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Weizmann Institute team engineers E. coli to eat carbon dioxide

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have created a strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli that grows by consuming carbon dioxide instead of sugars or other organic molecules. The findings point to means of developing, in the future, carbon-neutral fuels. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute.

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Weizmann Institute solar technology to convert CO2 into fuel; targeted for brown coal use in Australia

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An Israeli-Australian venture will use solar technology developed at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of brown coal. The venture has been recently launched in Israel by NewCO2Fuels Ltd., a subsidiary of the Australian company Greenearth Energy Ltd., NewCO2Fuels Ltd.

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Daimler first automotive company to test UBQ’s climate-positive thermoplastic material in auto parts

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Daimler is also promoting the use of UBQ across its logistics manufacturers to offset carbon footprint throughout the Daimler supply chain. By diverting waste and its harmful emissions from landfills, incorporating UBQ into a plastic product can eliminate or significantly reduce its carbon footprint.

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Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

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Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. in power plants), or converted to liquid fuel (e.g., Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels'

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BGU researchers developing more efficient process for hydrogenation of CO2 to synthetic crude

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers are developing a process to hydrogenate carbon dioxide to produce a renewable alternative for crude oil. The BGU crude oil process produces hydrogen from water, which is mixed with carbon dioxide captured from external sources and synthetic gas (syngas). — BGU’s Prof.

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Berkeley researchers integrate ABE fermentation and chemical catalysis to produce bio-hydrocarbon blend stocks from sugars at high yields

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The process efficiently converts acetone–n-butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation products produced by Clostridium acetobutylicum into ketones via a palladium-catalyzed alkylation. The ABE products harbour both the nucleophilic α-carbons of the acetone and the electrophilic α-carbon of the alcohols. Click to enlarge.

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Primus Green Energy expands biomass-to-gasoline development plant in NJ; variant of the ExxonMobil MTG process

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Primus Green Energy —a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd. Primus says that its gasoline is cost-competitive with fossil fuels without subsidies, utilizing carbon-efficient and high fuel-yielding non-agricultural biomass that does not compete with foodstocks. gallon US ($0.52/liter).

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