CCU News – Page 36

15 September 2021

Orca: Weltgrößte Anlage zur direkten CO₂-Entnahme aus der Atmosphäre in Betrieb

In Island zieht jetzt eine Anlage jährlich 4.000 Tonnen CO₂ aus der Atmosphäre und lagert sie unterirdisch an. Wie zukunftsfähig das ist, ist umstritten

15 September 2021

Climeworks begins operations of Orca, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO₂ storage plant

Orca is the first-of-its-kind plant that translates the vision of industrial-scale direct air capture and storage into reality

15 September 2021

Socken aus Co2 bei ZDF Plan b

In Zusammenarbeit mit der Firma FALKE und Dr. Manvi wurde mithilfe eines kohlenstoffdioxid-basierten thermoplastischen Polyurethangarns eine Socke hergestellt

15 September 2021

Carbon removal strategy – Is it needed and will it make a difference?

In April 2021, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement on the first-ever EU Climate Law. But negotiations on whether carbon removals should be counted towards the 2030 target were difficult

14 September 2021

Chevron, Gevo Announce Intent to Pursue Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investment

New facilities intent to process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel, which can lower the lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels used in the aviation industry

09 September 2021

Kohlendioxid als Ressource: Biotechnisches CO2-Recycling als Beitrag zu Klimaschutz und Rohstoffsicherung

Potenziale für den Aufbau biotechnischer Verfahren ermittelt

09 September 2021

Sinopec aims Yuan 30 billion investment through 2025 to boost hydrogen strategy

Hydrogen expansion to lower carbon emissions by 10 mil mt/year - To install 4 GW of wind, solar power capacity

08 September 2021

What Is the Most Effective Use of Captured CO2?

Some US-researchers estimated the climate "return of investment" for 20 potential CCU pathways leading to concrete, chemicals, or minerals

07 September 2021

Carbon Take Back Obligation: make sure fossil fuels producers take responsibility for cleaning up CO2

Producer or importer of carbon compounds will have to measure the amount of CO2 that would be released in using their product, if it will be captured/stored instead or released into the atmosphere

07 September 2021

LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts CO2 into materials that are traditionally made from fossil fuels

06 September 2021

The REDWine project and climate change

Reduction of greenhouse gases in wine production

06 September 2021

Das REDWine-Projekt und der Klimawandel

Reduktion von Treibhausgasen bei der Weinherstellung

06 September 2021

One if by sea, two if by sky: the search for affordable CO2 capture technology

Here’s the math. According to a chart from the US Department of Energy, we need to bring 10 billion gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That’s enough, by volume, to fill 5 million Empire State Buildings, or 2 million Great Pyramids

03 September 2021

Velocys: SAF collaboration with Toyo advances to commercial stage

Velocys announced on Aug. 31 that its collaboration partner, Toyo Engineering Corp., is starting the advanced engineering and design phase of a commercial scale biorefinery in Japan to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

31 August 2021

Finalist Interview: Mibelle Group’s plastic made from CO2

Series of Sustainability Awards finalist interviews

30 August 2021

RCI members advocate policy analysis and focused implementation of the renewable carbon strategy

The Renewable Carbon Initiative is joining forces to pave the way for the transformation from fossil to renewable materials!

30 August 2021

Weshalb die Rolle der Biotechnologie in Europa unterschätzt wird

In den nationalen und europäischen Strategien zu technologischer Souveränität findet Biotechnologie nur in Nebensätzen statt. Das ist ein Fehler

19 August 2021

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

IPCC Climate Change Report

13 August 2021

Life Cycle Analysis Indicates Favorable CO2 savings for Agilyx Chemical Recycling Technology

During the Styrenics Circular Solutions virtual event, ‘Move to Zero. Zero Waste. Zero CO2. Powered by Styrenics,’ LCA findings were unveiled with results indicating that Agilyx’ depolymerization technology saves approximately 75% of CO2-emissions in comparison to the production of polystyrene from virgin raw materials and incineration.

13 August 2021

Der EU Green Deal ist ein Gamechanger für die Prozessindustrie, doch nur die wenigsten Unternehmen kennen die Spielregeln

Die große Mehrheit der befragten Unternehmen der Chemie-, Pharma-, Öl- und Gasindustrie in Deutschland sieht im Green Deal der Europäischen Union Chancen für die eigene zukünftige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Doch nur ein Drittel der Unternehmen kennt überhaupt die Ziele des Green Deals.