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

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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. 2020.01.002.

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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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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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ArcelorMittal North The united states to offer renewably produced metal to Common Motors

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“It is steel with physically lower CO2 emissions, which will help drive the achievement of ArcelorMittal’s goal to be carbon-neutral,” mentioned Peter Leblanc, CMO Car, at ArcelorMittal. CEO Aditya Mittal had mentioned in March that stripping out carbon from metal manufacturing would pressure up costs through about 10 p.c

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IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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The recovery of energy demand in 2021 was compounded by adverse weather and energy market conditions—notably the spikes in natural gas prices—which led to more coal being burned despite renewable power generation registering its largest growth to date. CO 2 emissions in the United States in 2021 were 4% below their 2019 level.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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The United States now emits less CO 2 from coal than from motor gasoline. in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. In 2019, the transportation sector’s energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 0.7%

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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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In the United States, most of the changes in energy-related CO 2 emissions have been in the power sector. This growth has been driven largely by state policies and federal tax incentives that encouraged adoption of renewables. Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.

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EIA: energy-related CO2 emissions in US to fall 11% this year

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In mid-March, demand in the United States for petroleum products began to decline and, by mid-April, reached their lowest levels in decades. Petroleum is the largest single source of energy-related CO 2 emissions in the United States, accounting for 46% of the 2019 total.

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