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Find here insights & facts on various innovations and trends in the CO2 to Value ecosystem

Carbon footprint of synthetic fuels and green chemicals

There are many ongoing research efforts - in academia and in corporate - for green synthesis of f...

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Electrical catalysis says hello to thermal

Do you expect hot sparks to fly when "electrical" meets "thermal"?

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CO2 to animal food

British companies such as Deep Branch ( https://deepbranch.com/...

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Why CO2 to methane makes sense

Recently read a research effort that converts CO2 to methane in a simpler method that reportedly ...

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When history, politics and science come together for converting CO2 to liquid fuels

Sasol, an integrated chemicals and energy company, was founded in 1950 in South Africa, and was o...

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Converting the biomass carbon to oil and...pouring it down the ground

One would have thought this was just a flight of fancy until one heard that there was actual...

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Fischer Tropsch - a term you will hear more often

If you had never heard of the term Fischer Tropsch, you belong to the vast majority.

Bu...

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Importance of catalysts for the C2V sector

Almost all pathways for conversion of CO2 to value depend on catalysts to do the job. Even those ...

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Distributed CO2 capture + distributed hydrogen production = distributed fuel production?

Companies such as Carbon Engineering are pioneering CO2 capture mechanisms that could work on sma...

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Using nature's methods to convert CO2 to value

We have, right in front of us, something that converts CO2 to value to everyday - plants and tree...

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CO2 to sugar

While there's significant discussions around CO2 to fuels and chemicals, of recent interest h...

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Carbon capture at oceans using algae

Oceans cover about 70% earth.

And ocean has been playing a critical role in almost ever...

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Rice that captures CO2 with 30% more yield

Enhanced amounts of CO2 can result in increased plant growth and value yields. This is fairly wel...

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Scientists engineered bacteria to eat CO2 instead of sugars

Bacteria, unlike plants, and like humans, take in oxygen and give out CO2. And just like humans, ...

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Capturing CO2 from breweries and wineries

Air has a CO2 concentration of about 415 PPM (by volvume). 1 PPM would be 0.1% - you get an idea ...

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Why not use enzymes instead of catalysts?

https://sifted.eu/articles/e-coli-synthetic-biology-chemicals/

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Power to X

Almost from nowhere, and in no time, the term Power to X seems to be everywhere within the cleant...

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Syngas is the lego for the chemical industry

Many professionals even from the chemical industry may not have heard about syngas, but that may ...

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Recycling process CO2 in steel production

Syngas, a combination of CO & H2, is used as a reducing agent to convert iron ore to iron. Bo...

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Decarbonising takes thousands of tiny, boring steps

What is it going to achieve decarbonization the world over?

On the one hand, we have th...

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Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons of Carbon Every Year

A study by the Australian National University has found that the decaying of deadwood from forest...

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Helping demolition companies capture CO2 - Sika

Specialty chemicals firm Sika has developed ReCO2ver, a process which produces limestone, sand an...

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CO2 to carbon fiber

Mars Materials, Oakland: develops a new pathway for carbon fiber production using CO2 as a raw ma...

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Plasma based CO2 conversion process, through low temperature plasma

Plasma, the “fourth state of matter,” is an ionized gas comprising electrons, ions, r...

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CO2-to-bioethylene pilot plant

Occidental & Cemvita join hands to produce ethylene from CO2 using the microbial pathway, and...

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Cost competitive methanol from CO2?

A recent news item has claimed that its cost of making methanol from recycled carbon dioxide...

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Butanol from CO2

Butanol is not as well known as ethanol but it is being in a wide range of applications - in plas...

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Artificial intelligence helps researchers produce record-setting catalyst for carbon dioxide-to-ethylene conversion

Can we use artificial intelligence and Big Data in some way to facilitate the CO2 to value econom...

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Producing oxygen from CO2

We don't need this from CO2 on earth, that's for sure - the oxygen.

So why woul...

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How do people feel about CO2-based products?

An interesting report from Fast Company provided some insights on how the end user market (the B2...

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Using mineral carbonation as an effective avenue for CO2 to products

Industrial carbon emissions can be captured and turned into useful materials on a vast scale - th...

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CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

TotalEnergies and Veolia are partnering to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation u...

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Lululemon is experimenting with fabric made from CO2 emissions

The material is exactly the same as you’d find in current Lululemon products, except the po...

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Using concrete's CO2 absorbing property to an interesting use - paints

A design graduate has developed a paint that is capable of absorbing 20 per cent of its weight in...

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Methane Into methanol conversion at room temperature using iron zeolites

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Leuven in Belgium has come u...

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IBM, Mitsubishi to track capture, re-use of CO2 using blockchain

IBM Japan has partnered with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop a solution, CO2NNEX, th...

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On-board CO2-capture method could make long range ships carbon negative

NOT SURE OF THIS, NEED TO CHECK IF THIS IS A REPEAT

The method, proposed by a team at N...

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Maersk to use ‘carbon neutral e-methanol, targets 2023 launch

The world’s largest container shipping firm says Denmark’s European Energy and its su...

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Japanese companies to work on power-to-chemicals demo project

Six companies - which include Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp, Toyo Engineering Corp,...

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CO2 to polypropylene

In an interesting development, two carbon transformation companies, LanzaTech and Twelve have par...

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UK food industry warned about CO2 shortages

On the one hand, the world's leaders are struggling to figure out how to lower CO2 emissions....

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Blast furnace CO2 and CO recycled into insulation boards and coatings

Gases from steel processing can be used to make materials for products like insulation boards and...

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CO2 to calcium carbonate and hydrogen

Queensland researchers have developed new all-in-one chemical processes that could provide a path...

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Carbon Dioxide-based Ethylene Manufacturing Technology

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced recently that its research team ha...

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Using ethanol made from CO2 in fragrances

Coty, a leading global fragrance company, announced recently that will be partnering with the bio...

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Porsche Working on Synthetic Fuel to Make ICE Cars as Clean as EVs

Let's look at two different trends:

One, willy nilly, CO2 emitting industrial proce...

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Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements

A team from Michigan Technological University has designed a carbon dioxide scrubber. They are wo...

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Construction of the first large-scale CO2 to methanol plant

The complete process design package for a first-of-its-kind 110,000 tonnes per year CO2-to-methan...

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Converting CO2 into Omega-3 fatty acids and biodiesel

A news report that the Indian Oil Corp was planning to convert CO2 into Omega-3 was intrigui...

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India’s largest industrial carbon capture and utilization project

Refineries worldwide emit over 1.3 billion tons of CO2. These emissions are contributed by many p...

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Using CO2 emissions to make stronger concrete

Among all uses, the use of CO2 in concrete appears to be perhaps the most promising. 30 billion t...

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Unravelling carbon uptake in concrete pavements

In a new paper, MIT researchers investigate the carbon uptake of all pavements in the United Stat...

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An aquaculture venture with unprecedented carbon capture goals

Can growing seaweeds on a large scale be an effective carbon capture mechanism

Kelp Blu...

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Carbon Capture and Utilization for Synthetic Clothing

Textile innovators are taking this one step further, approaching this opportunity by developing &...

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Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light

A joint research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a new photocataly...

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Carbon dioxide turned into methanol by exploiting daily temperature changes

A new catalyst harnesses the energy associated with daily temperature changes, and uses it to con...

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Japan's Taisei to make concrete with CO2-infused blast furnace slag from steel production

Taisei aims to commercialize concrete made with CO2-infused calcium and blast furnace slag, a byp...

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Concrete that can soak up twice the carbon of conventional

The world produces about 30 billion tons of concrete a year, a massive amount. The building ...

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Kerosene from CO2 and hydrogen

For the foreseeable future, there’s no way around liquid fuels in commercial aviation ...

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CO2 to methane using photothermal effect

Researchers at KAUST have developed an efficient catalyst that uses light energy to convert CO2 a...

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Carbon process emissions from steel production can be recycled into new products

Gases from steel processing can be used to make materials for products like insulation boards and...

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Carbon nanospike catalyst for CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL researchers have developed an electrocatalyst made of custom-d...

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Liquid Wind and Carbon Clean partner to produce 'carbon neutral' shipping fuel

Partners aim to develop 50,000 tonnes of e-methanol annually by early 2024 at plant in Örnsk...

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Opportunities and challenges for CO2 Recycling

A study has inferred that, when supplied by low-carbon electricity and chemical feedstocks, CO2 r...

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Carbon capture by making materials equivalent of seashells

The researchers took inspiration from seashells, which are formed from the carbon dioxide that na...

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A library for showcasing materials with CO2 capture potential

Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has launched Aireal, an online library showcasing materials that...

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Breakthrough in Decomposing CO2 With High Efficiency Using Sunlight

One promising strategy for CO2 to value is to chemically break down, or ‘reduce,’ CO2...

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Bioplastics from biochar

One can be charitable in considering bioplastics to be a form of carbon sequestration and valoriz...

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Modular Carbon Capture Technology from Holy Grail

Holy Grail was founded in 2019 by David Pervan and Nuno Pereira, in Mountain View, California, an...

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Carbon Recycled Methane Can Be Recognized As Zero Emission Ship Fuel

The Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse Study Group h...

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Is CO2 to value ushering in Chemical Industry 2.0?

The chemical industry has long has a symbiotic industry with the oil & gas industry, with the...

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CO2 Emissions Into Vegan Protein Ingredients

The project is dedicated to capturing carbon emissions to develop high-quality animal-free protei...

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Coal Power Plants: Pathways for Co2 reduction and Co2-based value products

Coal power plants form a large concentrated source of CO2 emissions. 

With the fas...

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CO2 to be used as refrigerant in Large Hadron Collider

Until recently, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN,  the multi-billion pound project to study...

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Solar-accelerated carbon-dioxide splitting

Most avenues today considering green hydrogen production are seeking the use of renewable power (...

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Eco-friendly carbon-dioxide conversion process may revolutionize existing method

Most of the CO2 conversion processes need to operate at high temperatures and pressures, which tr...

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Pond Technologies Partners With Livalta On Algae-Based Animal Feed Project

With growing population, the search for avenues to dramatically increase human and animal food pr...

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How Polymer Coatings Could Help Accelerate CO2 Conversion

Catalysts are perhaps the most important element when it comes to conversion of CO2 to fuels, che...

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Unilever's use of CO2 based ethanol for their detergents

Unilever has partnered with LanzaTech and India Glycols to produce a surfactant made from industr...

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First, second and third generation CO2 conversion technologies

First generation CO2 conversion technologies are what are being attempted today - electrolysis of...

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