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Using carbon dioxide to make greener plastics: Christoph Gürtler and Walter Leitner named European Inventor Award 2021 finalists

The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that German chemists Christoph Gürtler and Walter Leitner have been nominated as finalists in the “Industry” category of the European Inventor Award 2021 for their roles in developing a new techniq...

Luftfahrtbranche: 200.000 Tonnen nachhaltiges Kerosin bis 2030

Bis 2030 will die Luftfahrtbranche mindestens 200.000 Tonnen nachhaltig erzeugtes Kerosin beimischen. Darauf haben sich mehrere Ministerien sowie Verbände der Luftfahrt, der Industrie sowie der Mineralölwirtschaft verständigt. Ein Programm dafür legten...

The need for bio-based carbon in a sustainable future – Studies on support to R&I policy in the area of bio-based products and services

Carbon is the basis for a multitude of processes on our planet, many of them as parts of human economic activities. However, in a time, when “decarbonisation” is on everybody’s lips as the solution to the climate crisis, it seems almost ironical to run...

How technology is weaning the world from plastics

Plastic is everywhere. It is convenient, versatile, and long-lasting. However, it also causes significant waste and pollution problems. In addition to waste building up in the environment, plastic also contributes to climate change, due to heavy depend...

Dutch government grants €2 billion in subsidies to huge carbon storage project

The Dutch government has granted a consortium that includes oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil around €2 billion in subsidies for what is set to become one of the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the world, the Port of Rott...

The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces First Cohort of Carbontech Startup Participants

The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative), a multi-year collaboration among The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA, has selected 10 startups for the first year of this exciting accelerator...

Tech startup Cemvita Factory expanding office footprint, adding scientists, engineers

Cemvita Factory uses synthetic biological processes to genetically alter microorganisms to absorb carbon dioxide and other molecules as feedstock. These genetically altered microbes can then be turned into a variety of chemicals for industrial use, suc...

High Hopes claims stratospheric breakthrough in direct air CO<sub>2</sub> capture

In the race to get humanity toward zero carbon emissions by 2050, the vast majority of efforts will rightly be focused on reducing emissions at their source. But there are areas where this simply won’t be possible, and as carbon taxes gradually r...

SAF, please prepare for take-off…even with aviation industry turned upside down due to pandemic

There were 22 weekdays in April. There were 15 announcements about sustainable aviation fuel progress, advancements, implementations, and production in just those 21 days. What does that mean? Why is SAF suddenly taking off like never before, even as t...

Geld verdienen mit CO<sub>2</sub>: Bietet der Klimawandel ökonomische Chancen?

© Fraunhofer IGBSeit dem 1. Januar 2021 werden die CO2-Emissionen aus der Verbrennung fossiler Kraftstoffe bepreist. Damit wirkt sich der Klimawandel direkt nachteilig auf die produzierende Industrie aus: Höhere Kosten in Produktionsprozessen, in denen...

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