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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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Two years ago the two companies built a facility in Hinwil, Switzerland, that filters CO 2 from the air and provides it to the beverage industry, where it is converted to carbonic acid. Audi has been supporting the development of CO 2 capturing technology from the Zurich-based environmental start-up Climeworks since 2013.

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RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

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Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.

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Climeworks launches world’s first commercial plant to capture CO2 from air; potential for CO2-neutral fuels

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Switzerland-based Climeworks, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), recently launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO 2 for supply and sale to a customer. Switzerland moving to accept CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels to reduce fleet emissions.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

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The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. At Daimler Trucks & Buses we are clearly committed to the goals of the Paris Climate Protection Agreement and thus to the decarbonization of our industry.

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AVA Biochem adds FDCA from biomass to its product portfolio

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) last month announced a new breakthrough process for the production of furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) from fructose. AVA Biochem is a subsidiary of AVA-CO2 Schweiz AG, Zug and is located in Muttenz, Switzerland. Earlier post.).

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German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

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The innovative, commercial scale facility was created in cooperation with the partners thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, the research center for the German Association for Gas and Water (DVGW), and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and will be in operation for analysis over the next 24 months.

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AVA Biochem begins commercial-scale production of 5-HMF from biomass using HTC

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AVA Biochem in Muttenz (Switzerland) has begun commercial-scale production of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-MHF) from biomass at its Biochem-1 facility using a modified version of a hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Earlier post.).