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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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JULY 19, 2017

Stuart Licht have demonstrated the first facile high-yield, low-energy synthesis of macroscopic length carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—carbon nanotube wool—from CO 2 using molten carbonate electrolysis ( earlier post ). The most compact form of captured carbon is through its transformation to solid carbon.

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Low Cost Carbon CO2 Solar

Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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AUGUST 21, 2023

mΩ m 2 ) cells in a batch-fed mode, alternating high CO 2 and hydrogen (H 2 ) availability to promote the production of acetic acid and ethanol. Chain elongation resulted in the selective (78% on a carbon basis) production of butyric acid, a valuable chemical used in pharmaceuticals, farming, perfumes, and the chemical industry.

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Convert CO2 Spain Conversion

Volkswagen LCA highlights carbon benefits of EV vs diesel on Golf: 119 vs 140 g CO2/km; ID. family to reduce footprint

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APRIL 25, 2019

They decrease all the more, the more regenerative energies are available. 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.

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CO2 Diesel Carbon Emissions

Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Up until now, the GoGreen option was subject to a charge and only available to business customers with a shipping volume of at least 50,000 items per year. Already, Deutsche Post DHL delivers mail and parcels carbon-free in more than 50% of its delivery districts, making it by far Germany’s most climate-friendly logistics provider.

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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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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Conversion CO2 Carbon Exhaust

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

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JULY 5, 2023

On the contrary, we want to spark other car makers into action as well, to increase demand for carbon efficient ocean transports and to establish renewable fuels as a mid-term solution that works. We don’t view this initiative as a competitive advantage. We all have a responsibility to act.

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Volvo Emissions CO2 Renewable

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. The investigators used a special pressurized bioreactor filled with H 2 and CO 2 to make the gases available to the microbes. In this study, an E. —Roger et al.

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Renewable Engine CO2 Fuel

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

The recovered CO 2 is then available in a highly concentrated form as a raw material for permanent storage or for a wide range of industrial applications. The long-term goal is to make carbon dioxide usable for industrial purposes. In other words, more CO 2 can be removed from the ambient air in a short period of time.

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Audi CO2 Austria Hungary

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years. It’s also especially good at channeling that electricity toward forming methane, with half of the available electrons going toward methane-producing reactions rather than toward by-products such as hydrogen or carbon monoxide.

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CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen

SINTEF, ECONNECT model LNG, ammonia and liquid CO2 flow rates in floating cryogenic pipes

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

SINTEF Energy Research and ECONNECT Energy have developed a novel computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling tool to predict LNG, ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide flow rates in floating, flexible cryogenic pipes. —Stian Magnusson, ECONNECT Energy CIO.

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CO2 Norway Mariner Cleaner

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.

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Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric

DOE announces $8M for projects to develop algae-based CO2 utilization

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $8 million in Federal funding available for cost-shared research, development, and testing of technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide from power systems or other industrial sources for bio-mediated uptake by algal systems to create valuable products and services.

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CO2 Conversion Carbon Available

T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

T&E has commissioned Emissions Analytics to test three of the most popular PHEVs sold in 2019: a BMW X5 (longest EV range PHEV available), a Volvo XC60 and the Mitsubishi Outlander. Unless you drive them softly, carbon emissions can go off the charts. Governments should stop subsidising these cars with billions in taxpayers’ money.

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Plug-in CO2 Plug Emissions

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class PHEV produces 14.1-36.2% lower CO2 emissions that predecessor

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

The upstream production of materials and components creates more carbon dioxide than for the previous model. Alongside the CO2 improvement, the S 580 e also has advantages over its predecessor with respect to its eutrophication (EP) and summer smog (POCP) potential. This feeds self-generated green electricity to the production shop.

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Mercedes CO2 Emissions PHEV

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. In FLECCS Phase 2, up to $31 million in additional funding will be available for teams. The US Department of Energy announced $11.5 Colorado State University.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas

DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

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JULY 26, 2022

Through the High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program, selected teams will help manufacturers shrink their carbon footprint, streamline their processes, and increase innovation—from optimizing the performance of equipment used in chemical manufacturing to improving the fuel efficiency of vehicles. All Selectees.

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Energy CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

Project HyTime demonstrates potential for major CO2 savings from hydrogen dual fuel

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JULY 22, 2020

When the vehicles were not using hydrogen in their day to day operations, the principal reason was the lack of available refueling facilities. If deployed full time, the vehicles would not only save carbon but also provide improvements to local air quality.

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Hydrogen Fuel CO2 Fleet

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. The researchers used their new chemical species tomography setup to capture the first images of carbon dioxide exhaust from a commercial aircraft engine.

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Commercial Engine Emissions CO2

Topsoe to lead FrontFuel project for SAF from CO2 and renewable electricity; DKK 26.9M grant

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JUNE 28, 2023

The FrontFuel project will use carbon dioxide and renewable energy to produce a synthetic crude, to demonstrate the value chain of SAF, using Topsoe technology. To achieve a net-zero future in aviation, it is essential that alternative liquid drop-in fuel sources are available at scale. Topsoe will receive a 26.9

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Grant Renewable CO2 Denmark

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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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. —CSIRO researcher and Global Carbon Project Director Dr Pep Canadell.

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Emissions CO2 Climate Change Fuel

SKF India launches CO2 calculator for automotive customers – ET Auto

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JANUARY 4, 2024

This Auto CO2 calculator tool is designed to revolutionize the bearing selection process, aligning seamlessly with SKF’s commitment to carbon neutrality and the clean and intelligent strategy. The pioneering move is to foster sustainability and empower customers with comprehensive data-driven insights, the company said.

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CO2 India Auto Insight

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

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APRIL 24, 2018

The analysis combines process engineering, spatial optimization, and lifecycle assessment to consider the technical, economic, and institutional feasibility of near-term carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Mach (2018) “Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719695115.

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Carbon CO2 Tax Credit Store

Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

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MARCH 28, 2021

A new boron-copper catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into chemicals or fuels has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen. They optimized already available copper catalysts to improve their selectivity and long-term stability.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Convert

New Golf Variant TGI natural gas model now available to order; three tanks, more CNG range

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MARCH 15, 2019

CO2 emissions in g/km: 99; efficiency class: A+. ›. The tanks are made from carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) or from metal. The reason for this is the low percentage of carbon in natural gas. Both can be added to fuels or are available as pure biofuels. extra-urban 3.0 / combined 3.6;

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Gas Available Range Gasoline

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

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JUNE 28, 2022

Sundsvall Energi will partner with Liquid Wind to be the host and provide carbon dioxide for the second commercial-scale—100,000 t—electrofuel facility in Sweden. Biogenic carbon dioxide from the Sundsvall energy facility will be captured and combined with renewable hydrogen to generate green electrofuel, eMethanol.

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Wind Energy Carbon Hydrogen

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

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a leading energy infrastructure operator, and Saipem, an Italian multinational oilfield services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together to define and to develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

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Hydrogen Green CO2 Oil

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. 97.9 - 111.9

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Audi CO2 Emissions Vehicles

Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels

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JANUARY 30, 2020

In a commentary in the journal Joule , Rob McGinnis, founder and and CEO of Prometheus , a company that is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuels, discusses the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels.

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Gasoline Renewable Fuel Price

Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG sign MOU on supply of low-CO2 steel from the end of 2025

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MARCH 23, 2022

For Volkswagen, the reduction of CO 2 emissions in the supply chain is a key element in the Group’s strategy to gradually become a carbon-neutral mobility provider by 2050. The Volkswagen Group plans to use the low-CO 2 steel from the end of 2025 in future projects such as the Trinity e-model, which will be produced in Wolfsburg from 2026.

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Low CO2 Supplies CO2 Purchase

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

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JUNE 17, 2019

Researchers in Japan are presenting an organic catalyst for CO 2 reduction that is inexpensive, readily available and recyclable. However, most catalysts developed to date for this purpose have the disadvantage of containing metals that are expensive, not widely available and potentially detrimental to the environment. 9b02172.

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CO2 Japan Convert Conversion

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The global CO 2 emissions and energy demand numbers are based on the IEA’s detailed region-by-region and fuel-by-fuel analysis, drawing on the latest official national data and publicly available energy, economic and weather data.

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Emissions Global Coal China

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge. —DeCicco 2013. A hierarchy for reducing CO 2 from transportation.

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Climate Carbon CO2 Emissions

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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Carbon CO2 United States Climate Change

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

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APRIL 11, 2019

Carbon Recycling International has been awarded a €1.8-million CO 2 is available in abundance in high concentration in many industrial processes and thermal power plants (here CRI focusing on geothermal power and waste to energy). CO 2 is readily available. million (US$2.0-million)

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Grant CO2 Iceland Waste

Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Schematic overview of the primary black-carbon emission sources and the processes that control. the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Accounting for all of the ways black carbon can affect climate, it is believed to have a warming effect of about 1.1 Source: Bond et al.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. 2018) “China’s “exported carbon” peak: Patterns, drivers, and implications.” —Prof Guan.

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UK LowCVP says road transport CO2 reductions require both improved vehicle efficiency and lower carbon fuels; need for advanced liquid fuels

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

In its response to the UK Department for Transport’s call for evidence on advanced fuels, the LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) says that delivering the level of CO 2 reductions required from road transport will require both improved vehicle efficiency and reduced carbon intensity of fuels.

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Carbon Transportation Fuel CO2

UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The SMMT New Car CO 2 Report 2018: Driving the transition to a low carbon future showed that carbon tailpipe emissions rose last year for the first time in two decades by 0.8% The report highlights the importance of internal combustion engines in the UK’s journey to a low carbon future, with 99.5% of the UK’s 2.5

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2017 Auto Industry Diesel CO2

Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles.

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Singapore Carbon Taxi C1

Carbon Sciences to produce first samples of diesel fuel from methane and CO2 using catalytic dry reforming process

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JUNE 6, 2011

Overview of Carbon Sciences’ process. Carbon Sciences, Inc., a technology developer focusing on the conversion of carbon dioxide and methane to fuels, plans to produce samples of diesel fuel in an end-to-end process demonstration. Carbon Sciences says it has solved this problem. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Diesel Fuel CO2

Researchers develop solid electrolyte for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to pure liquid fuels

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At left is a catalyst that selects for carbon dioxide and reduces it to a negatively charged formate, which is pulled through a gas diffusion layer (GDL) and the anion exchange membrane (AEM) into the central electrolyte. Schematic illustration of the CO 2 reduction cell with solid electrolyte.

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Saudi Arabia CO2 Fuel Water

U Toronto team assess the climate trade-off between reduced CO2 and increased Black Carbon from GDI engines

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JULY 14, 2016

is black carbon (BC)—a pollutant with large positive radiative forcing on the climate due to its ability to absorb incoming sunlight and reduce surface albedo on snow. Less fuel-air mixing time is available with GDI engines compared to PFI engines, in which fuel mixes with the air intake upstream of the exhaust cylinder.

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

Volkswagen LCA highlights carbon benefits of EV vs diesel on Golf: 119 vs 140 g CO2/km; ID. family to reduce footprint

Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

SINTEF, ECONNECT model LNG, ammonia and liquid CO2 flow rates in floating cryogenic pipes

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

DOE announces $8M for projects to develop algae-based CO2 utilization

T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class PHEV produces 14.1-36.2% lower CO2 emissions that predecessor

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

Project HyTime demonstrates potential for major CO2 savings from hydrogen dual fuel

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

Topsoe to lead FrontFuel project for SAF from CO2 and renewable electricity; DKK 26.9M grant

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

SKF India launches CO2 calculator for automotive customers – ET Auto

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

Stable boron-copper catalyst for CO2 conversion; stabilization with zinc

New Golf Variant TGI natural gas model now available to order; three tanks, more CNG range

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

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

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels

Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG sign MOU on supply of low-CO2 steel from the end of 2025

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

UK LowCVP says road transport CO2 reductions require both improved vehicle efficiency and lower carbon fuels; need for advanced liquid fuels

UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

Carbon Sciences to produce first samples of diesel fuel from methane and CO2 using catalytic dry reforming process

Researchers develop solid electrolyte for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to pure liquid fuels

U Toronto team assess the climate trade-off between reduced CO2 and increased Black Carbon from GDI engines

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