CO2, Concept and Conversion

Researchers develop titanium and copper heterostructured photocatalyst for conversion of CO2 into CH4

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, have developed a novel heterostructured photocatalyst using titanium and copper, two abundant and relatively inexpensive metals, for the conversion of CO 2 into CH 4. Apart from its CO 2 conversion capabilities, the proposed photocatalyst has other benefits.

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CO2 Conversion Water Climate Change

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Although the researchers demonstrated this method in a small-scale, highly controlled environment with dimensions of just nanometers (billionths of a meter), they have already come up with concepts for scaling up the method and making it practical for real-world applications. C, hot enough to melt aluminum at normal atmospheric pressure.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Exhaust

Researchers show mixotrophic fermentation process improves carbon conversion, boosting yields and reducing CO2

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. This maximization, though, is limited because of the production of CO 2 during the conversion of sugar into acetyl-CoA in traditional fermentation processes. The concept of mixotrophy and its demonstration. (a,b)

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Conversion Carbon CO2 Oil Prices

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at EPFL have patented a new concept that could cut trucks’ CO 2 emissions by almost 90%. The patented concept is the subject of an open-access paper published in Frontiers in Energy Research. The EPFL system captures CO 2 directly in the trucks’ exhaust system and liquefies it in a box on the vehicle’s roof.

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Emissions CO2 Exhaust Carbon

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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AUGUST 22, 2022

In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. It may not sound super significant, but it was quite a path to get here. Now that we can get across the river, we can get a lot more going.

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Grid Power Powered CO2

ICCT study compares leading global driving cycles and provides usable conversion factors for CO2 emissions

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

The result is a set of usable conversion factors for distance-based CO 2 emissions among the different driving cycles. CO 2 savings was evaluated separately for gasoline and diesel concepts. WLTC will be replacing NEDC in a few years.). efficient operation strategies such as stop/start systems.

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. The next step will be the conversion of the car and engine plant in the Hungarian town of Gy?r. Earlier post.).

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Audi CO2 Emissions Vehicles

Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The utilization of the full spectrum of sunlight in STEP results in a higher solar energy efficiency than other solar conversion processes. This study is intended as a proof of concept demonstration. organic electrosynthesis of benzoic acid from benzene without over-oxidizing into CO 2.

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Carbon CO2 Range Solar

Vertimass and European Energy to partner on CO2 to hydrocarbons via methanol pathway

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JANUARY 13, 2022

The team completed an initial proof of concept laboratory research for coupling their technologies earlier this year. Vertimass looks forward to feeding methanol made from carbon dioxide using renewable electricity by European Energy technology to our unique single-stage reactor to make hydrocarbons.

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Energy CO2 Renewable Carbon

Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

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JANUARY 26, 2014

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Concept of the NCF process. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels' Click to enlarge.

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Solar Fuel Companies CO2

US Navy demos recovery of CO2 and production of H2 from seawater, with conversion to liquid fuel; “Fuel from Seawater”

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APRIL 8, 2014

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division have demonstrated novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of CO 2 and hydrogen from seawater and their subsequent conversion to liquid fuels. Bio-hydrocarbons Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Hydrogen Production'

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Conversion Fuel Production CO2

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

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APRIL 8, 2022

Launched in 2021, UAV targets startups, upcoming technologies, and sustainability concepts that will complement United’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050 without relying on traditional carbon offsets. This includes funding projects such as pilot and demo plants, engineering studies, financing construction and operating SAF plants.

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CO2 Houston Companies Climate Change

KAIST research team proposes micro modular nuclear reactor cooled by supercritical CO2

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MARCH 11, 2016

The S-CO 2 Brayton cycle was proposed as a power conversion system to achieve a compact and lightweight module. The small sizing and high efficiency advantage of the supercritical CO 2 power conversion system was actively utilized to create a very simple and high efficiency system. Conceptual Figure of a KAIST Micro Modular Reactor.

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CO2 Conversion Coal Solar

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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JUNE 16, 2022

Launched in 2021, UAV targets startups, upcoming technologies, and sustainability concepts that will complement United’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050 without relying on traditional carbon offsets.

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Researchers use cascade reactions in nanozymes to convert CO2 to ethanol and propanol

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In order to imitate this concept, the researchers synthesized a particle with a silver core surrounded by a porous layer of copper. The researchers now want to further develop the concept of the cascade reaction in nanoparticles in order to be able to selectively produce even more valuable products such as ethylene or butanol.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Concept

UT Arlington researchers use polyaniline to split CO2 into alcohols

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have been the first to demonstrate that polyaniline (PANI), a member of the organic conducting polymer family, is a promising photocathode material for the conversion of carbon dioxide into alcohol fuels without the need for a co-catalyst.

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Arlington Polymer CO2 Solar

ACS Meeting Symposium Focuses on Conversion and Utilization of CO2 for Fuels and Chemicals

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AUGUST 16, 2009

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) led off a day-long symposium on advances in CO 2 conversion and utilization being held at the 238 th American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, which began today in Washington, DC. Earlier post.). Robert Dorner. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Scott Shaw.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Solar

DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

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JULY 22, 2010

Over the succeeding months, the project teams have performed experiments on novel concepts and produced preliminary designs for pilot plants to study the feasibility of capturing and using CO 2 exhausted from industrial processes. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels. DOE Share: $18,417,989). Alcoa, Inc.

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RWTH Aachen researchers report on two methods to convert CO2 to chemicals and fuels

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Walter Leitner at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, has developed a new concept that can be used to produce pure formic acid from CO 2 in a continuous process using catalytic hydrogenation. The RWTH Aachen team pursued a new approach to obtain methanol by the hydrogenation of CO2 with elemental hydrogen in an homogeneous process—i.e.,

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Convert CO2 Fuel Hydrogen

DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57.

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Carbon Production Conversion Universal

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dafür wurden, so #Karliczek CO2-Abgase aus der Stahlindustrie zu Kraftstoffen „recycelt“. CO2 will continue to be produced. The serial hybrid drive concept presented here combines the advantages of the efficient electric drive and the energy-dense and easily accessible synthetic fuel methanol. We need solutions for this.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid

Audi in new e-fuels project: synthetic diesel from water, air-captured CO2 and green electricity; “Blue Crude”

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Top: Two cartoons of the basic sunfire concept and process. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Fuels Power Generation' The hydrogen is then reacted with the carbon dioxide in two chemical processes conducted at 220 ?C C and a pressure of 25 bar to produce a hydrocarbon liquid called Blue Crude. PtL = Power-to-Liquids.

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Audi Water Diesel Fuel

ClassNK grants Approval in Principle for new H2/CO2 FPSO design; offshore production of H2 and CO2 from associated gas from offshore wells

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

This new concept H 2 /CO 2 FPSO, however, uses steam reforming and water shift conversion to extract hydrogen (H 2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the associated gas produced as a byproduct of oil well production.

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Grant Design CO2 Gas

DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Awards made from the FOA will validate the concept, estimate the technology cost, and demonstrate that the carbon lifecycle of the products can offer a true carbon reduction. The funding opportunity announcement has three areas of interest: Biological based concepts for beneficial use of CO 2. coal, metals, etc.),

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

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JUNE 1, 2010

We are pleased for the opportunity to extend these concepts in a public/private partnership that we expect will accelerate commercialization to accomplish our joint goals of CO 2 emissions reduction and domestic fuel production. Ellen Stechel, recycling CO 2 program development lead for Sandia National Laboratories. Earlier post.).

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Waste Solar Commercial CO2

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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JUNE 14, 2021

All these concepts have advantages and drawbacks in terms of energy, operation and economics. Empa researchers hope that this novel process engineering concept will lead to simpler process control, higher efficiency and better suitability for dynamic operation.

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Production Water Hydrogen Switzerland

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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JUNE 9, 2017

The hydrogen gas can also be used as a chemical energy storage and can later be reconverted into electricity in a fuel cell, albeit with an additional penalty in terms of losses in conversion. The concept we are exploring is an example of how the chemical industry could be electrified in the future. kW solar PV power plant at LUT.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen

New black silicon-supported catalyst for photoreduction of CO2 to methane

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The concept of solar fuels is based on harnessing an abundant supply of energy from the sun and storing it in the form of chemical bonds. Further research is required to increase CO 2 conversion rates over the Ru/SiNW catalyst reported herein and also to replace Ru with a less expensive catalyst such as Ni. Source: O’Brien et al.

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CO2 Solar Hydrogen Water

Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion

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MARCH 4, 2011

—principal investigator Steve Wright of Sandia’s Advanced Nuclear Concepts group. Test results will illustrate the capability of the concept, particularly its compactness, efficiency and scalability to larger systems. The S-CO 2 system is also very compact, meaning that capital costs would be relatively low.

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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

These emissions estimates raise a question: is the energy content of shale effectively “off limits” in a GHG constrained world, or is there a way to extract the stored chemical energy from oil shale with greatly reduced CO2 emissions? Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work. Waste heat from conversion.

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

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MAY 26, 2016

This new concept, if high selectivity for hydrocarbons is achieved, inherently bypasses a second stage conversion, such as methanation or Fischer-Tropsch processes. A very attractive route is the direct production of hydrocarbon fuels from water and carbon dioxide by realistic STCs.

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Water Solar Fuel Production

CNRS researchers exploring two-step thermochemical process to split CO2 for upgrading to synthetic fuels

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In a paper published online in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , they describe results from a series of proof-of-concept experiments. from 360 °C with both high reaction rates and final chemical conversions of greater than 90%. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels. Zn can be oxidized by CO 2.

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Fuel CO2 Conversion Solar

Brown and Yale chemists demonstrate technology to convert CO2 to acrylate

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MARCH 25, 2013

In order to finish the conversion to acrylate, that ring needs to be cracked open to allow the formation of a carbon-carbon double bond, a process called elimination. To prove the concept, they used the strongest acid that was easily available, one derived from boron. That step had proved elusive. But the research by Jin et al.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Conversion

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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MAY 25, 2014

There is an interesting potential for circular economy and industrial symbiosis concepts, which could be explored in large-scale demonstration sites, the report finds. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Europe Methanol Policy Wireless' Methanol islands. 74 (2), 487–498 doi: 10.1021/jo801260f.

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Transportation CO2 Carbon Hydrogen

ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

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JANUARY 27, 2016

This concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7 The diesel-electric powertrain concept enables the T-Hybrid (turbo-hybrid) to be driven in electric-only mode at low speeds and when cruising, with deceleration serving to recharge the battery pack.

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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JUNE 14, 2011

Our concept has the following advantages: Compared to carbon dioxide, solid bicarbonates are easy to handle and highly soluble in aqueous media (96 g L -1 NaHCO 3. Most importantly, after full conversion of the formate, the bicarbonate solution may be recharged with hydrogen to close the cycle. at 20 °C in H 2 O).

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Hydrogen CO2 Sodium Store

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. National Energy Technology Laboratory. Montgomery Center, Vt.

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OriginOil, Carbon Sciences Apply for DOE Grants for CO2 to Fuels

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AUGUST 13, 2009

billion grant is for “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO 2 Use”. The FOA is seeking proposals for projects in two specific Technology Areas: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial sources and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO 2 use. Earlier post.)

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Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The seed funding supports early work on concepts that have the potential for very high impact on energy production and use. The TomKat Center looks at generation and conversion, transmission and distribution, storage, and land and water as they pertain to energy for electricity and transportation. TomKat Center awards.

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Energy Fuel Hybrid CO2

Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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JUNE 6, 2014

In the study, the team called fuels produced by the conversion of CO 2 into liquid hydrocarbon fuels using proven technologies “synthetic fuels”, and fuels produced via a production route that uses solar energy “solar fuels”. Biomass Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Fuels Solar Solar fuels'

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Fuel Energy Solar CO2

BASF and bse Engineering sign development agreement to transform CO2 and renewable electricity into methanol; power-to-methanol

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AUGUST 24, 2017

After four years of developing the global process concept, we are now ready to enter the licensing phase of this process, with construction of the first plants starting soon. These catalysts have been further tuned and adapted for this specific process to enable the efficient production of methanol.

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Renewable Engine Power Powered

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

This technology is being investigated in a parallel project together with RWTH Aachen University researching the viability of different DME generation methods, looking at conversion efficiency, estimated fuel prices and infrastructure aspects. 2010.05.014.

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Ford Fuel Power Powered

UC Berkeley hybrid semiconductor nanowire-bacteria system for direct solar-powered production of chemicals from CO2 and water

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APRIL 10, 2015

The basic concept of the UC Berkeley strategy is to interface biocatalysts in their native cellular environments directly with semiconductor light-absorbers for unassisted solar CO 2 reduction. (a) —Liu et al. Such an approach combines the advantages of solid-state devices with living organisms. (b) coli strain.

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Solar Water Hybrid CO2

UniCat and BASF establish joint lab for development of new catalytic processes for raw material change; natural gas, CO2 and biomass as alternatives to petroleum

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

The Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” ( UniCat ) and the chemical company BASF SE signed a cooperation agreement establishing a new joint lab dedicated to the development of new catalytic processes for raw material change. Source: UniCat. Click to enlarge. The Cluster is hosted by the Technische Universität Berlin.

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Gas CO2 Carbon Conversion

Researchers develop titanium and copper heterostructured photocatalyst for conversion of CO2 into CH4

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

Researchers show mixotrophic fermentation process improves carbon conversion, boosting yields and reducing CO2

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

ICCT study compares leading global driving cycles and provides usable conversion factors for CO2 emissions

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

Vertimass and European Energy to partner on CO2 to hydrocarbons via methanol pathway

Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

US Navy demos recovery of CO2 and production of H2 from seawater, with conversion to liquid fuel; “Fuel from Seawater”

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

KAIST research team proposes micro modular nuclear reactor cooled by supercritical CO2

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

Researchers use cascade reactions in nanozymes to convert CO2 to ethanol and propanol

UT Arlington researchers use polyaniline to split CO2 into alcohols

ACS Meeting Symposium Focuses on Conversion and Utilization of CO2 for Fuels and Chemicals

DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

RWTH Aachen researchers report on two methods to convert CO2 to chemicals and fuels

DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

Audi in new e-fuels project: synthetic diesel from water, air-captured CO2 and green electricity; “Blue Crude”

ClassNK grants Approval in Principle for new H2/CO2 FPSO design; offshore production of H2 and CO2 from associated gas from offshore wells

DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

New black silicon-supported catalyst for photoreduction of CO2 to methane

Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion

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

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

CNRS researchers exploring two-step thermochemical process to split CO2 for upgrading to synthetic fuels

Brown and Yale chemists demonstrate technology to convert CO2 to acrylate

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

OriginOil, Carbon Sciences Apply for DOE Grants for CO2 to Fuels

Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

BASF and bse Engineering sign development agreement to transform CO2 and renewable electricity into methanol; power-to-methanol

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

UC Berkeley hybrid semiconductor nanowire-bacteria system for direct solar-powered production of chemicals from CO2 and water

UniCat and BASF establish joint lab for development of new catalytic processes for raw material change; natural gas, CO2 and biomass as alternatives to petroleum

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