Carbon dioxide (CO2)’s evolution from waste to circular value is raising concerns about the pace of transition. European supply chains face instability amid rising demand, highlighting the urgency for diversification and optimisation.
Rob Cockerill looks back on the trend lines from 2023’s epic CO2 Summit in Austria, how we unpack those learnings further in 2024’s gathering, and what’s new on the agenda when speakers, sponsors and delegates assemble in the snow-capped mountains around Innsbruck in February.
Presented with the prospect of supply limitations associated with traditional CO2 sources, industry is looking to diversify sourcing and also attempt to decarbonise its processes to help drive a circular economy.
As global carbon dioxide (CO2) markets grapple with increasingly volatile conditions, supply shortages continue to threaten the industry. Intensified by record gas prices, squeezed margins in ammonia markets, temporary plant closures, maintenance downtime, depleted storage.
Rarely can the focus on carbon dioxide (CO2) been more intense, whether it is government leaders grappling with Net Zero and emission targets, or food and beverage producers and packaging manufacturers wrestling with supply shortages.