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

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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.

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Audi Hungaria starts operation of Europe’s biggest solar roof installation

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The focus lies on the challenges that are key to Audi: decarbonization; water utilization; resource efficiency; and biodiversity. In 2019 alone, Audi Hungaria saved more than 18,000 megawatt-hours of energy and avoided CO 2 emissions amounting to almost 5,750 tonnes by means of numerous efficiency measures.

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

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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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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. Earlier post.).

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

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In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.

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Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Take-Off

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A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. For the first time, scientists and engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have reported a successful demonstration of an integrated fuel production plant for solar kerosene. Finally, the syngas is processed to kerosene in the gas-to-liquid unit.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Partially because of this heat, the Brayton cycle has the potential to be much more efficient at turning heat from power plants—nuclear, natural gas or even concentrated solar—into energy than the traditional steam-based Rankine cycle. In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%.

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