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

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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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GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

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The C2CNT team uses low-energy, low-cost technology developed in the Licht lab located at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus to transform carbon dioxide into widely useful and highly valued products—carbon nanotubes. Illustration credit: Stuart Licht.

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Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

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Many local devices that can either generate electricity, like rooftop solar panels, or store energy, like electric cars, are expected to help reduce the costs of the traditional system, especially as intermittent renewable energy provides a bigger fraction of our energy use. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Hybrids'

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Berkeley Lab team creates “cyborgian” hybrid artificial photosynthesis system; CO2 to acetic acid at high yield

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Their hybrid approach combines the highly efficient light harvesting of inorganic semiconductors with the high specificity, low cost, and self-replication and -repair of biocatalysts. thermoacetica–CdS system directs ~90% of photosynthetic products toward acetic acid, reducing the cost of diversifying to other chemical products.

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GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

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The C2CNT production is achieved at a fraction of the current cost of manufacturing nanotubes and results in a cost of carbon savings in the materials production significantly below the current cost of carbon mitigation.

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DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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DOE previously supported research in CO 2 mineralization which was focused only on the reaction of CO 2 with serpentine minerals to permanently store the materials in a form that was disposable. that could be recovered while reacting CO 2 with minerals, such as manganese and calcium to permanently store CO 2 as carbonate rocks.

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Ecofys study finds large global potential for negative CO2 emissions through biomass linked with carbon dioxide capture and storage

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The biomass extracts CO 2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and the CCS takes out the CO 2 released in the energy conversion process. In the short term, bio-ethanol production is the most promising option as it allows CO 2 capture at relatively low cost. The combination actually removes CO 2 from the atmosphere.

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