CO2, Conversion, Convert and Wind

New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic production of fuels from CO 2. These could then be burned as needed.

Convert

Convert CO2 Conversion Carbon

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

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APRIL 12, 2022

Landsvirkjun generates energy from renewable sources: hydro, geothermal and wind. If we can use our renewable electricity to produce green methanol at PCC BakkiSilicon, we are one step closer to a green future. —Hörður Arnarson, CEO Landsvirkjun. In 2020 the total energy generation was 13,305 GWh.

Iceland

Iceland Emissions Convert CO2

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

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JULY 26, 2022

Efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reduction in energy conversion and storage technologies. Computational modeling of cost-effective carbon capture technologies on industrial gas turbines to reduce CO2 emission. Carbon Nanospike Based Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion. Develop a new integrated macro?micro?nano

Energy

Energy CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

Wind

Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al. —Leung et al.

Carbon

Carbon Energy Fuel Energy Storage

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

Convert

Convert CO2 Hydrogen Gas-Electric

New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g. It is almost impossible to directly convert two stable and inert molecules (CO 2 and CH 4 ) into liquid fuels or chemicals in a one-step catalytic process bypassing the production of syngas. …

Conversion

Conversion Fuel CO2 Gas

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. Future plants are slated to use hydro-power, wind-power and rapidly maturing concentrated solar, which utilizes heat from direct sunlight.

Commercial

Commercial Energy Tucson CO2

KIT spin-off producing synthetic natural gas from green hydrogen and CO2 from sewage sludge

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JULY 14, 2018

In the past four years, Spain already produced 40% of its power from renewable energy sources, mostly wind energy. With a power-to-gas process, excessive or decentrally produced power from renewable sources, such as solar or wind power, is converted into methane. —Tim Böltken.

Kits

Kits Gas Hydrogen Spain

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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MAY 16, 2018

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The decision also fits with our overall strategy.

Germany

Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P.

Conversion

Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2

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

The material’s selectivity for oxygenates, with ethanol as the major product, demonstrates the feasibility of a two-step conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuel that could be powered by renewable electricity, the team suggests in their paper published in the journal Nature. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Ethanol'

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

New highly selective and efficient catalyst for reduction of CO2 to CO

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Over the last 20 years, electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has attracted attention because of the ability to use electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave. Selective conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide is a promising route for clean energy but it is a technically difficult process to accomplish.

CO2

CO2 Delaware Lithium Ion Carbon

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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APRIL 7, 2013

Current interest areas in sustainable energy technologies are as follows: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. Photosynthetic processes used by plants or algae use sunlight to convert atmospheric CO 2 to energy-rich metabolites (carbohydrates, lipids, or hydrocarbons) which can be processed into transportation fuels. Wind Energy.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 One of the main CO 2 reduction options is the use of ‘new’ renewable energy sources (excluding hydropower), such as solar and wind energy and biofuels. In China, the world’s most populous country, average emissions of CO 2 increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes per capita.

2011

2011 Emissions CO2 Global

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

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APRIL 20, 2011

These emissions estimates raise a question: is the energy content of shale effectively “off limits” in a GHG constrained world, or is there a way to extract the stored chemical energy from oil shale with greatly reduced CO2 emissions? Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work. Waste heat from conversion.

Oil

Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Bottom: C2CNT Cement wind plant: The full oxy-fuel configuration is shown. Licht (2017). Click to enlarge. —Licht (2017).

CO2

CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

Co-Electrolysis of CO2 and H2O for the Production of Liquid Fuels

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JULY 23, 2010

Researchers at Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, in collaboration with Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, are investigating the high-temperature co-electrolysis of CO 2 and H 2 O using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) to produce a syngas for conversion into liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Production Conversion

Researchers use ionic liquid electrolyte for a more efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO; potential for synthetic fuel pathways

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

high overpotentials are needed to convert CO 2 because the first step in CO 2 conversion is the formation of a. “CO The ionic liquid electrolyte stabilizes the intermediates in the reaction so that less electricity is needed to complete the conversion. Twenty years ago, Bockris and co-workers proposed that. intermediate.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Conversion Carbon

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources. Click to enlarge. —Whipple and Kenis.

Conversion

Conversion CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

ReactWell licenses ORNL catalyst for direct conversion of CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 8, 2019

ReactWell , LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energy conversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production. It can be used by refineries to upgrade their feedstock or to convert biomass to oil.

Conversion

Conversion CO2 Carbon Convert

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Primary energy sources in model include fossil fuels (crude oil, natural gas, and coal); non-renewable non-fossil sources (nuclear); and renewable sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass). These energy sources can be converted to transportation fuels or used for generation of heat, electricity, or both (cogeneration).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Low CO2 Available Fleet

Researchers show mixotrophic fermentation process improves carbon conversion, boosting yields and reducing CO2

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. This maximization, though, is limited because of the production of CO 2 during the conversion of sugar into acetyl-CoA in traditional fermentation processes. Wiedel, Jennifer Au, Maciek R. Antoniewicz, Eleftherios T.

Conversion

Conversion Carbon CO2 Oil Prices

Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

CO2

CO2 Green Power Powered

ORNL team devises electrocatalyst for direct conversion of CO2 into ethanol with high selectivity; pushing the combustion reaction in reverse

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

ORNL researchers developed a catalyst made of copper nanoparticles (seen as spheres) embedded in carbon nanospikes that can convert carbon dioxide into ethanol. The researchers’ initial analysis suggests that the spiky textured surface of the catalysts provides ample reactive sites to facilitate the carbon dioxide-to-ethanol conversion.

Conversion

Conversion CO2 Carbon Water

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Wind Energy Project: GLPTC seeks to reduce its electrical energy usage by investing in a renewable source of energy to be generated by wind using equipment on site.

Emissions

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc. IP Group, Inc.

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels.

MIT

MIT Coal Gas Emissions

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or. The team will. field trials.

Energy

Energy Clean Cleaning Grid

New Engines for the New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé: More Power, Less CO2

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MARCH 25, 2009

1 (Lambda = 1), which is important for emission control by means of three-way catalytic converter. Plus, the specifically targeted injection and combustion control allows higher temperatures in the exhaust manifold, ensuring faster heating of the catalytic converters.

Mercedes

Mercedes Engine CO2 Power

Stanford team develops copper catalyst for increased selectivity of production of ethanol via electroreduction of CO2

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JUNE 21, 2017

The electrochemical reduction of CO 2 (CO 2 R) is a process that could couple to renewable energy from wind and solar to directly produce fuels and chemicals in a sustainable manner. Ultimately, the Stanford team would like to develop a technology capable of selectively producing carbon-neutral fuels and chemicals at an industrial scale.

Production

Production CO2 Carbon Renewable

Researchers Show Direct Bacterial Production of Methane from Electricity and CO2

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MARCH 30, 2009

The results show that electromethanogenesis can be used to convert electrical current produced from renewable energy sources (such as wind, solar, or biomass) into a biofuel (methane) as well as serving as a method for the capture of carbon dioxide. The National Science Foundation and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Call and Bruce E.

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CO2 Production Hydrogen Carbon

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 6 CaramelZappa 3:20AM (4/23/2009) Yea, you COULD convert a lotus for $10k but the conversion wouldnt be terribly satisfying. link] This guy has a very nice looking conversion, he managed to do it for about 25k. So, Nimrod, didnt you realize that FCVs would cause CO2 emissions as well?

Dodge Circuit

Dodge Circuit Dodge Electric Cars Chrysler

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. Highly Ranked catachip @ Apr 19th 2009 4:57PM @ Elodie As long as the electricity is generated from wind, hydro, solar, or nuclear then there are zero emissions. Neutral who? @ In a word, no.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. in layman’s term, would state that conversion of one form of energy to another — in this case the primary energy sources (natural gas, oil and coal) to electricity — is not 100% efficient. — Dean Hewitt 20.

Grid

Grid Green Electric Cars Cars

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. April 10, 2009 10:06 pm Link I make, convert and drive EV’s and have for 13 yrs. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. — Larry 4. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5.

Oregon

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid

EV Driven

New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

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

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

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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

KIT spin-off producing synthetic natural gas from green hydrogen and CO2 from sewage sludge

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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

New highly selective and efficient catalyst for reduction of CO2 to CO

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Co-Electrolysis of CO2 and H2O for the Production of Liquid Fuels

Researchers use ionic liquid electrolyte for a more efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO; potential for synthetic fuel pathways

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

ReactWell licenses ORNL catalyst for direct conversion of CO2 to ethanol

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

Researchers show mixotrophic fermentation process improves carbon conversion, boosting yields and reducing CO2

Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

ORNL team devises electrocatalyst for direct conversion of CO2 into ethanol with high selectivity; pushing the combustion reaction in reverse

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

New Engines for the New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé: More Power, Less CO2

Stanford team develops copper catalyst for increased selectivity of production of ethanol via electroreduction of CO2

Researchers Show Direct Bacterial Production of Methane from Electricity and CO2

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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