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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. Qian Wang et al.

Water

Water CO2 Solar Convert

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

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

Low Cost

Low Cost Convert CO2 Conversion

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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JUNE 5, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

Water

Water North Dakota CO2 Panama

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. We are making it possible to store renewable energy by converting it into useful substances such as specialty chemicals or fuel.

Water

Water Renewable CO2 Convert

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

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MAY 26, 2016

Solar-driven thermochemical cycles offer a direct means of storing solar energy in the chemical bonds of energy-rich molecules. syngas—from water and CO 2. Schematic illustration of direct hydrocarbon (C x H y O z ) formation from water and carbon dioxide during the reoxidation of reduced ceria doped with a catalyst (Cat.).

Water

Water Solar Fuel Production

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. 2019.00143.

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Emissions CO2 Exhaust Carbon

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

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Snam and Saipem have already started working together, focusing in particular on developing the technology of water electrolysis, a process that makes it possible to reduce CO 2 emissions to zero in the production of green hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green CO2 Oil

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

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In addition, the strong graphene bonds of the carbon nanomaterials can permanently (over a geologic timeframe) store the removed CO 2 , as opposed to fuel products which again releases the CO 2 when the fuels are consumed. organic electrosynthesis of benzoic acid from benzene without over-oxidizing into CO 2. —Liu et al. 2019.11.019.

Carbon

Carbon CO2 Range Solar

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

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MAY 16, 2018

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The decision also fits with our overall strategy.

Germany

Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies

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

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MARCH 6, 2017

The photocatalyst material acts as a semiconductor, absorbing the sunlight which excites the electrons in the semiconductor and gives them the electric potential to reduce water and CO 2 into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which together can be converted to liquid hydrocarbon fuels, said Li. What will happen after that?

Renewable

Renewable Texas Fuel CO2

KAIST team shows direct recovery of methane from hydrates using CO2 or CO2/N2 mixture

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JUNE 22, 2012

Researchers at the KAIST Graduate School of EEWS (Earth, Environment, Water and Sustainability) in South Korea have demonstrated the direct recovery of methane from massive methane hydrates (MHs), artificial MH-bearing clays, and natural MH-bearing sediments using either CO 2 or a CO 2 /N 2 gas mixture (20?mol?% of CO 2 and 80?mol?%

CO2

CO2 South Korea Mariner Gas

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Between five and ten percent of the water injected in these systems is lost as it travels through the pore spaces. As this happens, more water must be added, perhaps from municipal sources that have little to spare. Their work has shown that supercritical CO 2 is better than water at mining heat from the subsurface.

Energy

Energy CO2 Production Water

Honda Plans to Launch Hydrogen Vehicle Using FCEV Technology

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The only byproduct of this process is water, making FCEVs a zero-emissions vehicle option and emitting only water vapor. The hydrogen cycle has three phases: create, store/transport, and consume. This hydrogen may be transferred by pipeline, land, and sea and stored as hydrogen.

Honda

Honda Hydrogen Vehicles Isuzu

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Carbon monoxide produced during this process can be used as a fuel by itself or combined with hydrogen and/or water to make many other liquid hydrocarbon fuels as well as chemicals including methanol (used as an automotive fuel), syngas, and so on. Ghoniem’s lab is exploring some of these options. and Ghoniem, A. ChemSusChem. 201701372.

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MIT Convert CO2 Carbon

Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

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APRIL 24, 2018

Ethanol production is one of the least costly known applications of CO2 capture and, to date, the cost of capturing CO2 has been cited as one of the major barriers to CCS. Fermentation also produces a high-concentration (99%) gaseous CO 2 stream consisting only of CO 2 , water and small amounts of organic and sulfur compounds.

Carbon

Carbon CO2 Tax Credit Store

New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. … The DBD reactor consisted of a pair of coaxial glass cylinders (inner and outer glass tubes) and two coaxial electrodes.

Conversion

Conversion Fuel CO2 Gas

GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Furthermore, the removed CO 2 is permanently stored, unlike, other methods like the production of fuels or seltzer water that re-release CO2 when the product is used. Resources. 2019.100023.

Carbon

Carbon Emissions Washington CO2

UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The insoluble carbon floats to the surface of the melt, where it can be removed and stored or incorporated into composite materials. Steam methane (CH 4 ) reforming (SMR) followed by the water-gas shift reaction is the most common process for large-scale hydrogen production today. Resources. Snodgrass, Michael J.

Conversion

Conversion Hydrogen CO2 Carbon

Japan-US team develops novel catalyst for reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions using CO2, formate and formic acid

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MARCH 19, 2012

The gases can thereby be stored and transported as a liquid, and used later in carbon-neutral energy applications, simply by adjusting the pH. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a novel catalyst that uses CO 2 and hydrogen to store energy in formic acid.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Japan CO2 Store

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

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APRIL 11, 2014

volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. For the Nature study, Kanan and Li built an electrochemical cell: two electrodes placed in water saturated with carbon monoxide gas. The challenge was to find a cathode that would reduce carbon monoxide to ethanol instead of reducing water to hydrogen.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

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

Their quantitative lifecycle assessment of the environmental merits of liquid hydrocarbon fuels produced from CO 2 , water and energy compared to alternative fuel production routes is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Producing a fuel from CO 2 neglects the primary goal of carbon sequestration.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Solar CO2

New LLNL technique for CO2 capture also produces green hydrogen and alkalinity to offset ocean acidification

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MAY 28, 2013

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalinity, which can be used to offset ocean acidification.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green CO2 Mariner

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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JUNE 14, 2011

Metal hydride tanks store hydrogen in a relatively manageable volume but are very heavy and expensive, as well as operating only at high temperatures or far too slowly. The nontoxic aqueous solution of formate is easily stored and transported. to sodium formate in 96% yield at 70 °C in water/THF without additional CO 2.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen CO2 Sodium Store

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

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The results, suggested the researchers, represent a step towards engineering broadband solar fuels tandem photothermal reactors that enable a three-step process involving: CO 2 capture; gaseous water splitting into H 2 ; and. Hydrogen generated from the water-splitting reaction can be provided to the Ru/SiNW catalysts. O’Brien P.

CO2

CO2 Solar Hydrogen Water

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

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MAY 21, 2009

The direct fuel cell produces electricity, with water and CO 2 as byproducts of the oxidation of the liquid fuel in the fuel cell. The roundtrip efficiency achievable for either a methanol or a liquid hydrocarbon cycle should be greater than that of a hydrogen cycle for storing energy from renewable sources, the researchers calculated.

Water

Water Renewable Energy CO2

Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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JUNE 19, 2015

NESCO’s area of focus will expand to include waste water loss and waste reduction, in addition to energy loss and CO 2 reduction. The Nissan LEAF electric vehicle has the ability to safely and conveniently supply electricity stored within its high-capacity lithium-ion batteries to a home through the LEAF to Home power supply system.

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2005 Corporation Nissan 2014

Toyota, Kenworth, POLA and CARB unveil next-gen heavy-duty fuel-cell truck; ZANZEFF

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APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles. —Bob Carter, Executive Vice President for Automotive Operations Toyota.

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Kenworth Los Angeles Toyota Long Beach

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

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Many local devices that can either generate electricity, like rooftop solar panels, or store energy, like electric cars, are expected to help reduce the costs of the traditional system, especially as intermittent renewable energy provides a bigger fraction of our energy use. Electrochemical Splitting of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.

Energy

Energy Fuel Hybrid CO2

Shell secures C$865M funding for Canadian CO2 storage project; >1M tonnes/yr from oil sands

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JUNE 25, 2011

The Quest Project will capture and permanently store deep underground more than 1 million tonnes of CO 2 per year—about 35% of the total emissions—from Shell’s Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, which processes heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands. water vessels, the triethylene glycol dehydration unit, and.

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Oil-Sands Oil CO2 Canada

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Such tagging will better quantify CO 2 monitoring and make it possible to accurately inventory geologically stored carbon.

CO2

CO2 Coal Austin Store

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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JULY 22, 2011

TCEP received a $450 million award in 2010 from the US Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI), the Department’s effort to create a new generation of energy processes that sharply reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants and reduce America’s dependence on imported energy resources. Earlier post.). produce urea.

Coal

Coal Texas Oil CO2

System for CO2 capture and storage using seawater could offer lower-cost option for coastal and developing areas

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

He also calculated that the system could result in a cost of 2 converted and stored as Ca(HCO 3 ) 2(aq). However, the method’s large demand for carbonate mineral and water will likely limit its application to coastal sites. it did not degas or precipitate. This compares to >$75/tonne in conventional plants. —Greg Rau.

CO2

CO2 Carbon Convert Mariner

Bauhaus Luftfahrt analysis finds solar thermochemical jet fuel production viable only if CO2 captured from renewable sources and not flue gases

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. The solar thermochemical fuel path is based on the high-temperature conversion of water and CO 2 into syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) and oxygen mediated by ceria redox reactions. Click to enlarge. 5b03515.

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Solar Fuel Renewable Production

DOE-sponsored project shows huge potential for carbon storage in Wyoming; potential for lithium recovery to offset cost

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JUNE 4, 2014

The Wyoming Rock Springs Uplift could potentially store 14 to 17 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to results from a Department of Energy-sponsored study. For every 1 million metric tons of CO 2 stored, approximately 250 metric tons of lithium carbonate, with an approximate market value of $1.6

Wyoming

Wyoming Carbon Store CO2

Study Questions Lifecycle Emissions Benefits of Using CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery as a Method for Carbon Sequestration

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Secondary recovery techniques generally injecting water or gas to displace oil and drive it to a production wellbore, resulting in the recovery of 20 to 40% of the original oil in place. Undeveloped domestic oil resources still in the ground (in-place) total and estimated 1,124 billion barrels. The CMU Study. sequestration.

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture; mimicking methane hydrate

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MAY 8, 2023

The salt-based, clathrate structure utilizes low energy, physisorption processes while capturing CO 2 without water or nitrogen interference, opening a promising venue for future carbon capture and storage technologies through rapid CO 2 solidification. The discovery introduces a new way of storing and transporting carbon dioxide as a solid.

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Cheap CO2 Carbon Universal

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

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MAY 1, 2022

The BMW iFACTORY focuses the BMW Group’s production expertise on three key topic areas: LEAN, which stands for efficiency, precision and extreme flexibility; GREEN, for sustainability, resource-efficiency and circularity; and. By 2030 we aim to reduce CO2 emissions from production by 80 percent compared to 2019, — Milan Nedeljkovi?.

BMW

BMW CO2 Production Climate Protection

Researchers use ionic liquid electrolyte for a more efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO; potential for synthetic fuel pathways

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

formation is very negative in water and in most common solvents. It requires so much electricity to drive this first reaction that more energy is used to produce the fuel than can be stored in the fuel. ” is not necessarily a bare CO 2 ? Instead it is whatever species. forms when an electron is added to CO 2. The equilibrium.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Conversion Carbon

ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is developing a metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell (MS-SOFC) stack that produces electricity from an ethanol-water blend at high efficiency to enable light-duty hybrid passenger vehicles. Drop-In Replacement Materials from Abundant Resources to Double Energy in EV Batteries – $3,100,000.

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Engine San Diego Polymer Lithium Ion

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Still, the electrochemical conversion of CO 2 has great potential to help overcome several of the challenges facing the implementation of carbon-neutral energy sources because it provides a means of storing renewable electricity in a convenient, high-energy-density form. Whipple and Paul J. 1, pp 3451–3458 doi: 10.1021/jz1012627.

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Conversion CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Its Technology for Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels

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JULY 27, 2009

Joule says that its direct-to-fuel conversion requires no agricultural land or fresh water, and leverages a highly scalable system capable of producing more than 20,000 gallons of renewable ethanol or hydrocarbons per acre annually. Such yields would far eclipse productivity levels of current bio- or renewable fuels.

Renewable

Renewable Transportation Fuel Conversion

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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JUNE 5, 2023

Utilizing biodiesel as a fuel option promotes sustainability and reduces dependence on finite fossil fuel resources. An Electric battery stores the energy that required to propel the vehicle and the electric vehicle converts electric energy stored in the battery to mechanical energy using electric motors.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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AUGUST 21, 2020

More significantly it must be realized that hydrogen, just like a battery, is not an energy source in itself, but simply a means of storing energy. The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion

VW forms energy partnership

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He describes the home power plants as being like a “shoal of fish with many small units pooling their resources to form a large, high performance community”. The home power plants only generate power on demand with the heat produced stored allowing supplies of heating energy and warm water to a building at all times.

Energy

Energy CO2 Gas-Electric Green Cars

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

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

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KAIST team shows direct recovery of methane from hydrates using CO2 or CO2/N2 mixture

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

Honda Plans to Launch Hydrogen Vehicle Using FCEV Technology

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2

Japan-US team develops novel catalyst for reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions using CO2, formate and formic acid

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

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

New LLNL technique for CO2 capture also produces green hydrogen and alkalinity to offset ocean acidification

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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

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

Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

Toyota, Kenworth, POLA and CARB unveil next-gen heavy-duty fuel-cell truck; ZANZEFF

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

Shell secures C$865M funding for Canadian CO2 storage project; >1M tonnes/yr from oil sands

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

System for CO2 capture and storage using seawater could offer lower-cost option for coastal and developing areas

Bauhaus Luftfahrt analysis finds solar thermochemical jet fuel production viable only if CO2 captured from renewable sources and not flue gases

DOE-sponsored project shows huge potential for carbon storage in Wyoming; potential for lithium recovery to offset cost

Study Questions Lifecycle Emissions Benefits of Using CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery as a Method for Carbon Sequestration

Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture; mimicking methane hydrate

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

Researchers use ionic liquid electrolyte for a more efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO; potential for synthetic fuel pathways

ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Its Technology for Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

VW forms energy partnership

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