Carbon Dioxide

President Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports into the US on top of existing duties would be a ‘devastating blow’ to the UK industry, according to the UK Steel Director General.

The UK government has halved subsidies to Drax power station and hatched a new agreement whereby low carbon dispatchable power is only used ‘when it is really needed’.

Unlike in most beer production, where brewers have an obvious use for carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbonate their product, and therefore a clear business incentive for capturing the CO2 from the fermentation process for reuse,...

Aquaculture – farmed fish and shellfish, rather than wild-caught – is big business now, with global demand for fish protein increasing year on year. Projections show growth of 14% by 2030 versus 2020 levels.

Making protein from thin air – or at least from carbon dioxide from direct air capture – is the mission of Solar Foods. Anthony Wright reports on the company’s progress

Last year saw the world’s first commercial scale production of synthetic fuels. Christian Annesley considers the crucial need for CO2 to scale up this emerging market.

There’s a growing opportunity in carbon dioxide supplied from direct air capture. Christian Annesley talks to Matt Atwood of DAC company Aircapture about progress, and looks at the wider context for scaling up CO2 that’s...

The need for more biogenic CO2 should evolve rapidly in the years ahead. Stephen B. Harrison of the consultancy sbh4 considers the state of play today and looks at what’s coming down the line

As two features elsewhere in these pages illustrate – shining a light on Synata Bio and Solar Foods respectively – companies around the world are starting to use CO2 to produce premium materials ready for...

There’s a gold rush under way today as firms try to realise the potential value in CO2 waste streams. But one US company has made notable progress and is poised to launch its waste-to-resource technology...