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Copper d-orbital regulation enables direct coupling of CO2 with NO2 for selective urea electrosynthesis

Researchers from Nanchang Hangkong University, Beihang University, Guangzhou University and South China Normal University have developed a catalyst that uses isolated copper atoms on titanium carbide to help turn carbon dioxide and nitrate into urea. By adjusting how electrons occupy the copper atoms’ orbitals, the team promoted a reaction pathway in which an activated carbon

Save the date: Renewable Materials Conference 2027

Once again, this year’s conference was the central meeting point for the growing renewable carbon economy: Large enterprises, SMEs, start-ups, investors, and policymakers. A total of 365 participants from 26 countries joined the world’s largest “Defossilisation Summit”, discussing how fossil carbon in the chemical and related industries can be gradually replaced by renewable carbon from

Stargate Hydrogen selected to continue the Legacy of the HySTAT Alkaline Electrolysers

Stargate Hydrogen today announced the signing of an agreement with Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) to become the approved aftermarket vendor for the legacy HySTAT alkaline electrolysers stack business. Stargate Hydrogen will manufacture and supply replacement stacks and related services for more than 400 installed systems, representing more than 1,000 stacks across 65 countries. The agreement marks a

Warmer CO2 Electrolyzers Turn Waste Heat Into a Chemical Industry Win

Turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals with clean electricity has long been one of the most tantalizing promises of the energy transition. Now a team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Toronto and Northwestern University argues that the missing ingredient may be something as mundane as heat. In a study published in Nature

Moeve and ENSO join forces to accelerate industrial decarbonization using biomass and renewable gases

Moeve and ENSO, a group specializing in the development of biomass-based renewable energy solutions, have reached an agreement to advance industrial decarbonization by developing energy alternatives that will enable the gradual replacement of fossil fuels. Together, they will offer alternatives for energy-intensive industrial processes in sectors such as chemicals, paper and board, and food

CO2 availability shapes acetate and ethanol production in Clostridium aceticum: a transcriptomics-guided study

Scientists have long dreamed of turning industrial waste gases into useful fuels and chemicals, and a humble soil bacterium called Clostridium aceticum may hold part of the answer. In a new study published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, researchers systematically investigated how varying concentrations of carbon dioxide shape the fermentation behavior of this remarkable microorganism, which naturally

Microbes Turn CO2 and Waste Glycerol Into Acetate in Dual-Electrode Reactor

Every year, industries that turn plant oils into biodiesel produce mountains of crude glycerol, a sticky byproduct that is cheap, abundant, and chemically rich in stored energy. Meanwhile, carbon dioxide continues to accumulate in the atmosphere as the defining waste stream of the industrial age. A new laboratory study published in Results in Engineering brings these two

Munich E-Methane Startup Turn2x Secures €20 Million for Expansion

Turn2x doesn’t just produce synthetic methane: The Munich startup relies on comparatively small, modular plants to produce a gas that is chemically identical to fossil natural gas and can therefore, according to the company, be transported via existing gas infrastructure and used in existing applications. 20 Million Euros for Additional E-Methane Plants The Series A

Waschmittel aus Abgas, Trikots aus Holz: So will die Chemie ohne Erdöl auskommen

Geschichte kann sich wiederholen. Wind- und Solarenergie starteten als teure Alternativen und sind heute zentrale Säulen des Energiesystems. Bei den Rohstoffen für Chemie und Kunststoffen könnte eine ähnliche Entwicklung bevorstehen. Doch es gibt einen entscheidenden Unterschied: Energie lässt sich dekarbonisieren, die organische Chemie nicht. Sie braucht das Element Kohlenstoff. Und dieses holt sie sich noch

INERATEC and Ramboll drive industrial production of e-SAF in Europe

The focus of the cooperation is the expansion of the ERA ONE power-to-liquid plant in Frankfurt-Höchst with an upgrading unit that will convert synthetic raw products into standard-compliant fuels for aviation directly on site. The aim is to further advance the technological integration of the value chain and enable the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) on an industrial

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