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European Commission proposes 2030 ZEV target for new city buses, 90% CO2 reductions for new heavy trucks by 2040

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The Commission proposes phasing in stronger CO 2 emissions standards for almost all new HDVs with certified CO 2 emissions, compared to 2019 levels, specifically: 45% emissions reductions from 2030; 65% emission reductions from 2035; 90% emissions reduction from 2040. Especially in the freight sector, emissions are increasing rapidly.

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UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

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Gottesfeld was principal investigator on a 2019 project, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), that led to the findings.

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

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In 2019, researchers from Reisner’s group developed a solar reactor based on an artificial leaf design, which also uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce a fuel, known as syngas. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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Moreover, it features a higher wave energy conversion efficiency and power output as compared to previous TENG designs and is able to float on the water’s surface, which minimizes both the environmental impact and simplifies operation and these features are essential for the practical use of TENGs on ocean wave energy harvesting application.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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Since joining the Rice faculty in 2019, Wang has developed a catalytic reactor that uses carbon dioxide as its feedstock. We include experts in catalysts and electrolyzer design, polymer engineering, density functional theory simulations and carbon dioxide capture. We address both materials-level design and device-level engineering.

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

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CO 2 is isolated from the other gases (nitrogen and oxygen) with a temperature swing adsorption (TSA) system, using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) adsorbent, which are specially designed to absorb CO 2. Those materials are being developed by the Energypolis team at EPFL Valais Wallis, led by Wendy Queen. 2019.00143.

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Stanford/DTU team devises new effective solid-oxide electrochemical cell for CO2 electrolysis

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Ceria catalysts are known carbon inhibitors for fuel cell (oxidation) reactions; however, for more severe electrolysis (reduction) conditions, catalyst design strategies remain unclear. Here we establish the inhibition mechanism on ceria and show selective CO 2 to CO conversion well beyond the thermodynamic carbon deposition threshold.

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