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Covestro develops sustainable cast elastomer solution for the offshore industry


Covestro offers a sustainable cast elastomer solution for the offshore wind power industry. It is based on a precursor of the cardyon® brand containing CO₂. The elastomers show the same good properties as petrochemical-based products. © CovestroCovestr...


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Covestro entwickelt nachhaltige Gießelastomer-Lösung für die Offshore-Industrie


Covestro bietet eine nachhaltige Gießelastomer-Lösung für die Offshore-Windkraftindustrie. Sie basiert auf einem Vorprodukt der Marke cardyon®, das CO₂ enthält. Die Elastomere zeigen die gleichen guten Eigenschaften wie Produkte auf petrochemischer Bas...


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nova Session: “Renewable Polymers: Production and Trends 2020-2025”


17 February 2021, 10:00 – 16:00 h (webinar via zoom) Bio-based and CO2-based SolutionsThe only way for chemicals and plastics to become sustainable, climate-friendly and part of the circular economy is the complete substitution of fossil carbon w...


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American Agriculture Leaders Commend Governors for Support on Addressing Biogenic CO<sub>2</sub> Barrier


The Biogenic CO2 Coalition, a working group of leading trade associations that support American agriculture, today commended a bipartisan group of six U.S. governors who are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take prompt, science-based...


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Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources


The findings of the international research team based at the University of Bristol and Harbin Institute of Technology in China, are published today in Nature Communications.Electron microscopy image of a densely packed droplet of hydrogen-producing alg...


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UNIST: New Catalyst Turns Greenhouse Gases into Hydrogen Gas


A research team, led by Professor Gun-Tae Kim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has developed a new nanocatalyst that recycles major greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), into highly value-added hydro...


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Hydrogen produced from nuclear will be considered ‘low-carbon’, EU official says


The European Commission will consider hydrogen produced from nuclear power as “low-carbon”, said a senior EU official who spoke in…Full text: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/hydrogen-produced-from-nuclear-will-be-considered-low-carb...


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EU-Kommission: Aus Atomkraft produzierter Wasserstoff ist „CO<sub>2</sub>-arm“


Die Europäische Kommission wird aus Atomkraft erzeugten Wasserstoff als „CO2-arm“ betrachten, erklärte eine hochrangige EU-Beamtin am vergangenen Montag (16. November)…Full text: https://www.euractiv.de/section/energie-und-umwelt/news/eu-kommiss...


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Carbon-capture breakthrough could be a game-changer in utilising CO<sub>2</sub>


The CSIRO and Monash University have developed a revolutionary device that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere


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UPM joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative to change the foundation of chemical industry


UPM has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) which was founded in September 2020 by twelve leading companies in the chemical industry. The aim of the initiative is to support and speed up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon fo...


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