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OCTOBER 18, 2016

XPRIZE announced the 27 teams representing six countries advancing in the $20-million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a global competition to develop technologies that convert the most carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and power plant facilities into products with the highest net value. Pond Technology’s Carbon Cyclers (Canada).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels have risen again after a three year hiatus, according to new analysis from the Global Carbon Project ( GCP ). According to the GCP, global emissions from all human activities will reach 41 billion tonnes in 2017, following a projected 2% rise in burning fossil fuels.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Audi Hungaria is thus the second of five Audi sites (after Audi Brussels) to achieve a neutral carbon balance, according to the company. We have a clear aim: that all Audi sites will have carbon-neutral operation by 2025. The remaining heat is generated through natural gas, with carbon neutrality assured thanks to bio-gas certificates.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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JUNE 27, 2018

The goal, set in 2010, aimed to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30% per vehicle produced by 2025. metric tons from 2010 to 2017—equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. Licht (2017).

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AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. Carbon-neutral combustion engines that run on synthetic fuels are thus a very promising path to explore—including for passenger cars. Ulrich Schulmeister, Steffen Eppler (2017) “ Roadmap zum defossilisierten Antrieb ” VDA – Technischer Kongress 2017.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products.

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APRIL 11, 2017

This could form the basis of a new, more efficient process for converting the greenhouse gas CO 2 into a useful carbon source for the production of fuels and chemical products. Their material of choice is powdered elemental boron, which very strongly absorbs sunlight and efficiently converts it photothermically, heating itself up remarkably.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

earlier known as Synthetic Genomics, has signed a joint development agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) with the intent to bring Viridos’ low-carbon intensity algae biofuels toward commercial levels. Viridos Inc., —Vijay Swarup, vice president of Research and Development at ExxonMobil.

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The company is only second to Tesla in achieving the highest fuel economy and the lowest CO2 emissions amongst major automakers. Hyundai's Environmental Progress Between 2017 and 2022, Hyundai has successfully reduced its CO2 emissions from 311 g/mi to 302 g/mi and improved its fuel economy from 28.6

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JUNE 7, 2017

The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% Mayer, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel (2017) “Solar conversion of CO 2 to CO using Earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO” Nature Energy 2, 17087 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.87. using solar energy. Luterbacher, Matthew T.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have developed catalytic molten metals to pyrolize methane to release hydrogen and to form solid carbon. The insoluble carbon floats to the surface of the melt, where it can be removed and stored or incorporated into composite materials. C) Raman spectrum of surface carbon.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant milestone in the effort to move toward sustainable sources of fuel.

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MARCH 9, 2017

A major goal among scientists has been decreasing the excess energy needed to convert captured carbon dioxide back into fuel. The new molecule requires the least amount of energy reported thus far to drive the formation of carbon monoxide. Photo by Ben Noffke and Richard Schaugaard. Click to enlarge. Xiaoxiao Qiao, Qiqi Li, Richard N.

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JULY 31, 2017

An international research team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts.

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MARCH 17, 2017

The project was supported by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment’s Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program. kWh pack for the medium-sized bus), and provided regular service between All Nippon Airways facilities in Kawasaki and vicinity of Haneda Airport in Tokyo for the year from February 2016 to January 2017.

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MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. The biggest drop came from the United States, where carbon dioxide emissions fell 3%, or 160 million tonnes, while the economy grew by 1.6%.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis. Most models used to predict future crop production are statistical models that really don’t take full account of the way changes in water, carbon dioxide and temperature interact to affect sugarcane production. —Amanda De Souza.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Duke University researchers have engineered rhodium nanoparticles that can harness the energy in ultraviolet light and use it to catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane, a key building block for many types of fuels. The black, red, and blue spheres are carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms, respectively. Zhang et al.

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MAY 10, 2017

The hydrogenation of carbon dioxide is a key step in the production of methanol; catalysts made from copper (Cu) and zinc oxide (ZnO) on alumina supports are often used. Rodriguez, Ping Liu (2017) “Active sites for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnO catalysts” Science Vol. This research was supported by the DOE Office of Science.

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JUNE 19, 2010

(NRG) for the Parish Post-Combustion CO 2 Capture and Sequestration Project to design, construct, and operate a system that will capture and store approximately 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. Sequestration will begin in 2014, with project completion set for 2017.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

This process will enable the economically viable transformation of excess power and off-gas carbon dioxide into methanol in small-scale, decentralized production units. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bio-M ran from 1 October 2015 to 30 June 2017.

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JULY 11, 2012

The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. grams in 2010 (the latest year for which figures are available) and a mandatory target of 175 grams in 2017. grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The Lignite Field Validation Test is being conducted by the Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships under DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program. In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated.

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MAY 15, 2014

biofuels, carbon intensity) and updated input variables from 2010 levels to reflect regional future conditions. The variables included biofuel availability, WTT fuel carbon intensity, and powertrain characteristics and mix, with unique assumptions for each region. In the final step, they added fuel actions to reduce CO 2 (e.g.,

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Researchers from the University of Liverpool (UK), with colleagues from Dalian University of Technology (China) and the University of Hull (UK), have developed a new process for the direct, one-step activation of carbon dioxide and methane (dry reforming of methane) into higher value liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g., doi: 10.1002/ange.201707131.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Starting from 2021, the emission targets will be based on the new emissions test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), which was introduced on 1 September 2017. As a consequence, a zero-emission vehicle is counted more than a low-emission vehicle.

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MAY 2, 2017

Jian Wei, Qingjie Ge, Ruwei Yao, Zhiyong Wen, Chuanyan Fang, Lisheng Guo, Hengyong Xu & Jian Sun (2017) “Directly converting CO 2 into a gasoline fuel” Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15174 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15174.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The 2030 target should be supported by a number of modalities, ACEA said, focusing on off-cycle credits, super credits (or similar measures supporting the market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles), ITS applications and measures stimulating the use of low-carbon fuels. —ACEA President, Dieter Zetsche. of total new car sales.

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JUNE 24, 2017

Scientists in the US and China have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO) via the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. Kiely, Lin Gu, Chuan Shi, José A.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The world in the 21st century must transition to widespread low carbon energy use. Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in early 2017, the Hydrogen Council is a first-of-its-kind global CEO initiative to foster the role of hydrogen technologies in the global energy transition.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. A hydrogen fuel cell version of the van is due to be launched in 2017.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

In addition to reducing energy consumption, the dry reforming process also consumes recycled carbon dioxide. If the dry reforming pilot proves successful, there are plans to commercialize the process when the funded project comes to an end in 2017 and to build a reference plant for a Linde customer. Milanov, A., Schunk, S. Behrens, A.

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MAY 24, 2012

Gt no later than 2017, i.e. just 1.0 However, China’s carbon intensity—the amount of CO 2 emitted per unit of GDP—fell by 15% between 2005 and 2011. Gt above 2011 levels. Had these gains not been made, China’s CO 2 emissions in 2011 would have been higher by 1.5 Gt, the IEA said.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

kWh/100 km, electric range 75 km, combined CO2 emissions 33-32 g/km). The Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant gained its initial experience building electric vehicles from 2014 to 2017. When it comes to carbon-neutral production, two levers are used: the efficient generation of energy and the reduction of energy consumption.

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MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. It is now up to the transport sector to demonstrate how carbon-free mobility can be achieved.

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