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Sports brand On launched CleanCloud, a new foam material made using carbon emissions as a raw material

8 November 20216 November 2021Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Roger Federer and sports shoes made by On. Source: On

Swiss sports brand On is moving away from petroleum-based resources by creating a new foam material called CleanCloud™, made using carbon emissions as a raw material. On is the first company in the footwear industry to explore carbon emissions as a primary raw material for a shoe bottom unit, specifically EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) foam, that could also be used in other shoe parts and products in the future.

“On – the company claims – is convinced that innovation is pivotal to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. CleanCloud™ is the result of four years of dedicated work, which began with finding the best possible partners. We are adopting a collaborative approach to overcome the challenges of connecting these technologies at commercial scale.”

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Decarbonizing the Aviation Industry Begins in Rural Georgia, US Secretary of Energy’s Visit Highlights Biden’s Vision to Bolster Nation’s Infrastructure

14 October 202113 October 2021Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

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LanzaTech and LanzaJet last Monday welcomed Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Senator Jon Ossoff to the Freedom Pines Biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia. The site is a center of research, development, and scale-up for LanzaTech’s commercial carbon capture and utilization technology with a specialized biomanufacturing center producing the “secret sauce” that is shipped from the United States to commercial partners around the world.

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Covestro opened up a further area of application for the use of CO2 in plastics production: the automotive industry

11 October 202110 October 2021Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Covestro

In addition to mattresses, sports floors and textile fibres, Covestro has opened up a further area of application for the use of CO₂ in plastics production: now foams for the automotive industry can also be produced partly using carbon dioxide instead of fossil raw materials such as crude oil. The innovative precursor cardyon^® is used for this purpose, with which the Swiss company FoamPartner produces foams for various areas in the vehicle interior.

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LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2

3 September 20213 September 2021Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Holmgren IFIB 2018 — Jennifer Holmgren at IFIB 2018 in Turin, Italy

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO₂ emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bags, as well as for large-scale applications in automotive, furniture, textiles and other everyday products.

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Beiersdorf and Evonik joined forces to develop sustainable raw materials for care products

28 May 202026 May 2020Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Marco Reus. Evonik is popular as main sponsor of German Football team Borussia Dortmund

Beiersdorf and Evonik have reached an agreement on a research partnership. Its aim is to develop sustainable raw materials for care products, using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the starting material. Beiersdorf is on the lookout for new sources of raw materials that will also reduce the company’s carbon footprint. One option here is artificial photosynthesis technology. The idea: with the aid of electricity from solar energy and bacteria, valuable raw materials are produced with water and CO2, drawing on natural photosynthesis as a model. The joint research project of Evonik and Beiersdorf is being funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the amount of around €1 million.

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LanzaTech Moves Forward on Sustainable Aviation Scale Up in the USA and Japan

22 November 201922 November 2019Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Jennifer Holmgren, CEO LanzaTech, at IFIB 2019 in Naples

Carbon recycling pioneer, LanzaTech, continues to make strides in scaling up its alcohol to jet (ATJ) platform. Commercialization of the ATJ process has been years in the making, starting with the partnership between LanzaTech and the U.S Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. PNNL developed a unique catalytic process to upgrade ethanol to first commercial flight with Virgin Atlantic, sustainable aviation fuel made from captured pollution is ready for full scale demonstration and commercialization.

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Basf developed zero-CO2 production process for methanol

28 May 2019Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry. “BASF experts – the German chemical giant claims – are working intensely on new technologies to substantially reduce emissions in these processes. The company has bundled all of this work under the roof of its ambitious Carbon Management Program”.

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Bio-on and Gruppo HERA joined forces to produce PHAs biopolymers using CO2

12 December 201811 December 2018Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Bio-on, a global leader in the high quality bioplastic sector, and Gruppo Hera, one of Italy’s largest multi-utility providers, reached an agreement to take 90% and 10% shares respectively (with the possibility of Hera increasing its share to 49.9%) in Lux-on, the new company founded by Bio-on aiming to revolutionise the production of PHAs biopolymers using CO2 captured from the atmosphere and producing energy without using fossil fuels.

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BASF and bse Engineering join forces to use excess of current and CO2 as a raw material

5 September 2017Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Headquarter of Basf in Ludwigshafen

The chemical giant BASF and bse Engineering have signed an exclusive joint development agreement for BASF to provide custom made catalysts for a new chemical energy storage process. This process will enable economically viable transformation of excess current and off-gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into the chemical energy storage methanol in small-scale, delocalized production units.

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India is on track to exceed its Paris commitments thanks to LanzaTech

11 July 2017Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Jennifer Holmgren, Ceo of Lanzatech

There is a new partnership in the world bioeconomy. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, India’s flagship national oil company and, LanzaTech, carbon recycling company based in Illinois, signed a Statement of Intent to construct the world’s first refinery off gas-to-bioethanol production facility in India.

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