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PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

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Landsvirkjun , The National Power Company of Iceland, and German investment company PCC SE have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing and utilizing carbon emissions from PCC’s silicon metal plant in northeast Iceland. in Iceland is operated with 100% green electricity. The silicon metal plant of PCC BakkiSilicon hf.

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CRI ETL project in China will recycle 150,000 tons of CO2/year to make 100,000 tons of methanol

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ltd has signed an agreement with Icelandic technology company Carbon Recycling International (CRI) to design a chemical plant based on CRI’s Emissions to Liquids (ETL) technology. Chinese petrochemicals corporation Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals Co. Earlier post.).

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

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Methanol synthesis: After the CO 2 and H 2 feedstock has been obtained at sufficient purity and concentration, the same catalytic conversion unit is required to convert the gas into crude methanol, a mixture of methanol and water, at elevated temperature and pressure. Compression: Reaction gas is prepared by mixing H 2 and CO 2.

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

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Both the IRENA experts and the methanol industry agree that under very specific circumstances, such as in Iceland with its very low electricity prices, methanol produced from CO 2 is already competitive with gasoline. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Europe Methanol Policy Wireless' 74 (2), 487–498 doi: 10.1021/jo801260f.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. CSI says this is the world’s first production of a liquid renewable transport fuel from non-biological sources of energy.

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