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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. Using EEMPA instead reduces the energy needed to fuel such a reaction.

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. Photosynthesis is the process by which chloroplasts in plants and some organisms use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create food or energy.

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Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

This work will see Twelve converting CO 2 to CO, which will in turn be converted by LanzaTech’s proprietary microbe to isopropyl alcohol (IPA). Polypropylene is a major polymer used in key applications, including medical devices like syringes and IV bags, automotive, furniture, textiles, and other durable products.

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. Jet fuel can then be obtained from the products after industrially recognized treatments such as distillation or hydro-isomerization. —Yao et al.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A team of researchers from Canada and the US has developed a system that quickly and efficiently converts carbon dioxide into simple chemicals via CO 2 electrolysis. The electrode architecture enables production of two-carbon products such as ethylene and ethanol at current densities just over an ampere per square centimeter.

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Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated a new technique, modeled after a metabolic process found in some bacteria, for converting CO 2 into liquid acetate, a key ingredient in “liquid sunlight” or solar fuels produced through artificial photosynthesis.

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

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APRIL 12, 2022

The production of green methanol requires a renewable carbon source from PCC’s silicon metal plant in Iceland and renewable power from Landsvirkjun´s power stations. The process of methanol synthesis requires the input of pure carbon dioxide and hydrogen from water electrolysis, with the only by-product being oxygen and water.

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New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

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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. Its synergy with adjacent Mo sites in α-MoC can effectively activate water at low temperature. —Yao et al. —Ping Liu.

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Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

However, to be commercially viable, the process needs to be improved to yield a higher amount of desirable carbon-rich products. Although we know copper is the best catalyst for this reaction, it doesn’t give high selectivity to the desired products. earlier post ). Credit: Berkeley Lab). —Alexis Bell.

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. Water from the Hellisheiði power plant then flows through the facility and transports the carbon dioxide roughly 2,000 meters below the surface of the Earth.

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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formic acid using an alumina-supported, iron-based compound; 80-90% selectivity

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MAY 17, 2022

A research team from Tokyo Tech has used an alumina-supported, iron-based compound to develop a catalyst that can efficiently convert CO 2 into formic acid (HCOOH) with ~90% selectivity. The rising CO2 levels in our atmosphere and their contribution to global warming is now common news. Kazuhiko Maeda. 202204948.

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RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.

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MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. Depending on the material choice for the electrocatalysis, a certain variety of products is expected from the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR).

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Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. The first unit comprises two electrolyzers which convert H 2 O and CO 2 to H 2 and CO. The extract is distilled in the fifth unit.

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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. We knew it was unstable—but we were surprised to learn just how unstable it really is.

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Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. Offering realistic market potential, the technology paves the way for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. Methanol is regarded as a commodity or bulk chemical.

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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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JUNE 14, 2021

The latest project focuses on the production of synthetic methane from hydrogen and CO 2. Methanization works by producing methane (CH 4 ) and water (H 2 O) by catalytic conversion from carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ). Both hydrogen production and methanization continuously generate waste heat. Schröter K.,

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Air Products, ACWA Power and NEOM sign agreement for $5B production facility for production and export of green ammonia to global markets for H2 delivery

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JULY 10, 2020

Air Products, ACWA Power and NEOM signed an agreement for a $5-billion world-scale green-hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy. —Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for Air Products. million tons per year of green ammonia using Haldor Topsoe technology.

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MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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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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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

Audi’s latest e-fuels project is participation in a a pilot plant project in Dresden that produces diesel fuel from water, CO 2 and green electricity. liquid process for the production of synthetic fuel. In a separate process, a solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC) unit powered with green electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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

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MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

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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

The benefit for us is the ability to sell the biogenic CO 2 from our plants that is produced when we convert organic materials to methane and CO 2. Owing to this agreement with European Energy, Anaergia will build a CO 2 liquification system at the plant.

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Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

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JULY 15, 2022

Through the first-of-its-kind agreement, Twelve, Alaska, and Microsoft will work to advance production and use of Twelve’s E-Jet, a low-carbon jet fuel produced by a power-to-liquids process leveraging the company’s carbon transformation technology.

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SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

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APRIL 28, 2014

Red arrow indicates ceria reduction (oxygen evolution); blue arrow indicates oxidation (fuel production). The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. Click to enlarge. —Professor Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zürich. Scheffe J.R.,

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Photo-activated catalyst converts CO2 to CO for clean fuel technology; no unwanted byproducts

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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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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Over the past few months, we have converted it to DME together with our partner FPT. In addition, the valves and valve seat inserts were converted to materials suitable for DME. Dimethyl ether (DME) can be produced from hydrogen and CO2. Water is formed as a by-product. —project leader Patrik Soltic.

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Berkeley Lab solar-to-fuel system for CO2 to ethanol and ethylene; light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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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 initial focus of JCAP research was tackling the efficient splitting of water in the photosynthesis process.

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

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

First, the vehicle’s flue gases in the exhaust pipe are cooled down and the water is separated from the gases. That liquid is stored in a tank and can then be converted back into conventional fuel at the service stations using renewable electricity. In their study, the scientists used the example of a delivery truck.

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USC team develops highly efficient catalyst system for converting CO2 to methanol; 79% yield from CO2 captured from air

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly efficient homogeneous Ru-based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH 3 OH) from CO 2 and H 2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h −1 at 145 °C). The work, led by G.K.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Water and oxygen are the only by-products. The efficient use of energy flows is the top priority in the production sequence of the plant. Earlier post.).

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Elemental boron effective photothermocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 for fuels and chemicals

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APRIL 11, 2017

Researchers in Japan and China developed an efficient method for CO 2 reduction over elemental boron catalysts in the presence of only water and light irradiation through a photothermocatalytic process. At this temperature it reacts with water, forming hydrogen and boron oxides in situ.

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New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Accordingly, there is a large incentive to improve current CTL technology, which can convert coal into liquid fuels and valuable chemicals. Using the Fischer-Tropsch process, these components are converted to liquid fuels. The CO 2 that was previously released in this stage can now be removed in the preceding water-gas shift stage.

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MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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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

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. The acetate (?

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University of Texas researchers develop new solar photoelectrosynthetic process to convert CO2 to methanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The process is safer, simpler and less expensive than previous methods to convert CO 2 to a useful product, said Krishnan Rajeshwar, interim associate vice president for research at UT Arlington and one of the authors of a paper recently published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications. —Ghadimkhani et al.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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JUNE 7, 2017

Tin oxide suppresses the generation of side-products, which are commonly observed from copper oxide catalysts, leading to the sole production of CO in the electroreduction of CO 2. The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% The gases are separated with a bipolar membrane.

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Copper foam catalyst yields different product slate from CO2 than smooth electrodes; importance of catalyst architecture

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AUGUST 13, 2014

The research, reported in the journal ACS Catalysis , suggests that copper foams could provide a new way of converting excess CO 2 into useful industrial chemicals. The product distribution was unique and very different from what had been reported with planar electrodes, which was a surprise. Hori et al. —Sen et al.

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DGIST-led team improves efficiency of photocatalyst for conversion of atmospheric CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels

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JUNE 10, 2019

The modified photocatalyst converted sunlight to fuel with a maximum efficiency of 3.3% But scientists have been finding it difficult to manufacture photocatalysts that produce a large enough yield of hydrocarbon products for their use to be practical. over 30-minute periods. Credit ©DGIST. Grimes, Craig A. doi: 10.1039/C9EE00734B.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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MAY 16, 2018

The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start.

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SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. The syngas is converted into methanol, which is then processed to make transportation fuels—in the case of the DARPA challenge, JP-8 (military distillate fuel).

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Coal Water Transportation 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

Japan-based leading classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new H 2 /CO 2 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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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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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

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

New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formic acid using an alumina-supported, iron-based compound; 80-90% selectivity

RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

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

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

Air Products, ACWA Power and NEOM sign agreement for $5B production facility for production and export of green ammonia to global markets for H2 delivery

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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

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

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

Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

Photo-activated catalyst converts CO2 to CO for clean fuel technology; no unwanted byproducts

Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

Berkeley Lab solar-to-fuel system for CO2 to ethanol and ethylene; light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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

USC team develops highly efficient catalyst system for converting CO2 to methanol; 79% yield from CO2 captured from air

Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

Elemental boron effective photothermocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 for fuels and chemicals

New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

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

University of Texas researchers develop new solar photoelectrosynthetic process to convert CO2 to methanol

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

Copper foam catalyst yields different product slate from CO2 than smooth electrodes; importance of catalyst architecture

DGIST-led team improves efficiency of photocatalyst for conversion of atmospheric CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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