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China repurposing pharma mega-factories to make novel foods, GFI report reveals

China’s industrial fermentation ecosystem is among the largest and most developed in the world. Decades of investment in fermentation-based pharmaceuticals and vitamins have created a manufacturing sector with vast production capacity, experienced technical talent, established supply chains, and competitive operating costs. Historically, these companies have shown limited interest in food applications, since pharmaceuticals are often

Mitsubishi Electric develops CCU disaster-resilience evaluation with University of Tokyo

Mitsubishi Electric said on August 4 it had jointly developed with the University of Tokyo a technology that can quantitatively evaluate the economic value of carbon capture and utilization, or CCU, from both day-to-day carbon dioxide reduction and improved resilience during disasters. The Japanese industrial group said the method makes it possible to derive an

Pilot-scale production of leucine from CO2

Technology readiness The overall technology readiness level (TRL) of the leucine production process from CO2 with Methanothermobacter marburgensis as an archaeal cell factory is estimated to be at TRL 5. The overarching process is split into three parts, namely metabolic engineering of M. marburgensis, process development and scaling, as well as downstream processing. While markerless

Opinion: Europe’s climate-elephant in the room: What to do with left-over emissions when we get to net zero?

As the European Commission published its review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), one of the first steps towards implementing the 2040 climate target to reduce emissions by 90 percent, Europe is moving towards the most challenging sources of emissions: “residual emissions”, which remain undefined in the policy architecture. Residual emissions are what is left

Green Lime: Reducing Carbon Emissions in the Construction Materials Industry

Lime, a key component in cement, can be used for both interior and exterior plastering. However, the production of this versatile building material generates significant emissions. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Hermsdorf, Thuringia, are developing a membrane reactor that enables climate-neutral lime production while also recovering new raw

Grüner Kalk: CO2-Emissionen in der Baustoffindustrie senken

Kalk lässt sich als Innen- und Außenputz nutzen und ist ein Hauptbestandteil von Zement. Die Herstellung des vielseitigen Baustoffs ist jedoch emissionsintensiv. Forschende des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS entwickeln in Hermsdorf (Thüringen) einen Membranreaktor, der eine klimaneutrale Kalkproduktion ermöglicht und gleichzeitig neue Rohstoffe schafft. Die Baustoffindustrie verursacht etwa ein Viertel der globalen

KIST team converts captured carbon dioxide directly into formic acid without purification

A process has been developed that converts carbon dioxide, a typical greenhouse gas, into formic acid, which is widely used in leather, pharmaceuticals and other applications. It directly converts captured carbon dioxide into formic acid using electricity, without separating, purifying or compressing the CO2. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced on the

Hitachi, MOL, and JAL Sign MOU to Conduct Japan’s First Pilot Test of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology on Kume Island, Okinawa

Hitachi, Ltd. (hereinafter “Hitachi”), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (hereinafter “MOL”), and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “JAL”) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct Japan’s first(Note 1) pilot test on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, utilizing Direct Ocean Capture (hereinafter “DOC”) – a technology that directly separates and captures CO2 dissolved in seawater. In this pilot

Transforming carbon dioxide into a new kind of recyclable plastics

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a process to transform naturally occurring and highly stable carbon dioxide into recyclable, high-performance materials that could replace today’s plastics in many situations. Their catalytic process, described in the journal Nature, is another step toward a circular economy that reduces plastic waste and supports environmental sustainability. The paper describes a closed-loop

New technology could turn dirty factory exhaust directly into useful fuel

A team of international researchers has found a way to turn carbon dioxide from dirty factory emissions directly into fuel without first cleaning or purifying the gas. The breakthrough, published in Nature Communications, overcomes one of the biggest challenges facing carbon capture technologies: the complex mix of gases found in industrial flue, a major source of