CO2, Conversion and Transportation

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million The formic acid can then be stored, transported, and used directly in many industrial, consumer, transportation, and agricultural industries.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

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MAY 19, 2023

Electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum (TPA) of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels (eFuels).

CO2

CO2 Carbon Fuel Alternative Cleaner

Researchers analyse formulation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from CO2

Innovation News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

Tsinghua University researchers have published a paper that evaluates CO2 to sustainable aviation fuel conversion technologies. The post Researchers analyse formulation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from CO2 appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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CO2 Fuel Conversion Universal

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. Conversion into liquid fuels would be advantageous because they have high energy density and are safe to store and transport. These could then be burned as needed.

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Convert CO2 Conversion Carbon

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

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MARCH 2, 2018

The anion membrane electrode assembly prevented the direct contact between the catalyst and liquid water, maximally suppressing the H 2 evolution side reaction and facilitating the CO 2 mass transport. A competing reaction, called the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) or “water splitting,” takes precedence over the CO 2 conversion reaction.

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Conversion CO2 Convert Water

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Here, we present a catalyst:ionomer bulk heterojunction (CIBH) architecture that decouples gas, ion, and electron transport. The CIBH comprises a metal and a superfine ionomer layer with hydrophobic and hydrophilic functionalities that extend gas and ion transport from tens of nanometers to the micrometer scale. Resources. Science Vol.

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CO2 Production Polymer Water

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Reintroducing airships into the world’s transportation mix could contribute to lowering the transport sector’s carbon emissions and can play a role in establishing a sustainable hydrogen based economy, according to a new IIASA-led study. The open-access paper is published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management: X.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Transportation Water Conversion

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

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JUNE 23, 2013

The renewable production of reduced carbon compounds is especially attractive, as liquid fuels can directly address energy needs associated with transportation, which account for nearly 30% of the US energy demand. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Power Generation' —DiMeglio and Joel Rosenthal.

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Conversion Renewable CO2 Energy

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

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APRIL 28, 2014

The process has also the potential to produce any other type of fuel for transport applications, such as diesel, gasoline or pure hydrogen in a more sustainable way. Aviation Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels' The H 2 :CO molar ratio of the syngas can be controlled in a range from 0.25 Scheffe J.R.,

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Solar Conversion Water Fuel

2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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JUNE 29, 2019

Transportation. is using pay-as-you-save financing to help transportation companies switch to electric buses. An international panel of judges from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors selected two winners in each of this year’s five prize categories: Carbon Capture & Utilization. Energy Access. Social & Cultural Impacts.

2019

2019 Lesotho Conversion Aspen

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. This same analysis (Pearson et al. Jiang et al.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2

New ceramic membrane enables first direct conversion of methane to liquids without CO2 emissions

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AUGUST 5, 2016

A team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) (Spain) has developed a new process for the direct, non-oxidative conversion of methane to liquids—reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps, and avoiding CO 2 emissions. —Morejudo. Resources. Morejudo, R.

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Conversion CO2 Emissions Hydrogen

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

Transportation fuels contribute a significant portion of current CO 2 emissions, accounting for 23% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and up to 40% of GHGs in developed economies, offering significant opportunities for emissions reduction from the decarbonization of such fuels. —Rob McGinnis. to C 2 fuel products such as ethanol.

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Gasoline Renewable Fuel Price

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

XPRIZE will also appoint a third-party Scientific Advisory Board of experts available to advise on a variety of approaches to CO 2 conversion. According to the International Energy Agency, 82% of the world’s energy supply is derived from fossil fuels.

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Conversion CO2 Production Oil-Sands

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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MAY 25, 2014

A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.

Transportation

Transportation CO2 Carbon Hydrogen

Researchers develop co-catalyst system for lower cost conversion of CO2 to CO; syngas for synfuels

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 for formation of the “CO2 ? intermediate.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Convert

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The results, reported in the journal Nature Energy , represent a new method for the conversion of carbon dioxide into clean fuels. In addition, storage of gaseous fuels and separation of by-products can be complicated—we want to get to the point where we can cleanly produce a liquid fuel that can also be easily stored and transported.

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Water CO2 Solar Convert

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. acetic acid) represents another promising route for both CO 2 valorisation and CH 4 activation.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Gas

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).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green CO2 Oil

Argonne team finds copper cluster catalyst effective for low-pressure conversion of CO2 to methanol with high activity

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new material to catalyze the conversion of CO 2 via hydrogenation to methanol (CH 3 OH): size-selected Cu 4 clusters—clusters of four copper atoms each, called tetramers—supported on Al 2 O 3 thin films. Image courtesy Larry Curtiss; click to view larger.)

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Hydrogen

DirectFuel Project Targeting Direct Conversion of Solar Energy and CO2 to Engine-ready Hydrocarbon Fuels

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

The EU’s DirectFuel project, which launched on 1 October, intends to develop a photobiological process for the direct conversion of sunlight and CO 2 into engine- and infrastructure-ready transport fuels such as propane. The 4-year project will have funding of up to €3.73 million (US$5.1

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Conversion Czech Republic Solar Engine

French Startup Transition-One Wants To Supercharge EV Conversions With Its Ecological Transition Solution

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Local governments in France are taking more and more action to lower CO2 emissions inside cities, driving demand for electric vehicles. Sales of new plug-in vehicles in January in France saw the market share grow by 50%. But with more than 1.5

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France Conversion CO2 Affordable

Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

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JUNE 21, 2014

At this moment, it is very important to render the GTL technology more efficient because we do not need to disturb ourselves to change the energy-related infrastructure and the transportation vehicles already fitted to petroleum if we can effectively convert natural gas to the clean liquid fuels and useful basic chemicals. —Zhang et al.

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CO2 Emissions Gas Aspen

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation fuel suited for aircraft, ships as well as heavy and light road vehicles.

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Building Power Powered Fuel

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

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MARCH 6, 2017

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. According to Li, the conversion process also takes considerable time and the material can only absorb a fraction of the emitted sunlight.

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Renewable Texas Fuel CO2

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This raises the unusual possibility of the transportation sector becoming decarbonized before. However, after decarbonization, CCTF has the potential to hinder climate mitigation efforts by providing a ready source of only mildly decarbonized domestic transportation fuels. the power sector, Kreutz notes.) Alternative CCR [CO 2.

Transportation

Transportation Convert Waste CO2

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

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work.

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

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

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APRIL 7, 2013

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a grants opportunity notice ( PD-14-7644 ) for up to about $13 million in awards to fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. Advanced Batteries for Transportation. Wind Energy.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production

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

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APRIL 11, 2019

Methanol synthesis: After the CO 2 and H 2 feedstock has been obtained at sufficient purity and concentration, the same catalytic conversion unit is required to convert the gas into crude methanol, a mixture of methanol and water, at elevated temperature and pressure. Compression: Reaction gas is prepared by mixing H 2 and CO 2.

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Grant CO2 Iceland Waste

TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

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JULY 7, 2021

The production of the first liters of recycled fuel consolidates the agreement signed in 2019 between TotalEnergies and Ecoslops SA2, a company that produces fuel and light bitumen from “slops” (hydrocarbon residues such as bilges) from maritime transport.

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CO2 2019 France Light

ClassNK grants Approval in Principle for new H2/CO2 FPSO design; offshore production of H2 and CO2 from associated gas from offshore wells

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

FPSOs are commonly used in the offshore oil and gas industry process and store crude oil and liquefied gas from offshore wells until it can be transported via pipelines to shore or via ship-to-ship transfer. The storage and transport of hydrogen continues to present a number of difficult technical challenges for industrial and commercial use.

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Grant Design CO2 Gas

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

The syngas is converted into methanol, which is then processed to make transportation fuels—in the case of the DARPA challenge, JP-8 (military distillate fuel). The process can also dramatically reduce the environmental footprint associated with alternative transportation fuels. —Robert Wilson, Ph.D.,

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel

IEA roadmap concludes biofuels can provide up to 27% of world transportation fuel by 2050

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APRIL 21, 2011

Contribution of biofuels to GHG emissions reduction in the transport sector. By 2050, biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel and contribute in particular to the replacement of diesel, kerosene and jet fuel, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Gt CO 2 -eq. of emission reductions.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Conversion CO2

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

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JULY 14, 2018

The renewable gas can be stored in the existing gas infrastructure and transported to areas all over Spain. It is additionally equipped with a catalyst developed by the Catalonian Institute for Energy Research ( IREC ) for the conversion of CO 2 from biogenic sources.

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Kits Gas Hydrogen Spain

New efficient catalytic system for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Researchers from Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, Tianjin University, China have developed a new, particularly efficient photocatalytic system for the conversion of CO 2 into CO and hydrocarbons. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Fuels Solar Solar fuels'

CO2

CO2 Conversion Hydrogen Solar

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

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JUNE 9, 2017

The hydrogen gas can also be used as a chemical energy storage and can later be reconverted into electricity in a fuel cell, albeit with an additional penalty in terms of losses in conversion. x 3 m sea container and easily transportable. kW solar PV power plant at LUT. The MOBSU is positioned in a 2.5 Phase 5: Refining.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen

New Catalytic System for the Efficient Conversion of CO2 to Methanol

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JUNE 15, 2010

Reducing CO 2 to methanol would be even more desirable for the advantages of transporting a liquid fuel rather than a gas. Transforming CO 2 into methane, the most reduced form of carbon, under homogeneous conditions can be accomplished using silanes as the reducing reagents.

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Conversion CO2 Ohio Carbon

Climeworks launches world’s first commercial plant to capture CO2 from air; potential for CO2-neutral fuels

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JUNE 9, 2017

Capturing CO 2 locally for industrial uses enables customers to reduce their emissions and lessen their dependence on fossil fuels, as currently most industrial CO 2 is transported from fossil point sources via truck to industries on site. —Christoph Gebald, co-founder and managing director of Climeworks.

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Commercial CO2 Fuel Switzerland

Eni, FCA partner on R&D to cut road vehicle CO2 emissions; methanol/ethanol blends, renewable diesel, ANG, on-board CO2 capture

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The chief executive of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and the chief executive of FCA, Sergio Marchionne, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint development of research projects and technological applications aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions from road transport vehicles. The development of new technologies for the use of gas in transport.

Renewable

Renewable Emissions CO2 Diesel

Solar fuels company Joule teams with DNV GL for commercial validation of CO2-to-fuels production process

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Joule, the developer of a process for the solar conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuels, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DNV GL, a leading provider of technical assurance and advisory services to the energy industry.

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Commercial Solar Fuel Production

GWU Researcher Developing Efficient Solar Chemical Process for Generation of Energetic Molecules and Conversion of CO2

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

This, together with the additional CO 2 from electrical generation, heating and transportation, comprise the majority of CO 2 emissions. The STEP process occurs at solar energy conversion efficiency greater than attainable by photovoltaics alone.

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Solar Conversion CO2 2009

Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Cheng of the Sloan Automotive Laboratory assessing the prospects for methanol as an alternative transportation fuel in the US concludes that methanol is a safe and viable transportation fuel, although it not as good as ethanol in terms of energy density and ease of handling. methanol using thermo-chemical processes.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dafür wurden, so #Karliczek CO2-Abgase aus der Stahlindustrie zu Kraftstoffen „recycelt“. Especially in industry and transportation, we will continue to need chemical energy sources in the future. CO2 will continue to be produced. link] pic.twitter.com/w8NqLCfsfA — BMBF (@BMBF_Bund) September 22, 2021.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid

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 These shares are based on the BP convention of 38% average thermal power conversion efficiency for converting renewable electricity production to primary energy. In China, the world’s most populous country, average emissions of CO 2 increased by 9% to 7.2

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

Researchers analyse formulation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from CO2

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

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

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

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

2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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

New ceramic membrane enables first direct conversion of methane to liquids without CO2 emissions

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

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

Researchers develop co-catalyst system for lower cost conversion of CO2 to CO; syngas for synfuels

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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

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

Argonne team finds copper cluster catalyst effective for low-pressure conversion of CO2 to methanol with high activity

DirectFuel Project Targeting Direct Conversion of Solar Energy and CO2 to Engine-ready Hydrocarbon Fuels

French Startup Transition-One Wants To Supercharge EV Conversions With Its Ecological Transition Solution

Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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

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

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

TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

ClassNK grants Approval in Principle for new H2/CO2 FPSO design; offshore production of H2 and CO2 from associated gas from offshore wells

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

IEA roadmap concludes biofuels can provide up to 27% of world transportation fuel by 2050

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

New efficient catalytic system for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons

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

New Catalytic System for the Efficient Conversion of CO2 to Methanol

Climeworks launches world’s first commercial plant to capture CO2 from air; potential for CO2-neutral fuels

Eni, FCA partner on R&D to cut road vehicle CO2 emissions; methanol/ethanol blends, renewable diesel, ANG, on-board CO2 capture

Solar fuels company Joule teams with DNV GL for commercial validation of CO2-to-fuels production process

GWU Researcher Developing Efficient Solar Chemical Process for Generation of Energetic Molecules and Conversion of CO2

Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

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

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