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13 September 2022

Aviation Can’t Decarbonize Without Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

All GE engines can operate today and in the future on approved SAF, which can be made from plant-based material, fats, oils and greases, alcohols, waste streams, captured CO2, and other alternative feedstocks

13 September 2022

Shell to convert Convent site to sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel production facility

Shell intends to build a sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production facility at its shuttered Convent refinery, according to documents filed with Louisiana Economic Development

12 September 2022

Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction under Visible Light with a Novel, Inexpensive Catalyst

"We believe that our study provides an unprecedented opportunity for developing a new class of inexpensive photocatalysts for CO2reduction consisting of earth-abundant elements."

12 September 2022

Effiziente Kohlendioxidreduktion unter sichtbarem Licht mit einem neuartigen, kostengünstigen Katalysator

"Wir glauben, dass unsere Studie eine noch nie dagewesene Möglichkeit für die Entwicklung einer neuen Klasse von kostengünstigen Photokatalysatoren für die CO₂-Reduktion bietet, die aus Elementen bestehen, die in der Erde reichlich vorhanden sind"

12 September 2022

DOE Announces $46 Million to Explore New Technologies That Convert Carbon and Waste Into Clean Energy

Funding Supports 22 Projects to Convert Waste Streams and Carbon Captured from Algal Systems into Biofuel Energy, Spurring Multi-Sector Decarbonization

08 September 2022

Direct conversion of carbon dioxide into bulk chemicals and liquid fuels

High-efficiency utilization of CO2 facilitates the reduction of CO2 concentration in the global atmosphere and hence the alleviation of the greenhouse effect

08 September 2022

Direkte Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid in Grundchemikalien und flüssige Kraftstoffe

Die hocheffiziente Nutzung von CO2 erleichtert die Verringerung der CO2-Konzentration in der Erdatmosphäre und damit die Abschwächung des Treibhauseffekts

06 September 2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley, to develop technology converting air to sugar

CCEP Ventures looks for transformative solutions to industry challenges that will support Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on its journey to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

06 September 2022

Lessons from natural photosynthesis: conversion of CO2 to raw materials for plastic!

Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have managed to create fumarate using artificial photosynthesis on pyruvate and CO2 which can be used to make biodegradable plastic like polybutylene succinate

06 September 2022

Recyclingkunststoff ersetzt Beton

Für ein nachhaltigeres Bauen können Hohlkörper aus Recyclingkunststoff in Gebäudedecken bis zu 40% Beton ersetzen

31 August 2022

With a €43M EU grant and €1.2M from a VC, this startup plans to turn CO2 emissions into gold

The global problem of an over-abundance of CO2 in the atmosphere is ongoing, and a huge area that needs to be addressed, given the amount pumped out by industry

16 August 2022

Südzucker becomes member of the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)

Südzucker AG joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) in July 2022

16 August 2022

Südzucker wird Mitglied in der Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)

Die Südzucker AG ist im Juli 2022 der Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) beigetreten

15 August 2022

A simple, cheap material for carbon capture, perhaps from tailpipes

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine — the main component of Formica — chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the United States and other nations as they seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

15 August 2022

The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Climatetech leaders from Fluor, the Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA Welcome Eight Startups to the Initiative

12 August 2022

Turning Fish Waste into Quality Carbon-based Nanomaterial

Scientists develop a simple, fast, and energy-efficient synthesis method for producing exceptional carbon nano-onions from fish scales

12 August 2022

Umwandlung von Fischabfällen in hochwertiges Nanomaterial auf Kohlenstoffbasis

Wissenschaftler entwickeln eine einfache, schnelle und energieeffiziente Synthesemethode zur Herstellung von außergewöhnlichen Kohlenstoff-Nano-Ionen aus Fischschuppen

11 August 2022

Lufthansa and Shell form future-oriented cooperation on sustainable aviation fuels

SAF technology leading the way for decarbonization of aviation. Memorandum of Understanding to supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a volume of up to 1.8 million metric tons for the years 2024-2030

05 August 2022

Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products

DNA can help guide the process

05 August 2022

Plasma reactor D-CRBN makes new raw materials out of CO2

Every day Innovation Origins puts a start-up in the spotlight. Today, it is the Antwerp-based D-CRBN