Carbon, CO2, Companies and Green

Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

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MAY 19, 2023

Electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum (TPA) of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels (eFuels).

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CO2 Carbon Fuel Alternative Cleaner

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries. From every 3.7

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Carbon Molten Salt Sodium Li-ion

H2 Green Steel and BMW Group sign final agreement on delivery of CO2-reduced steel

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AUGUST 29, 2022

BMW Group and H2 Green Steel have signed a final contract on the delivery of CO 2 -reduced steel. H2 Green Steel is committed to the Scope 1, 2 and upstream Scope 3 requirements as defined in the GHG Protocol. The company has a gross embodied carbon emission intensity obligation per tonne of steel, included in its customer contracts.

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BMW Green CO2 Sweden

Carbon Engineering & LanzaTech partner to produce SAF using direct air capture CO2; “air-to-jet”

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AUGUST 1, 2021

LanzaTech UK and direct air capture technology company Carbon Engineering have partnered on a project to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Earlier post.).

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Carbon Engine CO2 Commercial

CEMEX, Sasol and ENERTRAG partner to turn CO2 from cement plant into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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APRIL 19, 2022

Mexico-based global construction materials company CEMEX is partnering with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy company ENERTRAG to combine CO 2 with hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel. All three companies are equal partners in the joint venture.

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Fuel CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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APRIL 21, 2022

Estonian startup UP Catalyst, a company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 , has closed a successful pre-seed round of €500,000, in addition to €1.59 Most of the carbon materials on the market are produced by employing expensive and environmentally harmful methods.

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Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Poland

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

California "green hydrogen" facility claims to displace more CO2 than electrolysis from renewable energy

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Hydrogen firm SG H2 Energy plans to build a hydrogen production facility that, the companies claim, will significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Located in Lancaster, California, the facility will use SG H2 Energy's gasification process, which the company claims reduces carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions even more than electrolysis from.

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CO2 Hydrogen California Energy

PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

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APRIL 12, 2022

Landsvirkjun , The National Power Company of Iceland, and German investment company PCC SE have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing and utilizing carbon emissions from PCC’s silicon metal plant in northeast Iceland. in Iceland is operated with 100% green electricity. —Hörður Arnarson, CEO Landsvirkjun.

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ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen. Hydrogen plays a central role in the company’s decarbonization strategy. Ultimately to reach zero, this hydrogen will need to be green (produced via electrolysis which is powered by renewable electricity).

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Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

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APRIL 8, 2022

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a new process using carbon dioxide and synthetic microbes.

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CO2 Houston Companies Climate Change

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste. All Anaergia plants use organic waste material to produce biogas, which is composed of methane and carbon dioxide.

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8 Rivers announces 8RH2 CO2 Convective Reformer for ultra-low carbon hydrogen production from natural gas

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MAY 26, 2023

8 Rivers Capital announced the development of the 8RH2 CO 2 Convective Reformer—a technology for the production of ultra-low carbon hydrogen from natural gas. It uses the oxy-combustion of carbon fuels and a high-pressure supercritical CO 2 working fluid in a highly recuperated cycle that captures all emissions by design.

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Hydrogen Carbon Gas Production

Should more regulatory responsibility for carbon reduction fall on oil companies?

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Regulating carbon emissions from the oil and gas industry would allow the United States to reach its climate goals faster, argues a recent opinion piece by an oil industry veteran published in The Hill. carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions come from burning oil and natural gas, and 1.4 Over 80% of U.S.

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Oil Carbon Companies CO2

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

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated an effective way to capture 99% of carbon dioxide from the ambient air feed to an hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. As hydrogen is fed to the device, it powers the carbon dioxide removal process.

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Hydrogen CO2 Power Powered

BMW Group invests in MOE company Boston Metal; CO2-free steel production

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MARCH 12, 2021

The BMW Group company is investing in an innovative method for CO 2 -free steel production developed by American startup Boston Metal ( earlier post ), through its venture capital fund, BMW i Ventures. Blast furnaces used in conventional steel production generate carbon dioxide.

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Boston BMW Companies Production

ArcelorMittal and Gonvarri to cooperate more closely on reducing CO2 emissions

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JANUARY 11, 2023

ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and Gonvarri Industries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate more closely on reducing CO 2 emissions and strengthening both companies’ sustainability performance in the automotive market. The company has further committed to carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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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. 2022) “Global Carbon Budget 2022”, Earth Syst. to 1.9%) in 2022 as the COVID recovery continues amidst turmoil in energy markets.

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BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

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JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. —Greg Smithies, Partner, BMW i Ventures.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion BMW

RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.

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Supplies Green Production Hydrogen

Shchekinoazot and Haldor Topsoe to cooperate on blue and green methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen and CO2 reduction

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APRIL 30, 2021

Topsoe and the leading Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to synchronize vison and plans on developing blue and green methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen production and reducing CO 2 emissions. million tons per year) delivered by Topsoe.

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Saudi Arabia Hydrogen Green CO2

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech have transformed CO 2 emissions into ethanol as a part of an ongoing research and development partnership. Our process aims to rebalance the overabundance of carbon in our environment and instead reuse it for meaningful applications.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Polymer

BMW invests in company aiming to produce zero net carbon gasoline

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JUNE 10, 2020

BMW is investing in Prometheus Fuels, a company that plans to remove carbon-dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and convert it into gasoline. Prometheus plans to begin selling its fuel at gas stations later this year, at a price comparable to conventional gasoline, BMW said in a press release Tuesday.

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Gasoline BMW Carbon Companies

Purem by Eberspaecher to start using CO2-reduced stainless steel in commercial vehicle exhaust systems

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AUGUST 10, 2023

This month, Purem by Eberspaecher starts using Circle Green CO 2 -reduced stainless steel from partner Outokumpu to reduce emissions from the automotive industry. This sustainable stainless steel has an up to 92% lower carbon footprint compared to the industry average of 6.1 Circle Green stainless steel by Outokumpu.

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Exhaust Commercial CO2 Vehicles

Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground. The carbon dioxide is thus permanently removed from the atmosphere.

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Audi Iceland CO2 Carbon

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain by 900,000 tonnes per year, while at the same time driving the transformation of the steel industry. The BMW Group already signed an agreement with Swedish startup H2 Green Steel in October of last year.

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BMW Global CO2 Production

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

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JANUARY 5, 2023

The dompany is also working to develop a methodology to take stock of carbon units captured this way. Silica and magnesium oxide contained in waste rock can absorb carbon dioxide during weathering (long-term exposure to air). This will help to increase the potential for GHG absorption considerably, the company says.

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Store CO2 Waste Carbon

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. The long-term goal is to make carbon dioxide usable for industrial purposes. They make far-reaching energy and cost reductions possible.

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Audi CO2 Austria Hungary

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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MAY 28, 2021

finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO 2 emitted per passenger-km. Alternative transport: Companies and individuals should commit to substantial reduction in private jet use.

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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

Furthermore, the company said, it is of crucial importance for CO 2 emissions whether the propulsion energy is generated from fossil or regenerative sources. Improvements in lithium-ion battery technology and supply chain optimizations will lower the carbon footprint during battery manufacturing for the first ID.

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CO2 Diesel Carbon Emissions

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

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JULY 22, 2020

More than 14 tonnes of CO 2 was saved in a two-year trial involving just 11 urban trucks and vans running on green hydrogen dual fuel. 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

BMW targets drastic CO2 reductions per vehicle, teases i Vision Circular concept

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

BMW on Thursday announced a new effort to reduce its overall carbon footprint through the use of new materials, while also teasing a concept car that will put some of those ideas into action. The automaker hopes to reduce lifecycle carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions 40% by 2030, a company press release said.

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CO2 BMW Concept IDEA

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

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

r has used only green power. 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. Audi Hungaria, in cooperation with E.ON In addition, the site at Gy?r

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Audi Installation Solar Hungary

Six Japan-based companies establish Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels

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JULY 20, 2022

It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet the needs of many different regions and customers in order to achieve carbon neutrality, the companies said. Specific research areas are as follows: Research on Efficient Ethanol Production Systems. Research on Byproduct Oxygen, CO 2 Capture, and Utilization.

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Automobile Japan Fuel Companies

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. The FrontFuel project will provide testing of an integrated process applicable for efficient SAF production, enabling faster market penetration and accelerating the green transition.

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Grant Renewable CO2 Denmark

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

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

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AUGUST 22, 2022

The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle. Supercritical carbon dioxide is a non-toxic, stable material that is under so much pressure it acts like both a liquid and a gas. Graphic courtesy Sandia National Laboratories).

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Grid Power Powered CO2

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

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APRIL 12, 2022

To achieve this goal, the key factors include: electrifying the vehicle fleet; charging with green energy; improving battery technology, an extensive use of recycled materials; and renewable energy in production. Additional CO2 savings are expected to be achieved through further measures—i.e., Green steel and aluminum.

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Mercedes CO2 Emissions Vehicles

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

Nauticol Energy & Enhance Energy plan to capture up to 1M tonnes of CO2 annually from blue methanol production and distribution

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MARCH 24, 2021

Utilizing Western Canadian natural gas, combined with carbon capture and sequestration, the project will produce 3 million tonnes annually of net-zero, Blue Methanol. Nauticol has partnered with Haldor Topsøe, a company with extensive experience and best-in-class technology that is commercially viable, proven, reliable and used world-wide.

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Energy CO2 Singapore Production

Audi in new e-fuels project: synthetic diesel from water, air-captured CO2 and green electricity; “Blue Crude”

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Audi’s latest e-fuels project is participation in a a pilot plant project in Dresden that produces diesel fuel from water, CO 2 and green electricity. The sunfire plant, which operates according to the “power-to-liquid” (PtL) principle, requires carbon dioxide, water and electricity as raw materials.

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Audi Water Diesel Fuel

BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2-rich marine gas

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JANUARY 13, 2022

BASF has signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Limited Company, a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering company Wuhuan Engineering Co., to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas resources. —Wang Weimin, Chairman of China BlueChemical Limited Company.

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Mariner Gas China Engine

DHL, Shell and Grundfos Bio-LNG pilot for road freight delivers 85% CO2 savings over conventional diesel

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This corresponds to the emissions of more than 89,900 km driven by a diesel truck and represents 85% of CO2 savings compared to a traditional diesel engine. The logistics industry is currently responsible for 11 percent of global carbon emissions. To fight against climate change, the transport sector needs true decarbonization.

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CO2 Diesel Climate Carbon

Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

H2 Green Steel and BMW Group sign final agreement on delivery of CO2-reduced steel

Carbon Engineering & LanzaTech partner to produce SAF using direct air capture CO2; “air-to-jet”

CEMEX, Sasol and ENERTRAG partner to turn CO2 from cement plant into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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

California "green hydrogen" facility claims to displace more CO2 than electrolysis from renewable energy

PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

United and Oxy collaborate with syn-bio company Cemvita to produce SAF from CO2 using microbes

Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

8 Rivers announces 8RH2 CO2 Convective Reformer for ultra-low carbon hydrogen production from natural gas

Should more regulatory responsibility for carbon reduction fall on oil companies?

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

BMW Group invests in MOE company Boston Metal; CO2-free steel production

ArcelorMittal and Gonvarri to cooperate more closely on reducing CO2 emissions

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

RENK supplies special gear units for compressors for production of green steel

Shchekinoazot and Haldor Topsoe to cooperate on blue and green methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen and CO2 reduction

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

BMW invests in company aiming to produce zero net carbon gasoline

Purem by Eberspaecher to start using CO2-reduced stainless steel in commercial vehicle exhaust systems

Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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

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

BMW targets drastic CO2 reductions per vehicle, teases i Vision Circular concept

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

Six Japan-based companies establish Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels

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

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

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

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

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

Nauticol Energy & Enhance Energy plan to capture up to 1M tonnes of CO2 annually from blue methanol production and distribution

Audi in new e-fuels project: synthetic diesel from water, air-captured CO2 and green electricity; “Blue Crude”

BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2-rich marine gas

DHL, Shell and Grundfos Bio-LNG pilot for road freight delivers 85% CO2 savings over conventional diesel

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