An electron highway headed for methanol

Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway


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Scientists devise catalyst that uses light to turn carbon dioxide to fuel

Researchers find new way to convert carbon dioxide into a usable fuel source.


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Sunshine Not Moonshine – Happy Hour with Carbon Dioxide

Young New York start-up Air Co. created eco-friendly vodka made from CO2 and H2O - an interesting new approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions


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An exclusive interview with Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech: “We need to take more risks and move more quickly”

In this exclusive interview, Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, talks to Il Bioeconomista about the climate crisis and the ‘carbonsmart’ revolution


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From waste woody biomass to carbon negative transportation fuels via CCUS

Philipp Stratmann, VP Biofuels, Velocys, about the opportunity to produce negative emission fuels


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Wirtschaftsministerium setzt auch auf klimaschädlichen blauen Wasserstoff aus Erdgas und bereitet möglicherweise neue Laufzeitverlängerung von AKWs vor

Wasserstoff aus Erdgas ist aufgrund der hohen Methan-Emissionen bei Erdgasförderung und -transport höchst klimaschädlich, selbst mit der teuren Option CCS


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HeidelbergCement researching full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Canada

Study to target the feasibility to capture the majority of the CO2 from the flue gas of the Edmonton, Alberta, cement plant


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HeidelbergCement erforscht vollständige Abscheidung und Speicherung von CO2 in Kanada

Studie will die Möglichkeit prüfen, den größten Teil der CO2-Emissionen aus der Abluft des Zementwerks in Edmonton, Alberta, abzuscheiden


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CO2 Innovation in the Limelight

Team from Covestro and RWTH Aachen among the best / New method reduces oil consumption in plastics production / CO2-based products more recyclable


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CO2-Innovation im Rampenlicht

Team von Covestro und RWTH Aachen im Kreis der Besten / Neues Verfahren spart Erdöl in Kunststoffproduktion ein / CO2-basierte Produkte besser wiederverwertbar


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Using CO2 as a raw material for aviation fuels is the cool new thing on the way to low-emission air transport

1st European Summit on CO2-based Aviation Fuels, 23 March 2020, Cologne (Germany) on Sustainable Strategies & Solutions for Cleaner Air Transport


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Molecular catalyst converts carbon dioxide to methanol

A molecular catalyst dispersed on carbon nanotubes has been found to catalyse the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol — a useful bulk chemical


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Power and gas ‘coupling’ seen as key to EU’s zero-carbon quest

The EU’s aspiration to reach climate neutrality by 2050 means “increased ambition” to cut emissions in the short term


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Waste, plants, CO2 – the resources of the future

Raw Materials Summit 2019 points way out of the throwaway society / Start-up company wins “Resource Innovator” prize


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Abfall, Pflanzen, CO2 – die Ressourcen der Zukunft

Rohstoffgipfel 2019 weist Wege aus der Wegwerfgesellschaft / Startup-Unternehmen zum „Ressource Innovator 2019“ gekürt


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New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel

This new development may help clear the path for the hydrogen fuel industry to move into a larger role in the global push toward more environmentally friendly energy sources


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Power-to-Gas in Deutschland – Produktion und Planung

Interaktive Übersichtskarte enthält neben der geografischen Verteilung der Projekte auch Angaben zu Betreibern, genutzten Prozessen und Technologien


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SoCalGas and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Announce U.S. Department of Energy Funding of Carbon Capture Project

Companies collaboration aims to advance the development of a process called Integrated CO2 Capture and Conversion to Methanol (ICCCM)


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Leftover grain from breweries could be converted into fuel for homes

Using just 1kg of the grain, Dr Ahmed Osman has been able to create enough activated carbon to spread across 100 football pitches


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World First in CCS Reaches 3Mt Milestone

Capture plant has also performed with successive improved reliability and a steady increase to the daily CO2 capture rate


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