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APRIL 29, 2014

The UK government announced plans to invest £500 million (US$841 million) between 2015 and 2020 to boost the ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) industry and help drivers both afford and feel confident using electric cars. The automotive industry is worth £11.2 LowCVP 2014-2015 workplan. billion (US$18.8

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JUNE 16, 2021

Klett and Perander (2015). noted that the process heat requirements of modern industrial calciners and estimated resulting CO 2 emissions (calculated from the combustion of methane) are approximately 3 GJ per tonne-alumina and 165 kg-CO 2 per tonne-alumina product, respectively, with natural gas as the predominant fuel. Perander L.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Using the maximum possible levels of biomass-waste feedstock, it enables DSM Engineering Materials to halve the carbon footprint of this product line and, in turn, of the Stanyl B-MB-based products of its customers. degrees of global warming, the materials industry urgently needs to accelerate the shift to sustainable feedstocks.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published its annual analysis of trends in the global carbon cycle in the journal Earth System Science Data , including an updated full-year projection for 2022. parts per million, 51% above its pre-industrial level. 2022) “Global Carbon Budget 2022”, Earth Syst. for oil, 1.1% for cement.

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JULY 16, 2020

Costs for producing green hydrogen have fallen 50% since 2015 and could be reduced by an additional 30% by 2025 due to the benefits of increased scale and more standardized manufacturing, among other factors. There is growing potential for hydrogen to be used in transport, heating, industry and power generation.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The Carbon Core body structure of the new BMW 7 Series has been awarded the EuroCarBody Award 2015 at the 17 th Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference. Series 7 body-in-white/carbon. The BMW Group has a level of know-how and experience in the industrial application of CFRP which is unequaled in the automotive sector.

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MAY 5, 2020

Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to transform fundamentally the global energy landscape—but the production must benefit the environment, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The largest markets for non-combusted carbon are carbon black (~10s MT), graphite (~0.1

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MARCH 27, 2017

According to a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US energy-related CO 2 emissions decreased by 146 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2015 to 5,259 MMmt, down 2.7% Energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2015 were about 12% below 2005 levels. —“US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2015”.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Department (DOE) released a new report showing continued momentum and growth in the fuel cell industry. The 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report shows that more than 60,000 fuel cells, totaling roughly 300 megawatts (MW), shipped worldwide in 2015.

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MAY 9, 2014

A production line for carbon fiber takes the PAN precursor through two stages (stabilization/oxidation and carbonization) and then to winding. The site expansion, scheduled to be completed by early 2015, will make the plant in Moses Lake the world’s largest carbon fiber plant. 3,000 tons of carbon fiber.

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JUNE 11, 2015

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a laser arc method with which layers of carbon almost as hard as diamond can be applied on an industrial scale at high coating rates and with high thicknesses. Applying such carbon coatings to engine components such as piston rings and pins contributes to lowering fuel consumption.

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JULY 18, 2021

Research suggests that animal leather requires the emission of between 2-12 kg carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of animal leather produced and can vary greatly depending on where animals are raised, how tanning is achieved, etc. In addition to having an extremely low carbon footprint, MIRUM requires no water during manufacturing and dyeing.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

California Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg proposed a carbon tax on fossil transportation fuels to replace the coming cap and trade mandate on that sector in 2015. Under Steinberg’s proposal, the price of carbon fuel would rise steadily, starting at an estimated 15¢/gallon in the first year. That’s necessary.

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APRIL 23, 2022

Bridgestone aims to commercialize use of sustainable guayule natural rubber in tires by 2030, creating a promising new domestic industry. Guayule creates up to 10 new industrial processing jobs per 1,000 acres of harvested crop. Guayule is a heat tolerant, woody shrub that thrives in America’s desert southwest.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. automotive and energy industries. —Elgowainy et al. 350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 Credit: ACS, Elgowainy et al.

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JULY 27, 2022

Stora Enso and Northvolt have entered into a Joint Development Agreement to create a sustainable battery featuring anode produced using lignin-based hard carbon produced from Nordic forest wood. It is one of the biggest renewable sources of carbon anywhere.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd.,

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MAY 5, 2016

are pursuing novel technology in power plant carbon dioxide capture through a new application of carbonate fuel cells. Using fuel cells to capture carbon dioxide from power plants results in reduced emissions and increased power generation. Exxon Mobil Corporation and FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Toray Industries, Inc. to acquire its European carbon fiber fabric and prepreg business. Toray will take over the assets of Saati’s plant in Legnano in January 2015, which would start operation as Composite Materials (Italy) S.r.l., (CIT), has reached a basic agreement with Saati S.p.A CIT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toray.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground. With direct air capture technology, carbon dioxide is extracted from the ambient air and air free of CO 2 is returned to the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is thus permanently removed from the atmosphere.

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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. Global aviation produces 1.2 —Twelve Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas Flanders.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Gurit, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of advanced composites and technologies, has been selected as the supplier for carbon fiber based automotive body panels at a total contract value of more than CHF 30 million (US$34.2 Gurit has been supplying carbon fiber based Class-A car body panels to leading OEMs since 2007.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that BMW and partner SGL will invest more than €100 million ($137 million) to double their joint production of carbon fiber to 6,000 metric tons a year from 3,000 tons a year now. In 2009, SGL Group and BMW Group formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Among other things, the carbon dioxide emissions are investigated during all product stages of the automobile: The emissions generated by the extraction of raw materials, the production of components, and the assembly are included in the production. In 2015, the figure was 43.6 Life cycle assessment as a tool for holistic analysis.

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APRIL 17, 2014

an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Husky Energy. Operation of the pilot unit is expected to commence in early 2015 with completion of testing expected in the third quarter of 2015. the conversion of carbon dioxyde to bicarbonate and protons.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A team of biologists and engineers modified Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity and light. Bai worked as a research assistant in the Bose lab in Arts & Sciences from 2015-2020.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Marubeni Corporation has signed a three-year distributorship agreement for lithium carbonate with Canada Lithium Corp. The Agreement provides for Marubeni to exclusively distribute Canada Lithium’s battery-grade lithium carbonate in Japan.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Audi Hungaria is thus the second of five Audi sites (after Audi Brussels) to achieve a neutral carbon balance, according to the company. We have a clear aim: that all Audi sites will have carbon-neutral operation by 2025. The remaining heat is generated through natural gas, with carbon neutrality assured thanks to bio-gas certificates.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Left: distribution of mining leases and forests in 2015. Mining leases are shown as white polygons overlying Landsat imagery for 1985 and 2015. Alunorte remains a core strategic asset for Hydro and is a key source of low-carbon alumina supply to our primary aluminum smelters. Mining in Brazil’s Amazon forest. Herrera, D.,

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

The approach, described in a paper in the journal Nature Communications , could be an important advance in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). They have significant performance advantages over the carbon-absorbing materials used in current CCS technology. carbon dioxide uptake and release over repeated cycles.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

in which ITOCHU made an investment in June 2010, has succeeded in producing lithium carbonate (with a purity in excess of 99.9%) using geothermal brine for the first time in the world. The Global annual demand, which is currently situated at approximately 150,000 tons (lithium carbonate equivalent) is expected to exceed 250,000 tons in 2017.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Liquid siloxane hydrogen carrier compounds can be produced from silica compound and/or silicate compound, only requiring hydrogen and/or water and/or silicon and/or oxygen as additional reactant(s) and/or without substantial carbon emissions, preferably without carbon emissions.

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MAY 20, 2014

The carbon intensity (CI) per vehicle dropped to 0.87 CI includes all manufacturing and non-manufacturing CO 2 e emissions reported in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Scope 1 & 2 categories ( earlier post ), normalized by vehicle production. (CI Carbon intensity per vehicle. GM has set a target of 1.97 tonnes in 2012.

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 13, 2015

1,3-Diaminopropane is a three carbon diamine, which has a wide range of industrial applications including epoxy resin and cross-linking agents, as well as precursors for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and organic chemicals. coli to produce 1,3-diaminopropane via fermentation.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced US transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 million metric tons, according to a new analysis released by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). For 2010-2015, it applied the RVOs established in annual rulemakings to the non-renewable portion of gasoline and diesel use.

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MAY 22, 2015

Hexcel Corporation will invest $250 million in the construction of a carbon fiber plant in Roussilon, France. The new carbon fiber facility will occupy a 37-acre site at the Osiris Chemicals Industry Platform in Roussillon and will incorporate both polymerization and carbonization lines.

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