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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. —Esmaeilirad et al.

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Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. The MES cell design proved highly efficient, with average cell voltages of 2.6–2.8 Solventogenic butanol production was triggered at a pH below 4.8

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Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated a new technique, modeled after a metabolic process found in some bacteria, for converting CO 2 into liquid acetate, a key ingredient in “liquid sunlight” or solar fuels produced through artificial photosynthesis.

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US Steel and CarbonFree sign MoU to capture CO2 at Gary Works

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MARCH 13, 2023

CarbonFree’s patented SkyCycle technology captures carbon emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sources before they enter the atmosphere, converts the CO 2 into the specialty chemical precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), and produces hydrochloric acid (HCl) as a co-product. SkyCycle is CarbonFree’s second-generation technology.

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Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

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MAY 18, 2020

Their work, published in a paper in the RSC’s New Journal of Chemistry , points to a catalyst in developing and designing an artificial photosynthesis system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide into organic molecules. Until now, it was not known which of these three forms is reduced and converted into formic acid.

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New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A team of researchers from Canada and the US has developed a system that quickly and efficiently converts carbon dioxide into simple chemicals via CO 2 electrolysis. By applying this design strategy, we achieved CO 2 electroreduction on copper in 7 M potassium hydroxide electrolyte (pH ? Resources. Pelayo García de Arquer et al.

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

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. —Dr Wang.

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Study finds copper catalysts work better at converting CO2 to renewable fuel when they gain and lose oxygen atoms

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JULY 20, 2020

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Caltech have found that copper that was once bound with oxygen is better at converting carbon dioxide into renewable fuels than copper that was never bound to oxygen. Drisdell and his colleagues say their discovery is an important advance towards that goal.

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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. In addition, Zi et al.

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MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. and Ghoniem, A.

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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

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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DOE to award up to $30M for direct air and ocean capture of CO2; conversion to fuels and chemicals

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will perform conceptual design studies followed by field validations of cost-effective processes for ocean-based carbon capture and for direct air capture of CO 2 coupled with carbon-free hydrogen and captured CO 2 to create carbon-neutral methanol.

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Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device component with remarkable stability and longevity as it selectively converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels: ethylene and hydrogen. In electronic devices, electron-hole pairs separate into electrons and holes to generate charge.

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MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems.

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Gwangju team develops process for direct generation of 1-butanol from CO2

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JULY 7, 2021

Our goal is to design new electrodes that are stackable, that can increase production rates, and that can promote conversion efficiency so that we can make our goal of converting and using CO 2 as a fuel in reality. —Professor Jaeyoung Lee. 1c00723.

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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

Japan-based leading classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new H 2 /CO 2 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation.

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Brookhaven team identifies active sites on catalysts for converting CO2 to methanol

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MAY 10, 2017

Optimizing the copper/zinc oxide interface will become the driving principal for designing a new catalyst, the scientists say. Different groups of scientists had proposed two different active sites for the catalyst—a portion of the system with just copper and zinc atoms, or a portion with copper zinc oxide. —Shyam Kattel.

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

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JULY 26, 2022

Rodox Power Systems and Oak Ridge National Laboratory aim to use high performance computing to reduce the energy and cost in the manufacturing of Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOEC) which convert steam into hydrogen by modeling sintering using pulse thermal processing (PTP). Carbon Nanospike Based Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion.

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Stanford/DTU team devises new effective solid-oxide electrochemical cell for CO2 electrolysis

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

ow electricity and an Earth-abundant catalyst can convert CO 2 into energy-rich carbon monoxide (CO) better than conventional methods. Ceria catalysts are known carbon inhibitors for fuel cell (oxidation) reactions; however, for more severe electrolysis (reduction) conditions, catalyst design strategies remain unclear. the U.S.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We include experts in catalysts and electrolyzer design, polymer engineering, density functional theory simulations and carbon dioxide capture. We address both materials-level design and device-level engineering. To address these challenges, our project is interdisciplinary. —Haotian Wang. —Haotian Wang.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Geely is now working on a new design, eliminating the need for the small gasoline tank. The average in-use emissions were calculated as 46 g CO2 per kilometer, accounting for the consumption of both fuels. Methanol which is produced with CRI’s method is one of the most environmentally friendly liquid fuels available today.

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EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

CO 2 is isolated from the other gases (nitrogen and oxygen) with a temperature swing adsorption (TSA) system, using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) adsorbent, which are specially designed to absorb CO 2. That liquid is stored in a tank and can then be converted back into conventional fuel at the service stations using renewable electricity.

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UCLA team uses engineered microbe and electricity to convert CO2 to higher alcohols

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APRIL 2, 2012

An integrated electromicrobial process to convert CO 2 to higher alcohols. Electricity powered the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on the cathode to produce formate, which is converted to isobutanol and 3MB by the engineered R. Click to enlarge. Compared with H 2 , formic acid is a favorable energy carrier.

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Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

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MARCH 18, 2022

Rock Tech, which plans to supply lithium hydroxide to manufacturers of batteries for electric cars from 2024, plans to build the first European lithium hydroxide factory (converter) in Brandenburg, Germany. Earlier post.)

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Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

To pinpoint a design that could be used in the aqueous environment of fuel cells, Bell and his team, as part of the Department of Energy’s Liquid Sunlight Alliance Energy Innovation Hub (LiSA) project, turned to thin layers of ionomers, polymers that allow certain charged molecules (ions) to pass through while excluding others.

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SOLETAIR project produces first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar power and atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The compact plant is designed for decentralized production, fits into a shipping container, and can be extended modularly. Afterwards, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are first converted into reactive synthesis gas at high temperature and then into liquid fuels in a microstructured chemical reactor. The SOLETAIR project started in 2016.

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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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AUGUST 26, 2016

Research has shown that CO 2 can be converted to a variety of commodities, but because of the low energy state of CO 2 , the production costs would be prohibitive in many cases. However, the current commercial utilization of CO 2 is small compared to total CO 2 emissions, and CO 2 is often emitted to the atmosphere after use.

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Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

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JANUARY 26, 2015

The hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide will then be catalytically converted into methanol, with a daily yield of approximately one ton of methanol using approximately 1.4 CO 2 will be captured from the flue gases in a special downstream flue gas scrubber (Post-Combustion Capture, PCC). tonnes of CO 2.

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MHI designs new bulk carrier enabling 25% reduction in CO2 emissions; ADM buying three

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

MHI) has designed a new bulk carrier equipped with the proprietary Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS), which reduces frictional resistance between the vessel hull and seawater using air bubbles produced at the vessel bottom, along with high-efficiency hull form and enhanced propulsion system. in designed draught.

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Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 3, 2016

STEP is an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, designed to convert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful carbon commodity. This presents a sustainable route to convert carbon dioxide into materials relevant to both grid-scale and portable storage systems.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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JUNE 7, 2017

Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low. The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% The gases are separated with a bipolar membrane. using solar energy.

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246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Converting CO 2 to usable fuels was the topic of a symposium— CO 2 Conversion: Thermo-, Photo- and Electro-Catalytic —on Sunday at the 246 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. H 0 act ) for concerted PCET to convert HCOOH to PyH + •CH(OH) 2 0 is 10.5

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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

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). emissions. In CCTF, the source of CO 2 determines the net carbon intensity of the fuel, Kreutz says.

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

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APRIL 11, 2019

The project is referred to as “CirclEnergy” as CRI’s technology is designed to support and enable the transition to circular economy. Methanol purification: In distillation column(s) the crude methanol is separated into methanol (at design purity/quality) and water for re-use or disposal. The reaction is highly exothermic.

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Nissan establishes Zero Emission Fund; CO2 offset credits for LEAF owners in Japan

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JUNE 11, 2012

launched the Nissan Zero Emission Fund, a new fund for individual Nissan electric vehicle (EV) owners in Japan which converts the amount of CO 2 emissions that are offset by driving the 100% electric Nissan LEAF to generate credits. Flows for the Zero Emission Fund. Click to enlarge. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

Process design for technical synthesis of butanol and hexanol from CO 2 , H 2 0 and electricity. The first unit comprises two electrolyzers which convert H 2 O and CO 2 to H 2 and CO. autoethanogenum converts the product gases of the electrolyzer (syngas) to acetic acid (reaction 1) and ethanol (reaction 2).

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Siemens JET process enables more flexibility in steel production, lower CO2 emissions

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The Siemens Jet Process increases the flexibility of raw material selection on the converter. The JET process uses a bottom-blowing converter. Such converters contain melted pig iron, scrap, and sponge iron. The amount of scrap and sponge iron in bottom-blowing converters may not exceed one fifth of the amount of pig iron.

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

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MARCH 6, 2017

Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. 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.

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China researchers devise process to convert biomass to gasoline via one-step DME synthesis: DTG

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The conventional MTG process first converts syngas (from gasification) to methanol over a catalyst, then partly dehydrates the methanol to form an equilibrium mixture of methanol, DME and water. This mixture is converted to gasoline over a ZSM-5 catalyst. CO2/Water-removal; 17,18. Down draft gasifier; 4. Cyclone; 5,7.

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National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The project uses a 25,000-liter photobioreactor within a pilot-scale algal biorefinery to recycle carbon dioxide and other airborne industrial pollutants into algal biomass that can be further converted into sustainable products, including renewable biofuels and biomaterials.

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

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JUNE 9, 2017

Due to the compact design of the proton exchange membrane electrolyzer, the cathode compartment pressure can be adjusted to a much higher pressure compared to the anode compartment pressure. The design of rWGS reactor and the catalyst is VTT in-house know-how. The design of rWGS reactor and the catalyst is VTT in-house know-how.

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Berkeley Lab solar-to-fuel system for CO2 to ethanol and ethylene; light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant milestone in the effort to move toward sustainable sources of fuel.

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

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

high overpotentials are needed to convert CO 2 because the first step in CO 2 conversion is the formation of a “CO 2 ? for formation of the “CO2 ? The cell design allowed the researchers to fine-tune the composition of the electrolyte stream to improve reaction kinetics, including adding ionic liquids as a co-catalyst.

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GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. GTI led a team of engineers and scientists to produce a blueprint for converting an existing biomass facility into an RNG production site, using the wood waste feedstock and some of the existing infrastructure.

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

US Steel and CarbonFree sign MoU to capture CO2 at Gary Works

Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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

Study finds copper catalysts work better at converting CO2 to renewable fuel when they gain and lose oxygen atoms

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

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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

DOE to award up to $30M for direct air and ocean capture of CO2; conversion to fuels and chemicals

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

Gwangju team develops process for direct generation of 1-butanol from CO2

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

Brookhaven team identifies active sites on catalysts for converting CO2 to methanol

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

Stanford/DTU team devises new effective solid-oxide electrochemical cell for CO2 electrolysis

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

UCLA team uses engineered microbe and electricity to convert CO2 to higher alcohols

Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

SOLETAIR project produces first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar power and atmospheric CO2

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

Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

MHI designs new bulk carrier enabling 25% reduction in CO2 emissions; ADM buying three

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

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

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

Nissan establishes Zero Emission Fund; CO2 offset credits for LEAF owners in Japan

Evonik and Siemens launch phase 2 of Rheticus: butanol, hexanol from CO2 and water using renewable electricity and bacteria

Siemens JET process enables more flexibility in steel production, lower CO2 emissions

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

China researchers devise process to convert biomass to gasoline via one-step DME synthesis: DTG

National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions

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

Berkeley Lab solar-to-fuel system for CO2 to ethanol and ethylene; light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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