospheric CO2 is “our biggest resource” says carbon-negative plastic brand Made of Air


The recyclable material is 90 per cent carbon and stores around two tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) for every tonne of plastic. By 2050, Made of Air hopes to be storing up to a gigatonne of CO2e a year in the material, which is also called Made of Air. Company aims to “help reverse


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Baker Hughes Invests in Bio-methanation Technology Company Electrochaea to Expand Carbon Utilization Portfolio with Power-to-Gas Solution


Electrochaea technology enables CO2 recycling into grid-quality, low carbon synthetic natural gas (SNG), contributing to decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors, such as transportation and heating. Baker Hughes will combine its post combustion carbon capture technology with Electrochaea’s bio-methanation technology to develop and commercialize an integrated carbon capture and utilization (CCU) solution. Baker Hughes (NYSE: BKR), an energy


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CIP reaches €800m first close on new green fund


Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached €800m first close on its new CI Energy Transition Fund I (CI ETF I), which has a target size of €2.25bn. Capital commitments came from a group of leading institutional investors, endowments and family offices from Denmark, Sweden and Germany including the two Danish pension funds – PensionDanmark and


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Cologne Bonn Airport makes Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) available for airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions


Neste, the world’s leading provider of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has set up a supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ at Cologne Bonn Airport. By doing so, Neste is helping to meet increasing levels of demand from air freight and corporate customers at Cologne Bonn Airport. AFS, the leading provider for aviation fueling services


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Researchers give yeast a boost to make biofuels from discarded plant matter


More corn is grown in the United States than any other crop, but we only use a small part of the pla...


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Singapore Looks To Develop and Deploy Low-Carbon Technological Solutions


The Singapore Government is following up on the findings from two feasibility studies on low-carbon hydrogen and on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technologies respectively. As an alternative energy disadvantaged country, we expect these technologies to play important roles in our transition to a low-carbon future. They will help us in our effort  to


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Department of Energy Invests $8 Million for Projects to Develop Algae-Based Technologies to Capture Carbon Dioxide for Use in Products


In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management a...


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Engineering begins on UK’s first large-scale facility that captures carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere


Storegga, a UK company pioneering carbon reduction and removal projects, and Carbon Engineering (CE), a leading Direct Air Capture (DAC) provider, today announced they have begun engineering and design of a DAC facility that will permanently remove between 500,000 and one million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually. Targeted for North-East Scotland, the


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Carbon negative material company wins Circularity Accelerate contest


German company Made of Air won the crowd vote last week at GreenBiz Group’s Circularity 21 pitch competition. The company, which competed with four other circular economy startups, received praise from investment professionals Ellen Martin, chief impact officer of Circulate Capital, and Jessica Long, managing director and chief strategy officer of Closed Loop Partners.  Made of Air is


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Umschwung für die chemische Industrie: VIVALDI verwandelt CO2-Emissionen in nachhaltige Bioprodukte


Im Juni 2021 startet das EU Horizon 2020 Projekt “VIVALDI – innoVative bio-based chains for CO2 VALorisation as aDded-value organIc acids”. „VIVALDI entwickelt Biotechnologien, um industrielle CO2-Emissionen in hochwertige Chemikalien umzuwandeln, und so unsere Abhängigkeit von fossilen Rohstoffen zu durchbrechen. Unsere BOKU-Expertise mit industriellen Hefestämmen ist ein zentrales Element dieses Upcyclings. Wir freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit


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