Trouw also features FCNL partner Dutch Carbyon. The Eindhoven-based startup won prize money from Elon Musk as one of 15 companies last year as a promising company in this field. Founder Hans de Neve calls the 1 billion investment - which, incidentally, is not going to Carbyon - important for the sector, but he says it is remarkable that the biggest support comes from the business community.
Dutch and European governments in particular should encourage these techniques, according to De Neve. "The world needs this. There are some subsidies, but I find it remarkable that it is not a spearhead of policy." He sees governments being wait-and-see, probably until the magic price of 'one hundred euros per tonne of CO2' achieved. "But that is a chicken and egg story, because without support you can never accelerate development," De Neve told Trouw.
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