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EU eyes CO2-hydrogen combination to make synthetic fuels

Hydrogen has been touted as the swiss army knife of the energy transition, leading to some kind of “hype”, explains Brice Lalonde, a former Green party leader in France who is now president of a think-tank called ‘Équilibre des Énergies’. But, “you can’t use it for everything,” Lalonde stressed at a recent EURACTIV event. While hydrogen

EU prüft CO2-Wasserstoff-Kombination zur Herstellung synthetischer Kraftstoffe

Wasserstoff wurde als das Schweizer Taschenmesser der Energiewende angepriesen, was zu einer Art „Hype“ geführt habe, erklärte Brice Lalonde, ehemaliger Vorsitzender der Grünen Partei in Frankreich und heutiger Präsident der Denkfabrik „Équilibre des Énergies.“ Aber „man kann ihn nicht für alles verwenden“, betonte er kürzlich auf einer EURACTIV-Veranstaltung. Während Wasserstoff bei der Herstellung von Kunststoffen

Coty launches world’s first globally distributed fragrance manufactured using 100% carbon-captured alcohol

Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) (“Coty” or “the Company”), one of the world’s largest beauty companies with a portfolio of iconic brands, announced that its new Gucci Eau de Parfum, Where My Heart Beats, will be the first globally distributed fragrance manufactured using alcohol from 100% recycled carbon emissions. Available in stores on April 1, 2023,

AkerBP and OMV awarded licence for CO2 storage

AkerBP ASA and OMV (Norge) AS have entered into a collaboration agreement for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and have been awarded a licence in accordance with the CO2 Storage Regulations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). “We expect CCS to play a key role in the transition to a low-carbon energy future, and the NCS

AkerBP und OMV erhalten Lizenz für CO2 – Speicherung

AkerBP ASA und OMV (Norge) AS haben eine Kooperationsvereinbarung zur CO2-Abscheidung und – Speicherung (CCS–carbon capture and storage) abgeschlossen und eine Lizenz gemäß CO2-Speichervorschriften auf dem norwegischen Kontinentalschelf erhalten. „Wir gehen davon aus, dass CCS eine Schlüsselrolle beim Übergang zu einer kohlenstoffarmen Energiezukunft spielen wird, und der norwegische Kontinentalschelf bietet ein erhebliches Potenzial für die

Carbonaide raises EUR 1.8 million to make manufacturing concrete carbon negative

Carbonaide, a spin-out company from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland that enables the manufacturing of carbon-negative concrete, has raised EUR 1.8 million in seed funding led by Lakan Betoni and Vantaa Energy. The round was completed with public loans and in-kind contributions from Business Finland and other Finnish concrete companies and strategic investors. ”Carbonaide’s vision is

BOLD biomanufacturing and biotech goals in the USA

The recently-held Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference (ABLC) held in Washington, DC, on 22-24 March saw the convergence of different US agencies – Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) – with very bold targets below for the next

TUM researching climate-neutral fuels for the transportation sector

Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working on alternative, climate-neutral fuels for use in transportation. Together with partners from industry and science, six TUM professorships at the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability (TUMCS) have received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure for the Synergy Fuels project. Over a

TUM forscht an klimaneutralen Kraftstoffen im Transportsektor

Die Technische Universität München (TUM) arbeitet an alternativen, klimaneutralen Kraftstoffen für die Nutzung im Verkehr. Unter Beteiligung von sechs TUM-Professuren am Campus Straubing (TUMCS) für Biotechnologie und Nachhaltigkeit sowie Partnern aus Industrie und Wissenschaft fördert das Bundesverkehrsministerium das Projekt Synergy Fuels über eine Laufzeit von vier Jahren mit insgesamt 13,6 Mio. Euro – davon 5,7

Mammoth: what it takes to manufacture direct air capture plants at new scales

Less than a year after putting the world’s only commercial direct air capture & storage (DAC+S) plant Orca into operation, Climeworks announced the groundbreaking of Mammoth in June 2022. Orca represents the first deployment of Climeworks’ second technology generation. Mammoth is based on the same technology, but multiplies Orca’s capacity by factor of 9 – a demonstratable

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