Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), November 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in November 2024 at RCI:


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Join our free webinar today: “Discover Innovative Startups with RCI”

Each startup will deliver a concise, 10-minute segment, featuring a 7-minute presentation and a 3-minute Q&A


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Synata Bio’s Sylonto Project Awarded $4.5 Million NDRC Grant

The waste carbon-to-ethanol facility will transform Henan Energy Group’s on-site waste gases into 50,000 tons of ethanol per year


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CO2SMOS Project Releases Policy Recommendations for Accelerating CarbonCapture and Utilisation in Europe

The CO2SMOS Consortium Urges EU Policymakers to Address Key Gaps in Regulatory and Funding Frameworks to Enable Widespread Adoption of Sustainable CO₂-Based Chemicals


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Baden-Württemberg: Land investiert 7 Millionen Euro in CO2-Recycling aus der Abluft von Unternehmen

Jetzt Antrag stellen! Das Land fördert Demonstrations- und Pilotanlagen zum Kohlenstoffecycling aus Abgas und Abluft unter Einsatz biologischer und biohybrider Technologien


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Sustainable Aviation Fuel – Key Market Drivers and Production Tech

The ICAO is forecasting a tripling of international aviation emissions by 2050 without intervention - SAF has emerged as a crucial decarbonization tool offering up to 80% emissions reduction


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Jakson Achieves Global First: CO2-to-Methanol Synthesis for NTPC Limited

This ground-breaking project is located at NTPC’s Vindhyachal Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh, India


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Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives

Joshua Yuan, Susie Dai and colleagues at WashU and Texas A&M create biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion


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Econic, GC, and allnex Sign MOU to Explore Advanced Polymer Systems Made from CO₂

By integrating Econic’s technologies, GC and allnex aim to reduce the environmental footprint of their businesses and promote the development of eco-friendly polymer products


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Revolutionizing Tech to Produce Sustainable Fuel

SRI and University of Houston to receive $3.6M to develop a microreactor to convert carbon dioxide to methanol using renewable energy


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Clariant upgrades its syngas catalyst portfolio to improve customers´ sustainability and profitability

The advanced versions of renowned catalysts have already proven their designed benefits at commercial scale


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Renewable Carbon Feedstocks: Building a Net-Zero Chemical Industry in 2050

A comprehensive analysis of 24 scenarios across 15 reports identifies biomass, CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050


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Erneuerbarer Kohlenstoff: Aufbau einer klimaneutralen chemischen Industrie bis 2050

Umfassende Analyse von 24 Szenarien aus 15 Studien identifiziert Biomasse, CCU und Recycling als Eckpfeiler der Rohstoffbasis der chemischen Industrie im Jahr 2050


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Capture, Convert, and Conquer: Innovations Wanted for the “Best CO₂ Utilisation 2025” Innovation Award

Innovators are invited to showcase breakthrough technologies at the upcoming CO₂-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2025


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Abscheiden, Umwandeln und Gewinnen: Beiträge für den Innovationspreis „Best CO₂ Utilisation 2025“ gesucht

Innovative Unternehmen sind eingeladen, ihre zukunftsweisenden Technologien auf der bevorstehenden CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2025 zu präsentieren


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BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Acies Bio has developed the “OneCarbonBio”, a fully flexible synthetic biology platform designed to efficiently convert renewable methanol, derived from captured CO2 emissions, into a variety of chemical raw materials


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BASF und Acies Bio fördern gemeinsam die nachhaltige Produktion von Inhaltsstoffen für Körperpflege- und Reinigungsmittel

Mit „OneCarbonBio“, einer von Acies Bio entwickelten, vollständig flexiblen Plattform für die synthetische Biologie, kann erneuerbares Methanol, das aus CO2-Emissionen gewonnen wird, effizient in chemische Rohstoffe umgewandelt werden


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A novel means of converting CO2 into aquafeeds

b.fab, a German startup, has made several breakthroughs and aims to help establish a network of simple but effective production hubs around the world


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LanzaTech and Eramet announce plans for first-of-a-kind integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in Norway

To unlock further emissions reductions, the two companies also intend to build upon the CCU infrastructure and, if demonstrated to be feasible, integrate Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) technology as part of a second phase of the project


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7. Konferenz zur nachhaltigen chemischen Konversion in der Industrie bildet offiziellen Abschluss der zweiten Förderphase des Verbundprojekts Carbon2Chem®

Über 200 virtuell und analog Teilnehmende verfolgten die Präsentation der Ergebnisse aus acht Jahren Forschung zur Nutzung von CO2 aus Prozessgasen der Industrie für die Synthese von Chemieprodukten


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