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MARCH 10, 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has certified the 2020 annual update to the carbon intensities (CI) of the lookup table pathways for a) California Average Grid Electricity Used as a Transportation Fuel in California and b) Electricity Supplied under the Smart Charging or Smart Electrolysis Provision.

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JULY 25, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new material that could capture more than 90% of CO 2 emitted from industrial sources using low-temperature steam, requiring less energy for the overall carbon capture process. UC Berkeley graphic by Eugene Kim).

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Center has released the 2020 version of the suite of GREET models and associated documentation. The following low-carbon alternative ammonia production pathways have been implemented in GREET 2020 release. road, air, marine, and rail) and other end-use sectors, and energy systems.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Roskill expects that rare earth permanent magnet applications represented 29% of total demand in 2020—the largest single end use—consuming a mixture of neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy), along with other elements used at fillers such as cerium (Ce) and gadolinium (Gd).

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JULY 26, 2020

Inspired by naturally occurring processes, a team of Boston College chemists used a multi-catalyst system to convert carbon dioxide to methanol at the lowest temperatures reported with high activity and selectivity. It can be produced from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and storing hydrogen in the process.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Alcoa is supplying aluminum for Audi’s pilot project from a self-developed, innovative smelting process that emits oxygen instead of carbon dioxide. The new smelting technology uses an inert anode that replaces the carbon anodes that are traditionally used during electrolysis, which is the process used to make primary aluminum.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

This marks a 6% drop from $140/kWh in 2020. However, even lower-cost chemistries such as LFP—which is particularly exposed to lithium carbonate prices—have felt the bite of rising costs throughout the supply chain. All prices are in real 2021 $, unless stated as nominal.)

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JULY 21, 2022

That makes the fuel carbon neutral, especially if we use CO 2 captured directly from the air as an ingredient, hopefully in the not-too-distant future. The ceria—which is not consumed but can be used repeatedly—converts water and CO 2 injected into the reactor into syngas, a tailored mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen. ArcelorMittal Europe owns Europe’s only DRI-EAF facility in Hamburg, where a project is planned to test the ability of hydrogen to reduce iron ore and form DRI on an industrial scale, as well as testing carbon-free DRI in the EAF steelmaking process.

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MAY 1, 2020

To tackle these issues, a team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang and Xiaolin Li has developed a nanostructure that limits silicon’s expansion while fortifying it with carbon. The composite electrodes of carbon-nanotube@silicon@carbon-graphite with a practical loading (3?mAh?cm

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APRIL 14, 2023

million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or 5,586.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents after accounting for sequestration from the land sector—representing a 6% increase from 2020. from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,340.2 From 2019 to 2021.

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MAY 27, 2020

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. Final results are expected in summer 2020. g/hp-hr NO x emissions). and Rao, S. Sarlashkar, J., Rengarajan, S.,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Electrofuels innovator Infinium ( earlier post ) has entered into a strategic alliance with US independent energy company Denbury to collaborate on developing ultra-low carbon electrofuels projects in the state of Texas. MMBOE of estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves as of 31 December 2020, of which 98% is oil.

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MAY 18, 2020

student of the Graduate School of Science, have shown that the catalyst formate dehydrogenase reduces carbon dioxide directly to formic acid. The development of an effective catalyst is an important step in creating an artificial photosynthesis system that uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules.

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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The financial community has a critical role to play in supporting sustainable development, including the transition to a low carbon economy. Last year, Volvo Cars launched a climate plan which addresses carbon emissions across all its operations and products, as it strives to become climate-neutral by 2040.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively. The US is in sixth place in 2020.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Shipping emissions form a significant part of the commodity supply chain’s carbon footprint, particularly for those commodities reliant on the mass transport of low-grade ores and concentrates. Roskill has analyzed the trend in carbon intensity of shipping using spodumene concentrate as an example. Regulatory background.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Key findings from the 1990-2019 US Inventory include: In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or 5,769 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents after accounting for sequestration from the land sector. Preliminary outlook for 2020.

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JUNE 3, 2021

Monolith’s cyan hydrogen is produced by injecting natural gas containing methane (CH 4 ) as a main component into a high-temperature reactor and decomposing it into hydrogen (H 2 ) and solid carbon (C). The solid carbon is processed into carbon black, the main component of tires, and sold. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 15, 2020

By converting CO 2 into products of higher value, a closed-loop carbon economy begins to emerge. —Kim and Palmore (2020). Kim and Palmore (2020). There have been great strides in recent years in developing copper catalysts that could make single-carbon molecules, Palmore says. student Taehee Kim.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Chan School of Public Health, and consulted by dozens of experts in academia, updates ethanol’s carbon intensity score to reflect how continuous improvements in technology and practices have driven further emissions reductions in the lifecycle of ethanol and will lead to net zero renewable fuel in the future. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6

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JUNE 1, 2023

compared to 2020. When combined with other sources of zero-carbon energy such as large hydroelectric generation and nuclear, nearly 59% of the state’s retail electricity sales came from nonfossil fuel sources. Escalating requirements saw the goal increase to 33% by 2020—a target that was met two years early in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Two hydrogen mobility projects led by Air Liquide—Hype and HyAMMED—were selected in January 2020 by ADEME (French Environment & Energy Management Agency) as part of the second closing of its “Hydrogen Mobility Ecosystems” call for proposals. The “2020 HYPE 600” project aims to reach the 600-taxi mark by the end of 2020.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Then, using an electrospinning process, they fabricated microscopic fibers from the polymer and carbonized the plastic threads in a furnace. Ozkan, Mihrimah Ozkan (2020) “Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic Waste to Microporous Carbon Structure for Energy Storage” Energy Storage doi: 10.1002/est2.201.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

million tons in 2020 to 97 million tons in 2030 and 249 million tons in 2050. There is a high degree of variability in the carbon intensity of hydrogen production, even using the same technologies or pathways. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights’ hydrogen outlook, global hydrogen demand grows from 70.4

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JULY 9, 2021

China is scaling up several fuel cell vehicle projects in 5 priority provinces and 10 major cities, actively developing a low-carbon sustainable automobile industry. In 2020, Honeywell UOP announced that Beijing HyPower Energy Technology is adopting Honeywell UOP technologies to supply high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This latest report covers the global EV market’s performance over 2020 H2 and its implications on the ever-evolving battery and battery materials supply chains. Among the findings of the latest report: In 2020 H2 global passenger EV registrations grew by 58% versus the same period the year prior, amounting to 3.53 Tesla deployed 22.5

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The 70% sustainable-material tire includes 13 featured ingredients across nine different tire components, including: Carbon black is included in tires for compound reinforcement and to help increase their life and has traditionally been made by burning various types of petroleum products.

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APRIL 11, 2023

The report— “2023 North American Light Vehicle Aluminum Content and Outlook ”—released by the Aluminum Association indicates that demand for more sustainable transportation will help drive an increase in market share for aluminum content by nearly 100 net pounds per vehicle (PPV) from 2020 to 2030.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

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MAY 20, 2020

A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. carbon dioxide.

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MARCH 7, 2021

SOECs can be used for direct electrochemical conversion of steam (H 2 O), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), or both into hydrogen (H 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), or syngas (H 2 +CO), respectively. An example is the Helios project in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, announced in July 2020, which includes the world’s largest ammonia loop delivered by Topsoe.

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MARCH 15, 2021

received the Technology & Development Award from Toyota Motor Corporation for the development of high-pressure hydrogen tanks used on the new MIRAI, launched by Toyota in December 2020. Toyoda Gosei Co., The new MIRAI is equipped with three hydrogen tanks, one more than the previous model, to extend its cruising range.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Commercialization of AtJ has been years in the making, starting with the partnership between LanzaTech (which launched LanzaJet in June 2020) and the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). LanzaJet was launched in June 2020 and is a spin-off from leading biotech company LanzaTech.

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MARCH 16, 2021

Neste announced in March 2020 an intention to increase its renewable products production capacity in Europe according to the company strategy. The key aspects contributing to the overall cost difference are logistics costs, site-specific construction costs and availability of low-carbon hydrogen supply.

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