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Researchers produce green syngas using CO2, water and sunlight

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JULY 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Michigan and McGill University in Canada report photochemical syngas synthesis using a core/shell Au@Cr 2 O 3 dual cocatalyst in coordination with multistacked InGaN/GaN nanowires (NWs) with the sole inputs of CO 2 , water, and solar light. This will significantly reduce overall CO 2 emissions.

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Water CO2 Green Solar

Topsoe to lead FrontFuel project for SAF from CO2 and renewable electricity; DKK 26.9M grant

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JUNE 28, 2023

Topsoe will lead the FrontFuel project to develop highly efficient Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production from CO 2 , water, and renewable electricity. million DKK (US$4 million) grant from Denmark’s EUDP (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) to fund the project. Topsoe will receive a 26.9

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Grant Renewable CO2 Denmark

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

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct. Earlier post.).

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Alaska Renewable Fuel CO2

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. But these traditional solvents have relatively high water content, making methane conversion difficult. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.

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Low Cost Convert CO2 Conversion

Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Evonik and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant—sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)—that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources.

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Conversion Energy CO2 Water

Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels

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JANUARY 30, 2020

In a commentary in the journal Joule , Rob McGinnis, founder and and CEO of Prometheus , a company that is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuels, discusses the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels.

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Gasoline Renewable Fuel Price

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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Iceland Emissions Convert CO2

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

will supply European Energy A/S with up to 60,000 tonnes per year of liquefied biogenic CO 2 for a period of 10 years. Once this gas is processed, Anaergia produces pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) and a clean stream of carbon dioxide that normally gets released to the atmosphere. Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc.

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Green Supplies Energy Denmark

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

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JUNE 16, 2022

United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO).

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Commercial Energy Tucson CO2

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

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 innovative technology used for Rheticus has the potential to contribute to the success of Germany’s energy transition.

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Water Renewable CO2 Convert

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

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is used for hydrogen production.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen

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

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

BMW outlines iFACTORY production strategy; transformation to e-mobility; Plant Debrecen first CO2-free plant

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MAY 1, 2022

By 2030 we aim to reduce CO2 emissions from production by 80 percent compared to 2019, — Milan Nedeljkovi?. Our plans are for Plant Debrecen to be the first automotive plant in the world to dispense completely with fossil energy sources in its production processes. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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BMW CO2 Production Climate Protection

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. The Liquid Sunlight Alliance is a DOE Energy Innovation Hub. Zheng, F.,

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Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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JUNE 23, 2013

CO can then be reacted with H 2 O via the water?gas The combination, suggests the team in paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , could integrate into energy storage and distribution networks to provide a means for renewable energy storage. Tropsch methods. —DiMeglio and Joel Rosenthal.

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Conversion Renewable CO2 Energy

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. The sunfire plant, which operates according to the “power-to-liquid” (PtL) principle, requires carbon dioxide, water and electricity as raw materials.

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Audi Water Diesel Fuel

SunFire acquiring staxera to support development of technology to generate synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources, water and CO2

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MAY 23, 2011

The acquisition will enable SunFire—the developer of a process to generate renewable fuels from CO 2 and H 2 O—to extend its expertise along the value chain by adding the technical core component for the required electrolysis process. more than two-thirds of the electrical energy used reappears in the fuel produced.

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Water Renewable Fuel Energy

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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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable

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

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MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies

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

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AUGUST 29, 2022

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. H2 Green Steel will replace the natural gas with green hydrogen to only allow for sponge iron and water to be produced.

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BMW Green CO2 Sweden

BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

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JUNE 10, 2020

In a commentary in the journal Joule , published in January, McGinnis outlined the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels. The conversion of CO 2 to fuels in these inexpensive water-based systems has shown high faradic efficiencies for reduction of CO 2.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion BMW

Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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CO2 Green Power Powered

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

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

The liquid CO 2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned back into fuel using renewable energy. The project is being coordinated by the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering group, led by François Maréchal, at EPFL’s School of Engineering. Sharma and Maréchal. —François Maréchal.

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Emissions CO2 Exhaust Carbon

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

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In addition to the carbon-free process, the agreement also covers aluminum alloys produced using electricity from renewable energy sources, with CO 2 emissions that are only a third of the industry average. The BMW Group intends to become one of the first customers to use this technology in standard production.

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BMW Canada South Carolina CO2

Texas A&M team developing photocatalyst to turn CO2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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MARCH 6, 2017

Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. One of the challenges with this technology is that the current conversion efficiency of converting CO 2 and water into renewable solar fuels remains low, less than a few percent.

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Renewable Texas Fuel CO2

Snam and Saipem sign MoU to work together on green hydrogen development and CO2 capture

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a leading energy infrastructure operator, and Saipem, an Italian multinational oilfield services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together to define and to develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

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Hydrogen Green CO2 Oil

Light-powered nano-bio hybrid organisms consume CO2, create plastics and fuels

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JUNE 11, 2019

Here we show that seven different core-shell quantum dots (QDs), with excitations ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared energies, couple with targeted enzyme sites in bacteria. The microbes, which lie dormant in water, release their resulting product to the surface, where it can be skimmed off and harvested for manufacturing.

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Light CO2 Power Powered

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Carbon transformation company Twelve (formerly Opus 12, earlier post ) has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel—called E-Jet—from CO 2 electrolysis, demonstrating a scalable, energy-efficient path to the de-fossilization of global aviation. —Twelve Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas Flanders.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Polymer

GWU team uses one-pot process to co-generate H2 and solid carbon from water and CO2; solar fuels

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

One-pot electrolytic process produces H 2 and solid carbon from water and CO 2. In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials.). A paper on the new work is published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Click to enlarge. —Li et al.

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Water Solar Carbon Molten Salt

PSI and Empa launch $6.9M SynFuels project to produce kerosene from CO2 and hydrogen

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If we can manage to produce them from renewable resources, then we will also be able to synthesise all other kinds of fuel. Schmidt, head of the Energy and Environment Division at PSI. A synthesis process that produces such fuels from renewable resources is thus highly sought after. million Swiss francs (US$6.9 —Thomas J.

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Hydrogen CO2 Renewable Carbon

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The novel use of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) electroreduction to generate carbon-based products which do not contribute to the greenhouse effect has promoted the vision of carbon dioxide as a renewable feedstock for future clean fuel production. The research was supported by Shell, through the MIT Energy Initiative. Lake, and Kripa K.

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MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

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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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

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

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APRIL 28, 2014

The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. The solar reactor technology features enhanced radiative heat transfer and fast reaction kinetics, which are crucial for maximizing the solar-to-fuel energy conversion efficiency.

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Solar Conversion Water Fuel

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

Automobili Lamborghini renews commitment to decarbonisation with ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ strategy | Autocar Professional

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The company aims to reduce CO2 emissions per car across the entire value chain by 40 percent by 2030. The new target of a 40 percent reduction in CO2 emissions per car by 2030 covers the entire enterprise, including production, supply chain, logistics, and the product use phase.

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Renewable CO2 SUV Supplies

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

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JUNE 27, 2018

Ford reduced its emissions footprint through energy conservation and efficiency changes at Ford’s manufacturing facilities, such as installing more than 100,000 LED light fixtures and updating paint operations. Painting operations use a large amount of energy. Minimum Quantity Lubrication is another energy-reducing technology.

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Manufacturer Ford Emissions CO2

Mercedes-Benz takes stake in H2 Green Steel; to begin use of green steel in 2025

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MAY 26, 2021

By using a new, innovate manufacturing process, the production of steel at the supplier level is CO2 free. In the new process, the supplier uses hydrogen and electricity from 100% renewable energy sources instead of coking coal in steel production. Unlike the use of coking coal, this does not produce CO 2 , but water.

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Mercedes Green Coal Sweden

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

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The Tri-Gen facility will use bio-waste sourced from California agricultural waste to generate water, electricity and hydrogen. The power generation facility will be 100% renewable, supplying Toyota Logistics Services’ (TLS) operations at the Port and making them the first Toyota facility in North America to use 100% renewable power.

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Hydrogen Toyota Renewable Building

Algenol signs MOU with ZYNE to produce renewable fuels in China using industrial CO2 emissions

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

US-based algal fuels company based Algenol will partner with South China’s Fujian Zhongyuan New Energy Company, Ltd. ZYNE) to develop projects throughout Southern China, utilizing carbon emissions to create renewable fuels.

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Renewable China Emissions Industrial

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

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JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. 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.

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water

Toyota and public and private partners in Japan to trial renewable CO2-free hydrogen supply chain

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. While hydrogen is most commonly created through steam methane reforming, it can also be created from water through electrolysis.

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Hydrogen Japan Renewable Supplies

Researchers Propose a Renewable Energy Cycle Based on Co-electrolysis of Water and CO2 to Produce Syngas

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MAY 21, 2009

Schematic illustration of a generic liquid-fuel energy cycle utilizing a renewable electrical source. The direct fuel cell produces electricity, with water and CO 2 as byproducts of the oxidation of the liquid fuel in the fuel cell. A paper on their work was published online 19 May in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Water Renewable Energy CO2

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis (artificial photosynthesis) are among the most promising ways to achieve effective storage for renewable energy. Knowing the exact structure of the activated CO 2 is essential because its structure dictates both the end product of the reaction and its energy cost.

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Conversion Universal CO2 Engine

Researchers produce green syngas using CO2, water and sunlight

Topsoe to lead FrontFuel project for SAF from CO2 and renewable electricity; DKK 26.9M grant

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

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

Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BMW outlines iFACTORY production strategy; transformation to e-mobility; Plant Debrecen first CO2-free plant

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

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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

SunFire acquiring staxera to support development of technology to generate synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources, water and CO2

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

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

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

BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

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

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

Texas A&M team developing photocatalyst to turn CO2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Snam and Saipem sign MoU to work together on green hydrogen development and CO2 capture

Light-powered nano-bio hybrid organisms consume CO2, create plastics and fuels

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

GWU team uses one-pot process to co-generate H2 and solid carbon from water and CO2; solar fuels

PSI and Empa launch $6.9M SynFuels project to produce kerosene from CO2 and hydrogen

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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

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

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Automobili Lamborghini renews commitment to decarbonisation with ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ strategy | Autocar Professional

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

Mercedes-Benz takes stake in H2 Green Steel; to begin use of green steel in 2025

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

Algenol signs MOU with ZYNE to produce renewable fuels in China using industrial CO2 emissions

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

Toyota and public and private partners in Japan to trial renewable CO2-free hydrogen supply chain

Researchers Propose a Renewable Energy Cycle Based on Co-electrolysis of Water and CO2 to Produce Syngas

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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