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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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

A change of tune for chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO2 emissions into sustainable bio-products

To reach climate targets, industries need to accelerate the transition towards a low-carbon, resource efficient and circular economy. The chemical sector is one of the most challenging, but also a very promising one, in that context. At the forefront of waste reutilization, bio-based industries (BIs) have the potential to lead the way and create a

Hybrid Catalyst Technology for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Conversion

Carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, and fossil fuels – three well-known issues causing catastrophic environmental damage. In the past, fossil fuels were heavily relied upon, but supplies are diminishing rapidly. While new sources have replaced them, the damage caused by releasing huge amounts of harmful carbon dioxide over the last century has resulted in a

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