CO2 cleanup with olivine has started

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What has Amazon, Elton John, Microsoft, Norway and Nestlé in common? With the use of renewable energy the climate targets are far from being achieved. The active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere can offer a solution. The magic word is olivine. A negative CO2 footprint even comes within reach. Read this article (in Dutch) […]

First results of the CO2MIN project: “Building Materials made with CO2”

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During the three-year research project CO2MIN, HeidelbergCement and RWTH Aachen University will explore the reaction of CO2 by the minerals olivine and basalt. HeidelbergCement and RWTH are supported by the Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and the Dutch start-up Green Minerals. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project, which began on 1 June […]

Green Minerals & Regeneration Design on the Climate Innovation Experience

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Klaske Postma of Regeneration Design gave on the Climate Innovation Experience in Utrecht an explanation about Green Minerals. Klaske assists Green Minerals in visibility, making the scientific process of Green Minerals understandable for a broad audience. Thank you Start the Future for making this video and thank you EIT Climate-KIC for having us. 

We are nominated for the Jan Terlouw Ambition Prize

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Terlouw a physicist by occupation, worked in his early life as researcher for three different institutes. Terlouw was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the Dutch general election of 1971. Nowadays Terlouw is retired. With his speeches he pleads for a more humanity and trustful society with respect for our planet and nature. For Green Minerals it […]

Green Minerals on the Future Proof Community

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Futureproof.community is the matchmaking platform for entrepreneurs, employees and like minded people to solve their sustainable challenges. Here you find challenges, solutions, knowledge, events and an engaged network of sustainable entrepreneurs. The community is an initiative of MVO Nederland, Europe’s largest sustainable business network. With over 2500 companies they accelerate towards a new economy: a healthy, futureproof […]

CO2 reduction in infrastructure

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The report: “Op weg naar een klimaatneutrale infrasector in Nederland” (Towards a climate-neutral infrastructure sector in the Netherlands) is mentioning the process of Green Minerals as serious solution for CO2 reduction of concrete. Stichting Klimaatvriendelijk Aanbesteden & Ondernemen (SKAO) and TU Delft are researching with support of MVI-Energie, which innovations and measures in the chain are […]

‘CO2 as feedstock’ in the media

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Recently, a Dutch site ‘Het Nieuwe Produceren’ published an article about CO2 usage options. Het Nieuwe Produceren is a platform with industrial progress as startingpoint. The platform provides information about developments and innovations that make the industry more sustainable, smarter and safer. The article is mentioning ‘ CO2 usage by mineralisation’. A translated quote: “There is […]