Tag: CO2

OCOchem lands $5M in seed funding for its CO2 conversion platform

December 18, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington state, carbon conversion startup OCOchem has raised $5 million in Seed funding from lead investor TO VC. INPEX Corp., the LCY Lee Family Office, and MIH Capital Management also participated in the round. These investors join Halliburton Labs, Halliburton Company’s energy and climate tech accelerator, which has been supporting OCOchem’s scaling since 2021. Using its proprietary technology, the Richland, Wash.-based company […]

German researchers use CO2 from car exhaust to produce inhibitory neurotransmitter

December 7, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, researchers at the University of Bayreuth, present in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams. γ-Lactam is an organic chemical compound, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. This means that CO2, which is frequently produced anyway, can be put to good […]

Irish startup trialing use of concrete dust on farm fileds to capture CO2

November 30, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, the Chicago Tribune newspaper reports that Irish start-up Silicate is trialing its concept of spreading concrete dust to capture CO2 from the air on corn and soybean farm 60 miles south of Chicago. Between 500 and 1,000 tons of fine dust from ready-mix concrete that has been returned was spread over 100 acres […]

Tag: CO2

OCOchem lands $5M in seed funding for its CO2 conversion platform

German researchers use CO2 from car exhaust to produce inhibitory neurotransmitter

Irish startup trialing use of concrete dust on farm fileds to capture CO2

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