Carbon, CO2, Renewable and Waste

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. The RNG product with very low carbon intensity could be used for carbon emission reductions in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential energy sectors.

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Waste Carbon Gas Renewable

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. coli, hydrogenating carbon dioxide into an organic acid,” said Dr. Sargent. “We The key is for a microbe to use formate as its sole carbon source.

Renewable

Renewable Engine CO2 Fuel

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven. Every bit of CO?

Gasoline

Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

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JULY 5, 2023

From now on, most of these seafaring journeys are made with renewable fuel instead of traditional fossil fuel. Due to the renewable fuel, CO 2 emissions are reduced by at least 84% (Well-to-Wake, WTW) compared to fossil fuel. Renewable fuel is not the end game for removing CO 2 from the world’s ocean freight needs.

Volvo

Volvo Emissions CO2 Renewable

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech have transformed CO 2 emissions into ethanol as a part of an ongoing research and development partnership. Our process aims to rebalance the overabundance of carbon in our environment and instead reuse it for meaningful applications.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Polymer

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain by 900,000 tonnes per year, while at the same time driving the transformation of the steel industry. The company will supply the BMW Group’s European plants with steel produced exclusively using hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies.

BMW

BMW Global CO2 Production

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste. All Anaergia plants use organic waste material to produce biogas, which is composed of methane and carbon dioxide.

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Green Supplies Energy Denmark

$3M UK project to develop low-carbon aviation fuels from captured CO2 and waste biomass

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

Heriot-Watt University in the UK will lead a £2-million (US$3-million) project ( EP/N009924/1 ) to develop low-carbon aviation fuels from captured CO 2 and waste biomass. The project aims to produce low-carbon synthetic aviation jet fuel using renewable energy from waste agricultural and forestry biomass and captured CO 2.

Waste

Waste Carbon Fuel CO2

BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ELYSIS ( earlier post ) is the first carbon-free smelting technology for aluminum as it enables the production of aluminum metal without direct carbon dioxide emissions during the smelting process, instead emitting pure oxygen. This underlines the tremendous potential of reducing CO 2 in the aluminum supply chain.

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BMW Canada South Carolina CO2

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

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MAY 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products Shot , a new initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products significantly. Biomass and waste conversion technologies designed to use green electricity and hydrogen to maximize carbon retention in products.

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Clean Cleaning Fuel Production

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

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JUNE 28, 2022

Sundsvall Energi will partner with Liquid Wind to be the host and provide carbon dioxide for the second commercial-scale—100,000 t—electrofuel facility in Sweden. Biogenic carbon dioxide from the Sundsvall energy facility will be captured and combined with renewable hydrogen to generate green electrofuel, eMethanol.

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Wind Energy Carbon Hydrogen

DHL, Shell and Grundfos Bio-LNG pilot for road freight delivers 85% CO2 savings over conventional diesel

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This corresponds to the emissions of more than 89,900 km driven by a diesel truck and represents 85% of CO2 savings compared to a traditional diesel engine. The logistics industry is currently responsible for 11 percent of global carbon emissions. The Bio-LNG used by Shell in the test is produced from agricultural waste.

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CO2 Diesel Climate Carbon

H2 Green Steel and BMW Group sign final agreement on delivery of CO2-reduced steel

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The company has a gross embodied carbon emission intensity obligation per tonne of steel, included in its customer contracts. Therefore, green steel must be produced from a combination of a significant amount of green virgin iron and scrap in a production process which uses electricity from renewable energy sources.

BMW

BMW Green CO2 Sweden

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO 100) fuel is a 100% renewable fossil fuel free product derived from vegetable oils, waste oils and fats. The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team recently concluded a trial in the use of biofuels in 16 Mercedes Actros Gigaspace race trucks for the final three races of the European season.

Mercedes

Mercedes Emissions CO2 Belgium

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

Conversion

Conversion Fuel CO2 Polymer

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Bosch trialing Neste renewable diesel; aims to offer renewable and synthetic fuels at all company filling stations in Germany

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Since early November, the cars chauffeuring the management board members of Robert Bosch GmbH have been running on fully renewable diesel. diesel,” this fuel is synthesized mainly from by-products and waste materials. a trademark of Toolfuel, is short for CO 2 Reduction, Arctic Grade, Renewable, Emission Reduction.

Renewable

Renewable Germany Diesel Fuel

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device component with remarkable stability and longevity as it selectively converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels: ethylene and hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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MAY 30, 2020

Climeworks, a company founded at ETH Zurich in 2009, is pursuing CO 2 air separation to provide the carbon required for fuel synthesis in a sustainable manner. Climeworks direct air capture machines are powered solely by renewable energy or energy-from-waste. First, air is drawn into the collector with a fan.

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

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APRIL 12, 2022

To achieve this goal, the key factors include: electrifying the vehicle fleet; charging with green energy; improving battery technology, an extensive use of recycled materials; and renewable energy in production. This proportion can be reduced significantly through the use of renewable energy.

Mercedes

Mercedes CO2 Emissions Vehicles

Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. —Kaewmeesri et al.

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Low Cost Waste Diesel Renewable

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale.

Building

Building Power Powered Fuel

Toyota to build first MW-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota Motor North America announced that it will build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach. When it comes online in 2020, Tri-Gen will generate approximately 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Toyota Renewable Building

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

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JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Earlier post.). In addition, commercial partners have signed on to advance work on the first round of commercial plants. Earlier post.).

Waste

Waste Solar Commercial CO2

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

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APRIL 11, 2019

Carbon Recycling International has been awarded a €1.8-million The grant will allow CRI to accelerate efforts to commercialize large scale production plants, expanding the market for ETL technology and use of renewable methanol in Europe. million (US$2.0-million) CRI’s ETL technology consist of five process modules.

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Grant CO2 Iceland Waste

Ford hits CO2 manufacturing emissions reduction target of 30% per vehicle 8 years early

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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. Ford now is working on setting a new goal focused on increasing it use of renewable energy while maintaining its energy efficiencies.

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Manufacturer Emissions Ford CO2

Eni, FCA partner on R&D to cut road vehicle CO2 emissions; methanol/ethanol blends, renewable diesel, ANG, on-board CO2 capture

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The two companies, renewing their strategic commitment to a low-carbon future and in line with Italy’s National Energy Strategy, will combine their respective expertise, experiences and know-how to reduce the sector’s level of CO 2 emissions.

Renewable

Renewable Emissions CO2 Diesel

Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Given the biogenic carbon capture of crops, Ethanol as a fuel has a much lower environmental impact than the traditional fossil fuels. The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. India has already started setting up 2G plants, which use crop waste for ethanol production.

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Carbon Future Auto Petrol

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen. Ultimately to reach zero, this hydrogen will need to be green (produced via electrolysis which is powered by renewable electricity). The project will reduce the volumes of coal needed in the iron ore reduction process, thereby cutting CO2 emissions.

Europe

Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen

Stanford team devises new bio-inspired strategy for using CO2 to produce multi-carbon compounds such as plastics and fuels

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MARCH 10, 2016

Researchers at Stanford University have devised a new strategy for using CO 2 in the synthesis of multi-carbon compounds. CO 2 reacts readily with carbon-centered nucleophiles—a chemical intermediate species that donates an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond in relation to a reaction.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Project title. Federal share.

Waste

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). 90%) or to “repower” using lower carbon feedstocks or generation technologies (e.g.

Transportation

Transportation Convert Waste CO2

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For the first time, the energy needed will be supplied from the renewable source of hydropower. The pilot facility offers scope for sector coupling, in other words combining the energy sectors power, heat and mobility, and makes it possible to store renewable energy. Earlier post.)

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Audi Diesel Carbon Power

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. secondary use of waste heat. Waste heat from conversion.

Oil

Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

Avantium acquires Liquid Light; electrocatalysis to convert CO2 to chemicals

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. Liquid Light has developed proprietary process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide. It will extend our capabilities beyond catalytic conversion of biomass. —Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium.

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Light Convert CO2 Polymer

LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In CO fermentation, explained LanzaTech Communications Director Freya Burton, CO can serve as the carbon and the energy source whereas CO 2 can serve only as the carbon source. Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock.

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Parts CO2 Renewable Conversion

Iveco to supply 178 CNG trucks to DHL in Germany | Autocar Professional

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MARCH 8, 2024

The order will expand DHL’s sustainable fleet, furthering their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and contributing to the decarbonisation of road transport. The new trucks will be primarily used for inter-hub transport at DHL parcel centres, customer pick-ups, and urban deliveries to post offices.

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Germany Supplies Available Today CO2

UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. via the gasification of biomass waste—into methane. Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants. Carbon savings. Cost of carbon abated. Click to enlarge.

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Cost Of Carbon Transportation CO2

CO2-to-chemicals company Liquid Light raises $15M Series B financing; process scale-up and application validation

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Start-up Liquid Light, a developer of process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide ( earlier post ), has closed a $15-million Series B financing. New investors include Sustainable Conversion Ventures, which focuses on renewable fuels and chemicals investments.

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Financing Light Companies CO2

Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

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JANUARY 26, 2015

The hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide will then be catalytically converted into methanol, with a daily yield of approximately one ton of methanol using approximately 1.4 This project will use our most advanced PEM technology, developed specifically for utility-scale Power-to-Gas applications, and turn carbon dioxide into energy.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Convert Gas Supplies

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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JUNE 14, 2021

Such fuels, produced synthetically with renewable energy, can be transported via conventional routes and made available through the existing infrastructure. Methanization works by producing methane (CH 4 ) and water (H 2 O) by catalytic conversion from carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ).

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Production Water Hydrogen Switzerland

T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The composition of the biodiesel itself uses the average shares of rapeseed oil (48%), palm oil (27%), waste oils (15%), soya oil (5%), tallow & grease (4%), etc. The carbon intensity of both biodiesel and ethanol is derived by adding ILUC values (the Globiom EC study) to the direct carbon intensity of different feedstocks.

Gasoline

Gasoline Diesel CO2 Cars

Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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JUNE 19, 2015

Nissan continues to work toward achieving its environmental targets set forth in the company's action plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP2016), through a number of innovative sustainability initiatives in following key areas: Minimizing corporate carbon footprint. Electric vehicle penetration.

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2005 Corporation Nissan 2014

Joule and Red Rock Biofuels intend to merge; solar fuels plus biomass F-T

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in producing liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and Red Rock Biofuels, a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel bio-refineries using the Fischer-Tropsch process, announced that they intend to merge. The transaction is expected to close during the coming 30 days. —Serge Tchuruk.

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Fuel Solar Oregon Renewable

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

$3M UK project to develop low-carbon aviation fuels from captured CO2 and waste biomass

BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

DHL, Shell and Grundfos Bio-LNG pilot for road freight delivers 85% CO2 savings over conventional diesel

H2 Green Steel and BMW Group sign final agreement on delivery of CO2-reduced steel

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Bosch trialing Neste renewable diesel; aims to offer renewable and synthetic fuels at all company filling stations in Germany

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

Toyota to build first MW-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

Ford hits CO2 manufacturing emissions reduction target of 30% per vehicle 8 years early

Eni, FCA partner on R&D to cut road vehicle CO2 emissions; methanol/ethanol blends, renewable diesel, ANG, on-board CO2 capture

Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

Stanford team devises new bio-inspired strategy for using CO2 to produce multi-carbon compounds such as plastics and fuels

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

Avantium acquires Liquid Light; electrocatalysis to convert CO2 to chemicals

LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

Iveco to supply 178 CNG trucks to DHL in Germany | Autocar Professional

UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

CO2-to-chemicals company Liquid Light raises $15M Series B financing; process scale-up and application validation

Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

Joule and Red Rock Biofuels intend to merge; solar fuels plus biomass F-T

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