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

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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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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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Ultimately, this might enable a closed-loop, emissions free CO 2 -to-fuel process. The CO 2 that is released into the atmosphere during fuel combustion would be re-used to make more carbon monoxide and more fuel—a closed-loop, emissions-free process. —Matthew Kanan.

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ETH Zürich team developing light-duty natural gas-diesel hybrid electric powertrain; 43 g/km CO2

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In an open access paper in the journal Energies , they report that CO 2 emissions can be reduced to as low as 43g/km in a subcompact car configuration using the dual-fuel hybrid electric powertrain on the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). NO x emissions are below 75 ppm for all operating points where the engine is operated lean.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Although the recovery in the world economy since 2009 has been uneven, and future economic prospects remain uncertain, global primary energy demand rebounded by a remarkable 5% in 2010, pushing CO 2 emissions to a new high. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. billion, around 20% of the world’s population.

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First snapshots of CO2 molecules trapped in MOFs shed new light on carbon capture

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It has high commercial potential because it’s very cheap and easy to synthesize. This allowed the scientists to make images in atomic detail while minimizing the electron beam exposure. The MOF they studied is called ZIF-8. It came in particles just 100 billionths of a meter in diameter. —Stanford postdoc Kecheng Wang.

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ACS Meeting Symposium Focuses on Conversion and Utilization of CO2 for Fuels and Chemicals

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CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons over catalysts has been known for several decades but has been shown very little research and development attention, as other technologies have been much cheaper and efficient in yielding cheap oil. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels.

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ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Many methods of producing advanced and cellulosic biofuels are under development to lessen our dependence on petroleum and lower carbon emissions. While coal is a cheap and abundant resource, the continued reliance upon coal as an energy source could potentially have serious consequences in terms of global warming.

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