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

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JUNE 28, 2023

Topsoe will lead the FrontFuel project to develop highly efficient Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production from CO 2 , water, and renewable electricity. 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.

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Grant Renewable CO2 Denmark

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

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Low Cost Convert CO2 Conversion

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. The separation of ethanol and other fuel products from water. 2020.01.002.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion BMW

Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

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JULY 15, 2022

Through the first-of-its-kind agreement, Twelve, Alaska, and Microsoft will work to advance production and use of Twelve’s E-Jet, a low-carbon jet fuel produced by a power-to-liquids process leveraging the company’s carbon transformation technology. Earlier post.). SAF is a core part of Alaska’s five-part pathway to net zero by 2040.

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Alaska Renewable Fuel CO2

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. Carbon emissions will be utilized to produce green methanol that can, for example, replace fossil fuel in ships.

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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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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

Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. We are making it possible to store renewable energy by converting it into useful substances such as specialty chemicals or fuel.

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Water Renewable CO2 Convert

Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Evonik and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant—sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)—that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources. The pilot plant is located in Marl, in the northern Ruhr area.

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Conversion Energy CO2 Water

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is used for hydrogen production.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. CRI have a proven track record in renewable methanol, working up and down the value chain. I’m excited to be working with them.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

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. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658. The US Department of Energy announced $11.5 8 Rivers Capital.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device component with remarkable stability and longevity as it selectively converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels: ethylene and hydrogen.

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Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. Depending on the material choice for the electrocatalysis, a certain variety of products is expected from the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR). Credits: Image: Courtesy of the Varanasi Lab.

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MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

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

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The company has a gross embodied carbon emission intensity obligation per tonne of steel, included in its customer contracts. Therefore, green steel must be produced from a combination of a significant amount of green virgin iron and scrap in a production process which uses electricity from renewable energy sources.

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BMW Green CO2 Sweden

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

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

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. Moller - Maersk is having built to operate on this carbon-neutral fuel.

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BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ELYSIS ( earlier post ) is the first carbon-free smelting technology for aluminum as it enables the production of aluminum metal without direct carbon dioxide emissions during the smelting process, instead emitting pure oxygen. This underlines the tremendous potential of reducing CO 2 in the aluminum supply chain.

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BMW Canada South Carolina CO2

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Carbon transformation company Twelve (formerly Opus 12, earlier post ) has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel—called E-Jet—from CO 2 electrolysis, demonstrating a scalable, energy-efficient path to the de-fossilization of global aviation. Global aviation produces 1.2 —Twelve Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas Flanders.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

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

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

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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JUNE 16, 2022

million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Dimensional’s technology can run on all forms of renewable energy. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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Commercial Energy Tucson CO2

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

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MAY 30, 2020

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. First, air is drawn into the collector with a fan.

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

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

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

The liquid CO 2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned back into fuel using renewable energy. First, the vehicle’s flue gases in the exhaust pipe are cooled down and the water is separated from the gases. In their study, the scientists used the example of a delivery truck. Sharma and Maréchal.

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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

Texas A&M team developing photocatalyst to turn CO2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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MARCH 6, 2017

Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. One of the challenges with this technology is that the current conversion efficiency of converting CO 2 and water into renewable solar fuels remains low, less than a few percent.

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Renewable Texas Fuel CO2

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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JUNE 23, 2013

carbon monoxide evolving catalyst (Bi-CMEC) that can be used in conjunction with ionic liquids to convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO) using electricity. CO can then be reacted with H 2 O via the water?gas Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Power Generation' —DiMeglio and Joel Rosenthal.

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Conversion Renewable CO2 Energy

SunFire acquiring staxera to support development of technology to generate synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources, water and CO2

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MAY 23, 2011

The acquisition will enable SunFire—the developer of a process to generate renewable fuels from CO 2 and H 2 O—to extend its expertise along the value chain by adding the technical core component for the required electrolysis process. kg of carbon dioxide and 1.1 L) of water are required to produce one liter (0.83

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Water Renewable Fuel Energy

Automobili Lamborghini renews commitment to decarbonisation with ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ strategy | Autocar Professional

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The company aims to reduce CO2 emissions per car across the entire value chain by 40 percent by 2030. The new target of a 40 percent reduction in CO2 emissions per car by 2030 covers the entire enterprise, including production, supply chain, logistics, and the product use phase.

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Renewable CO2 SUV Supplies

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

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

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. The remaining heat is generated through natural gas, with carbon neutrality assured thanks to bio-gas certificates.

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Audi Installation Solar Hungary

SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

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APRIL 28, 2014

The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. This combined approach has the potential to provide a secure, sustainable and scalable supply of renewable aviation fuel and more generally for transport applications, the partners said.

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Solar Conversion Water Fuel

Ford hits CO2 manufacturing emissions reduction target of 30% per vehicle 8 years early

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JUNE 27, 2018

The goal, set in 2010, aimed to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30% per vehicle produced by 2025. Ford now is working on setting a new goal focused on increasing it use of renewable energy while maintaining its energy efficiencies.

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Manufacturer Ford Emissions CO2

US and China jointly announce GHG reduction targets; US to cut net GHG 26-28% by 2025, China to peak CO2 by ~2030

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said that the ambitious target is grounded in analysis of cost-effective carbon pollution reductions achievable under existing law and will keep the United States on a trajectory to achieve deep economy-wide reductions on the order of 80% by 2050. The new US goal will double the pace of GHG reduction from 1.2%

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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 The grant will allow CRI to accelerate efforts to commercialize large scale production plants, expanding the market for ETL technology and use of renewable methanol in Europe. million (US$2.0-million) CRI’s ETL technology consist of five process modules.

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PARC building cleantech portfolio; co-extrusion printing of novel battery electrodes and carbon-neutral renewable liquid fuels from atmospheric CO2

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MARCH 9, 2011

Schematic of the HP-BPMED device used in the renewable fuels research. (a) Carbon-neutral liquid fuel. PARC is developing a non-biological approach for producing liquid fuels from renewable energy, air, CO 2 and water. a) Atmospheric CO 2 separation using a continuous-flow electrodialysis system. (b) Click to enlarge.

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Toyota and public and private partners in Japan to trial renewable CO2-free hydrogen supply chain

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. While hydrogen is most commonly created through steam methane reforming, it can also be created from water through electrolysis.

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Hydrogen Japan Renewable Supplies

Toyota to build first MW-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota Motor North America announced that it will build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach. When it comes online in 2020, Tri-Gen will generate approximately 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2

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Hydrogen Toyota Renewable Building

Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Because there is not yet a widespread hydrogen infrastructure, the hydrogen is reacted with CO 2 in a methanation unit to generate renewable synthetic methane, or Audi e-gas. Earlier post.).

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For the first time, the energy needed will be supplied from the renewable source of hydropower. The pilot facility offers scope for sector coupling, in other words combining the energy sectors power, heat and mobility, and makes it possible to store renewable energy. Earlier post.)

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Audi Diesel Carbon Power

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

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APRIL 11, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanocrystalline copper material that produces multi-carbon oxygenates (ethanol, acetate and n-propanol) with up to 57% Faraday efficiency at modest potentials (–0.25?volts volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. volts to –0.5?volts

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis (artificial photosynthesis) are among the most promising ways to achieve effective storage for renewable energy. CO 2 electroreduction has been capturing the imagination of researchers for more than 150 years because of its similarity to photosynthesis. —lead author Irina Chernyshova.

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Conversion Universal CO2 Engine

Galvanic, IBAT testing proves Smackover brine is DLE compatible

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We currently hold mineral leases covering 120,000 acres that contain an estimated 4 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) within a lithium “hot spot” of the Smackover formation. Of the fresh water used, 94% of it was recaptured and recycled, thus minimizing its consumption.

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Arkansas Water North America Environment

Audi Produces e-Diesel Fuel From Water, CO2, Renewable Energy

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APRIL 23, 2015

Biofuels Carbon Footprint biodiesel renewable diesel fuel' That''s especially true when it comes to diesel, where the loose "biodiesel" category is being expanded to include a new variety of synthetic fuels. These experimental diesel alternatives are chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel--meaning they can be used.

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Renewable Diesel Water Fuel

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. In conventional CTL approaches, energy is supplied by burning a portion of the coal feed, which then produces carbon dioxide. Bottom: SRI process.

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel

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

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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

Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

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

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

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

Evonik and Siemens Energy commission pilot plant for conversion of CO2 to chemicals

Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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

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

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

BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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

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

United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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

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

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

Texas A&M team developing photocatalyst to turn CO2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

SunFire acquiring staxera to support development of technology to generate synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources, water and CO2

Automobili Lamborghini renews commitment to decarbonisation with ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ strategy | Autocar Professional

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

SOLAR-JET project demonstrates solar-driven thermochemical conversion of CO2 and water to jet fuel

Ford hits CO2 manufacturing emissions reduction target of 30% per vehicle 8 years early

US and China jointly announce GHG reduction targets; US to cut net GHG 26-28% by 2025, China to peak CO2 by ~2030

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

PARC building cleantech portfolio; co-extrusion printing of novel battery electrodes and carbon-neutral renewable liquid fuels from atmospheric CO2

Toyota and public and private partners in Japan to trial renewable CO2-free hydrogen supply chain

Toyota to build first MW-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station

Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

Audi steps up research into carbon-neutral synthetic fuels with new e-diesel pilot plant; power-to-liquids

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

Galvanic, IBAT testing proves Smackover brine is DLE compatible

Audi Produces e-Diesel Fuel From Water, CO2, Renewable Energy

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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