“Best CO2 Utilisation 2024” innovation prize awarded

Dioxycle, D-CRBN and Twelve showcase winning solutions that pave the path for a renewable carbon society

25-Apr-2024 - 230 participants from 27 countries worldwide joined the innovation award ceremony at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 in Cologne, Germany, and online. Renowned as one of the premier global events for the entire Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry and its ...

How to Enable the Transition From Fossil to Renewable Carbon in the Chemical and Material Sector?

In a comprehensive member survey, the Renewable Carbon Initiative collected ideas and opinions

15-Apr-2024 - The European chemicals and materials sector is under pressure. Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) members, representing a wide range of these sectors, see many common elements in the key challenges and how to address them. High energy and raw material prices, as well as the need to defossilise ...

Advancements in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Technology Pave the Way for Novel Applications From Ethylene, to Polymers, Syngas and Even Diamonds

Tough competition of outstanding innovations unveiled at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

09-Apr-2024 - This year's nominees for the innovation award “Best CO2-Utilisation 2024” prove that CO2 innovations can be used to produce syngas, polymers, organic fatty acids, ethylene, renewable isopropyl alcohol (IPA), but also aviation fuels and diamonds. The award is one of the highlights of the CO2-based ...

Winners of the “Renewable Material of the Year 2023” Innovation Award

Biodegradable elastic materials based on food waste, carbon-light yeast oil, and a plastic-free natural polymer

01-Jun-2023 - 465 participants from 32 countries attended the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg (near Cologne, Germany). The winners of the innovation award are bio-based and biodegradable elastic materials from KUORI (CH), carbon-light yeast oil COLIPI (DE) and the plastic-free natural polymer ...

The rise of carbon dioxide as a renewable carbon feedstock

More than 1.3 million tonnes capacity for CO2-based products already exist and are expected to at least quadruple by 2030

19-Apr-2023 - New report on the use of CO2 for chemicals, advanced fuels, polymers, proteins and minerals by nova-Institute – A deep and comprehensive insight into the evolving technologies, trends and the dynamically growing market of CO2 transformation and utilisation. For the first time, the ...

Many advanced and proven solutions to replace fossil carbon in chemistry and materials already available

Electrochemical transformation of CO₂, a natural polymer for paper and cardboard coating and material-to-material molecular recycling of plastic waste are the winners of the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2022”

20-May-2022 - The "Renewable Materials Conference 2022", 10-12 May in Cologne (Germany), attracted over 400 participants who came to see the latest developments in bio- and CO₂-based chemicals, plastics and other materials as well as advanced recycling technologies in search of non-fossil solutions. 60 ...

CO₂ Reduction Potential of the Chemical Industry through Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)

05-May-2022 - Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), CO2 Value Europe (CVE) and nova-Institute publish a study showing the CO2 reduction potential of the chemical industry through CCU. Today, the production of chemicals and derived materials heavily relies on the use of fossil carbon. Industrial processes need ...

The winners of the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020”

02-Apr-2020 - At nova-Institute’s first online conferences on PtX and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), 50 speakers presented and discussed the future of aviation fuels and carbon dioxide as feedstock! In the face of the current crisis, nova-Institute decided to defy the circumstances and found a new ...

Map of 224 European biorefineries published

BIC and nova-Institute showing european bio-production landscape

28-Nov-2017 - Biorefineries are the heart of the bioeconomy. Here, different types of biomass are fully utilised and transformed into a large variety of chemicals and materials.The map distinguishes between “Sugar-/starch based biorefineries”, producing bioethanol and other chemicals (63), “Oil-/fat-based ...

Microplastics in the Environment: Which Sources Are Relevant?

05-Oct-2015 - Scientific studies have shown that the litter found in oceans and inland waters is dominated by plastics. Besides large items such as plastic bottles and bags, the occurrence of microplastics has also been verified in water bodies, sediments and on the beaches of the world's oceans. These ...