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Concrete Chemicals Receives €350 Million Funding for Germany’s Largest Industrial-Scale e-SAF Plant

Concrete Chemicals GmbH has secured €350 million in public funding, to realise the largest industrial-scale production facility for Electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuels (e-SAF) in Germany. The funding has been approved at national and regional level, with the European Commission review now in its final phase. Under the Climate Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) framework, this

Concrete Chemicals erhält 350 Millionen Euro Förderung für Deutschlands größte e-SAF-Anlage im industriellen Maßstab

Die Förderung wurde auf nationaler und Landesebene genehmigt, die Prüfung durch die Europäische Kommission befindet sich derzeit in ihrer finalen Phase. Im Rahmen der Leitlinien für Klima-, Energie- und Umweltschutzbeihilfen (CEEAG) zielt die Fördermaßnahme darauf ab, den Aufbau einer wettbewerbsfähigen sauberen Wasserstoffwirtschaft zu beschleunigen und gleichzeitig die Energiesouveränität der EU zu stärken. Das Projekt treibt

Prometheus’ New e-Kerosene Tech Drives SAF Cost Below $2.50-per-Gallon, Makes Fischer-Tropsch Obsolet

SAF is too expensive. Most buyers aren’t willing to pay a green premium and until now there hasn’t been a technology capable of making carbon neutral jet fuel at the right price. What is the right price for SAF (sustainable aviation fuel)? There’s only one – it’s the price that can compete with jet fuel made from

Union Budget 2026: India’s Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage initiative gets Rs 20,000 crore push for climate action

At a time when high-emission Indian industries are staring at the risk of facing the EU’s carbon border tax, the govt in its Budget on Sunday proposed an outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for scaling up the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) facilities as a big decarbonisation push over the next 5 years. Referring

Endspiel für Europas Chemie

Die Krise in der deutschen Industrie ist längst Realität – und sie trifft nun auch Chemie und Pharma mit voller Wucht. Im Geschäftsjahr 2025 sank die Produktion um 2,5 %, der Umsatz sogar um 3,0 %. Die Produktionsanlagen sind nur noch zu 70 % ausgelastet – ein historischer Tiefpunkt. In den kommenden Jahren könnten bis zu 20 % der

Forget burying unwanted carbon — this Washington startup is turning it into protein, fuel and a frost deicer

OCOchem, a clean tech startup turning carbon dioxide into industrial chemicals, has raised $2.15 million and continues signing new partnerships — despite a cooling regulatory environment for sustainability and a decline in climate tech investing. The Richland, Wash., company’s technology takes water and captured industrial carbon dioxide and runs it through proprietary electrolyzer cells to

Turning industrial exhaust into useful materials with a new electrode

Flue gas is exhausted from home furnaces, fireplaces and even industrial plants, and it carries polluting carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. To help mitigate these emissions, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have designed a specialized electrode that captures airborne CO2 and directly converts it into a useful chemical material called formic acid. The system performed better

Several roadblocks identified on the way to a net-zero chemical industry

A study published today by the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) reveals that existing EU policies continue to create significant barriers for renewable carbon-based chemicals and materials – despite growing political ambition to defossilise the European economy. The report pinpoints specific barriers to regulations and even the relevant articles, explains why they represent a problem and provides practical

Kemvera, formerly New Iridium, Advances Commercialization of Bio-Acetic Acid and Bio-Ethyl Acetate Manufacturing Process

Kemvera, a sustainable chemical innovation company, today announced it has completed the process design package (FEL 1) for its planned 50,000 metric tons per year commercial-scale plant. To support scale-up for this commercial facility, Kemvera completed the design for a 500 metric tons per year pre-commercial demonstration reactor and recently commissioned its 20 metric tons

Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), January 2026

In December, RCI joined the Critical Chemicals Alliance, published a press release of the ‘OK renewable’ label, kicked off two projects for 2025 and will launch upcoming projects for 2026, participated in recent policy outreach and events, and got a new partner, Molecule Group. Stay tuned for opportunities to shape the renewable carbon transition and connect with industry leaders. Publication of second, extended

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