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Reducing the carbon footprint of methane by converting it into methanol with a new enzyme

18-Sep-2023 - A team led by Professor Osami Shoji at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to convert methane, the principal component of natural gas, into methanol at room temperature in water. They used an enzyme that can be easily mass-produced, offering the possibility of a cheap and ...

Nature inspires breakthrough achievement: hazard-free production of fluorochemicals

For the first time, Chemists have generated fluorochemicals – critical for many industries – without the use of hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas

31-Jul-2023 - A team of chemists have developed an entirely new method for generating critically important fluorochemicals that bypasses the hazardous product hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas. The findings, published in Science, could achieve an immense impact in improving the safety and carbon footprint of a ...

Life Cycle Assessment of battery-grade lithium

Potential for lower emissions

19-Jun-2023 - Fraunhofer UMSICHT conducted a Life Cycle Assessment for battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) for the German-Canadian company RockTech. They plan to build a Converter in Guben (Lausitz) in order to serve the electromobility sector. The results: The LCA shows a base case carbon ...

Chemical industry to partner with Siemens for pilot to decarbonize its supply chain

Together for Sustainability – an initiative of 47 chemical companies

17-May-2023 - Together for Sustainability (TfS) and Siemens are announcing a partnership on decarbonization to advance the overall sustainability of the chemical industry. TfS is a global initiative to promote sustainability in the chemical industry’s supply chain, consisting of 47 international companies, ...

First steps towards a more climate-friendly streaming

Video streaming is responsible for high greenhouse gas emissions. These could be reduced with relatively simple measures

15-Feb-2023 - In recent years, video streaming has increased significantly. While every German spent an average of 42 minutes a day watching online videos on YouTube, Netflix, Facebook or other platforms in 2019, a year later it was already 55 minutes - in the group of 14- to 29-year-olds even 130 ...

PlasCO₂ project: Greenhouse gas transformed into a raw material

Innovative process could significantly reduce energy requirements for the production important chemical products

25-Jan-2023 - Evonik has launched the PlasCO2 project together with three partners. The aim is to use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material in the production of C4 chemicals. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project with more than €1.8 million. PlasCO2 stands for ...

LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene

Target 2050: Fully climate-neutral raw materials

05-Jan-2023 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and French energy group TotalEnergies have entered into a cooperation on the supply of biocircular styrene. Unlike conventional styrene, the raw material used by TotalEnergies is based on tall oil, which is derived from a tree resin and is a by-product of pulp ...

Durable, inexpensive catalyst reduces carbon footprint of ammonia production

27-Oct-2022 - The Haber-Bosch process, which is commonly used to synthesize ammonia (NH3)–the foundation for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers–by combining hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures, is one of the most important scientific discoveries that has helped improve ...

Chemical industry agrees on global standard for calculating product carbon footprint

TfS approach for chemical industry value chains supported by BASF

26-Sep-2022 - As part of the joint initiative “Together for Sustainability” (TfS), 37 companies from the chemical industry, including BASF, have agreed on a global guideline for calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs). Product carbon footprints are an important information for steering emissions in the ...

Data analytics start-up Carbon Minds partners with BASF

Provide consistent chemical carbon footprint data in alignment with BASF standard methodology

07-Sep-2022 - Carbon Minds, the provider of the largest and most regionalized LCA database for chemicals and plastics, has partnered with BASF to provide comprehensive and consistent product carbon footprint (PCF) data for chemicals and plastics in alignment with the BASF PCF methodology. The partnership is ...