CO2, Design, Resource and Water

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. Qian Wang et al.

Water

Water CO2 Solar Convert

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The researchers combined a copper electrocatalyst with an ionomer [polymers that conduct ions and water] assembly that intersperses sulfonate-lined paths for the H 2 O with fluorocarbon channels for the CO 2. By applying this design strategy, we achieved CO 2 electroreduction on copper in 7 M potassium hydroxide electrolyte (pH ?

CO2

CO2 Production Polymer Water

SLB introduces low-carbon alternative for well construction cement that eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO2

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MARCH 7, 2023

The technology fits within standard oilfield cementing workflows without major changes to the design process, onsite execution, or postjob evaluation. This barrier also protects fresh water aquifers and helps prevent the inflow of undesirable hydrocarbons. million cars from the road each year.

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Portland CO2 Carbon North America

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Experimentally, the designed CuFe catalyst exhibits a high current density of ?38.3 The design of the catalyst is critical to the success of the reaction. The copper and iron hold onto molecules by their carbon and oxygen atoms, buying time for hydrogen to make the leap from the water molecule fragments onto the carbon atom.

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CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen

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

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

By understanding how materials and devices transform under operation, we can design approaches that are more durable and thus reduce waste. Electron microscopy experiments at the Molecular Foundry confirmed that cuprous oxide quickly oxidizes or corrodes within minutes of exposure to light and water. Zheng, F.,

Hydrogen

Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

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

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Based on those previous studies, Yang and his team reasoned that artificial photosynthesis devices equipped with a copper catalyst should be able to convert CO 2 and water into methyl and carbonyl groups, and then turn these products into acetate. Researchers from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley participated in the study.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Water

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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JUNE 5, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

Water

Water North Dakota CO2 Panama

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

The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. Process design for technical synthesis of butanol and hexanol from CO 2 , H 2 0 and electricity. describing the approach.

Water

Water Renewable CO2 Convert

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

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MAY 26, 2016

syngas—from water and CO 2. Now, a team from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has demonstrated the direct production of hydrocarbon fuel—specifically methane—from water and CO 2 by incorporating a catalytic process into STCs. Click to enlarge. —Lin et al.

Water

Water Solar Fuel Production

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. In these reactions, the biggest challenge has been curbing competing reactions that can take place at the same time, especially the splitting of water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen. 1c02540.

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MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

DOE to award up to $35M for environmentally-prudent unconventional resource development

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MAY 4, 2014

shale gas, tight oil, and tight gas—resource development. While in-place, unconventional resources are substantial, recovery efficiencies are commonly low in these reservoirs. Baseline and real-time monitoring of the environmental impact on land, air, water, and communities as well as demonstration of mitigative technologies.

Water

Water Oil Gas Insight

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

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

First, the vehicle’s flue gases in the exhaust pipe are cooled down and the water is separated from the gases. 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. 2019.00143.

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Emissions CO2 Exhaust Carbon

Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But those conditions are contrary to those that naturally occur in a typical fuel cell, which uses a water-based conductive material. In previous studies, the researchers had established the precise conditions that gave the best electrical and chemical environment for creating commercially interesting carbon-rich products.

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CO2 Production Carbon Environment

Alberta’s IETP awarding $33M in allowances to 5 projects to reduce oil sands CO2 and water use, improve recovery

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APRIL 27, 2013

Alberta’s Innovative Energy Technologies Program (IETP) is supporting 5 new pilot projects to reduce energy use, water use and CO 2 emissions in oil sands processing as well as improving the recovery of crude oil and bitumen in reserves that were once unrecoverable. Water and/or solvent will be injected concurrent with the electrical heating.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Water Oil Polymer

MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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MIT Water Energy CO2

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

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JUNE 28, 2022

Sundsvall Energi, biogenic CO2 supplier and host for FlagshipTWO. In the Liquid Wind facility, green hydrogen will be produced from additional renewable electricity and water. The two facilities will also be closely integrated to exchange steam, waste heat and other process medias to maximize use of resources.

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Wind Energy Carbon Hydrogen

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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JUNE 7, 2017

The system uses the same catalyst for the cathode that reduces CO 2 to CO and for the anode that oxidizes water to oxygen through the oxygen evolution reaction. Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low. The gases are separated with a bipolar membrane. 2017.87.

Low Cost

Low Cost CO2 Solar Conversion

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They applied a comprehensive suite of experimental and theoretical methods to identify the structure of the first intermediate of CO 2 electroreduction: carboxylate CO2 - that is attached to the surface with C and O atoms. It creates a solid foundation for moving away from the trial-and-error paradigm to rational catalyst design.

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Conversion Universal CO2 Engine

New Audi paintshop at Ingolstadt; heating energy & water per car down by 20%, CO2 by 30%, VOCs by 90%; bell-bell

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The new paint shop incorporates technologies such as air recirculation, dry separation and exhaust air cleaning that enable a significant reduction in the use of resources. Heating energy and water consumption per car are reduced by 20%. Audi places great importance on the ergonomic design of workplaces. —Prof.

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Audi Water Energy CO2

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

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MAY 3, 2022

A high-solubility mechanism enriches the concentration of CO 2 in the surface layer hydrated by water vapor naturally present in target gas streams, followed by fast CO 2 transport through a highly permeable (but low-selectivity) polymer substrate. The researchers overcame this tradeoff through a layered design. Marius Sandru et al.

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Polymer Carbon North Carolina Norway

UC Berkeley hybrid semiconductor nanowire-bacteria system for direct solar-powered production of chemicals from CO2 and water

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APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. —Liu et al.

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Solar Water Hybrid CO2

AP Ventures makes follow-on investment in small-scale GTL company Greyrock Energy

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MAY 7, 2019

Greyrock’s systems are designed to transform a variety of gas resources (including natural gas, flare gas, bio-gas, natural gas liquids, and other feedstocks) into premium transportation fuels. London-based AP Ventures has made a follow-on investment in Greyrock Energy , Inc. a provider of small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology.

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Companies Energy Gas-Electric Hydrogen

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

The initial focus of JCAP research was tackling the efficient splitting of water in the photosynthesis process. Notably, the electrodes operated well in water, a neutral pH environment. The nanocoral can make the target products over a wide range of conditions, and it is very stable, said Ager. —lead author Gurudayal.

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Solar Light Fuel CO2

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

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MARCH 6, 2017

The photocatalyst material acts as a semiconductor, absorbing the sunlight which excites the electrons in the semiconductor and gives them the electric potential to reduce water and CO 2 into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which together can be converted to liquid hydrocarbon fuels, said Li. What will happen after that?

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Renewable Texas Fuel CO2

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

Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. … The DBD reactor consisted of a pair of coaxial glass cylinders (inner and outer glass tubes) and two coaxial electrodes.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Gas

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

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AUGUST 8, 2011

The group received $5 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) earlier this summer to design and test the technology. Between five and ten percent of the water injected in these systems is lost as it travels through the pore spaces. The CO 2 will come from a pipeline operated by Texas-based Denbury Resources.

Energy

Energy CO2 Production Water

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Carbon monoxide produced during this process can be used as a fuel by itself or combined with hydrogen and/or water to make many other liquid hydrocarbon fuels as well as chemicals including methanol (used as an automotive fuel), syngas, and so on. Ghoniem’s lab is exploring some of these options. and Ghoniem, A.

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MIT Convert CO2 Carbon

US DOT and Solidia in CRADA on Solidia reduced CO2 Concrete and Cement for highway infrastructure

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Solidia Technologies has invented and patented new technologies for the production of cement and concrete that, combined, reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions up to 70% while using less water, less curing time and lower kiln temperatures. rHLPD can work in a wide variety of chemical systems.

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Portland CO2 Water Carbon

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

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AUGUST 5, 2019

These projections necessitate finding new approaches to transporting cargo with a lower demand for energy and lower CO2 emissions. Hunt says that this process also presents a number of additional possibilities: The process of generating energy from hydrogen produces water—one ton of hydrogen produces nine tons of water.

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Hydrogen Transportation Water Conversion

ETH team develops catalytic process to make lactic acid from glycerol biodiesel byproduct; 20% lower CO2 than fermentation pathway

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Polylactic acid (PLA) is a promising alternative for making plastics, as it is biodegradable and made from renewable resources. Normally, it should go through waste water treatment, but to save money and because it is not very toxic, some companies dispose of it in rivers or feed it to livestock.

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Waste CO2 2014 2020

New black silicon-supported catalyst for photoreduction of CO2 to methane

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The results, suggested the researchers, represent a step towards engineering broadband solar fuels tandem photothermal reactors that enable a three-step process involving: CO 2 capture; gaseous water splitting into H 2 ; and. Hydrogen generated from the water-splitting reaction can be provided to the Ru/SiNW catalysts. O’Brien P.

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CO2 Solar Hydrogen Water

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

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

” formation is very negative in water and in most common solvents. 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. Consequently, it is. This is very energy. inefficient.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Convert

UI, Argonne develop catalyst for more efficient solar-powered reduction of CO2 to CO for conversion to fuel

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AUGUST 1, 2016

They also applied this catalyst in a light-harvesting artificial leaf platform that concurrently oxidized water in the absence of any external potential. A) Schematic of the cell design. (B) In the second step, the holes react with water molecules, creating protons and oxygen molecules. Artificial leaf. (A)

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Transforming High pH/High Alkalinity Cultivation through Beneficial Microbiomes and Improved Pond Design. Topic 7: Scalable CO2 Electrocatalysis.

Waste

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego

Japan-US team develops novel catalyst for reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions using CO2, formate and formic acid

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MARCH 19, 2012

This system is energy-efficient and green, the researchers say, because it operates near ambient conditions, uses water as a solvent, produces high-pressure CO-free hydrogen, and uses pH to control hydrogen production or consumption. Their goal was to design new catalysts with improved performance. —Jonathan Hull. Jonathan F.

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Hydrogen Japan CO2 Store

Linde pilot testing dry reforming process to generate syngas from CO2 and methane for production of fuels and chemicals

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

The dry reforming process differs from steam reforming, which combines CH 4 and water (H 2 O) in the form of steam to produce the syngas. Producing the steam is energy-intensive; dry reforming requires far less water, and hence avoids the energy burden of steam production. Milanov, A., Schunk, S. Behrens, A. and Schödel, N.

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Fuel Kits CO2 Production

Researchers Propose a Renewable Energy Cycle Based on Co-electrolysis of Water and CO2 to Produce Syngas

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MAY 21, 2009

The direct fuel cell produces electricity, with water and CO 2 as byproducts of the oxidation of the liquid fuel in the fuel cell. SOEC technology is based on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, and utilizes similar designs: Ni-YSZ fuel electrodes, YSZ electrolytes, and LSM-YSZ air electrodes. Zhan et al.

Water

Water Renewable Energy CO2

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

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MARCH 31, 2014

Because of the shifts in the materials mix of the vehicles, the material resources requirements for manufacturing also changed. Where energy resources are concerned, lignite, hard coal and uranium figure principally in car production. Electric water pump, which makes on-demand operation possible (C 180 and C 200).

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Mercedes CO2 2007 MPG

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

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APRIL 20, 2023

One of the most common sustainability goals for businesses is reduce CO2 emissions. This is exactly what EVs were designed to do, as they have no tailpipe emissions. The source of the electricity – whether renewable sources like wind, solar, or water, or nonrenewable sources like coal – is also important.

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Charging CO2 Grid Carbon

$12M German project to develop technology for syngas production from CO2 and H2; new hydrogen production method

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JULY 2, 2013

Together with our project partners, we aim to develop a technology that will open up innovative ways of producing the basic key chemicals hydrogen and syngas on an industrial scale from natural gas, a resource that will be available for the long term. At the same time, this process produces hydrogen at particularly competitive costs.

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Hydrogen Production CO2 Climate Protection

NETL Soliciting Projects in Unconventional Fossil Energy and CO2-EOR Research for $9.7M in Funding

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JUNE 5, 2010

NETL is seeking projects in FY10 that focus on two topic areas: advanced simulation and visualization capabilities to enhance production and minimize environmental impacts associated with the development of domestic unconventional resources; and. advanced, next-generation carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO 2 -EOR).

Energy

Energy CO2 Oil Water

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

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JUNE 14, 2011

Here, we describe for the first time the design of a reversible hydrogen storage cycle based on the redox system bicarbonate/formate. to sodium formate in 96% yield at 70 °C in water/THF without additional CO 2. In comparison to CO 2 , solid bicarbonate is easy to handle and is very soluble in water. at 20 °C in H 2 O).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen CO2 Sodium Store

Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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JUNE 6, 2014

Their quantitative lifecycle assessment of the environmental merits of liquid hydrocarbon fuels produced from CO 2 , water and energy compared to alternative fuel production routes is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Producing a fuel from CO 2 neglects the primary goal of carbon sequestration.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Solar CO2

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

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

SLB introduces low-carbon alternative for well construction cement that eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO2

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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

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

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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

PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

DOE to award up to $35M for environmentally-prudent unconventional resource development

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

Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

Alberta’s IETP awarding $33M in allowances to 5 projects to reduce oil sands CO2 and water use, improve recovery

MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

Liquid Wind to partner with Sundsvall Energi on second electrofuel facility; eMethanol for shipping

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

New Audi paintshop at Ingolstadt; heating energy & water per car down by 20%, CO2 by 30%, VOCs by 90%; bell-bell

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

UC Berkeley hybrid semiconductor nanowire-bacteria system for direct solar-powered production of chemicals from CO2 and water

AP Ventures makes follow-on investment in small-scale GTL company Greyrock Energy

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

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

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

Researchers combining CO2 storage and geothermal energy production

MIT researchers develop oxygen permeable membrane that converts CO2 to CO

US DOT and Solidia in CRADA on Solidia reduced CO2 Concrete and Cement for highway infrastructure

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

ETH team develops catalytic process to make lactic acid from glycerol biodiesel byproduct; 20% lower CO2 than fermentation pathway

New black silicon-supported catalyst for photoreduction of CO2 to methane

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

UI, Argonne develop catalyst for more efficient solar-powered reduction of CO2 to CO for conversion to fuel

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

Japan-US team develops novel catalyst for reversible hydrogen storage under mild conditions using CO2, formate and formic acid

Linde pilot testing dry reforming process to generate syngas from CO2 and methane for production of fuels and chemicals

Researchers Propose a Renewable Energy Cycle Based on Co-electrolysis of Water and CO2 to Produce Syngas

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

$12M German project to develop technology for syngas production from CO2 and H2; new hydrogen production method

NETL Soliciting Projects in Unconventional Fossil Energy and CO2-EOR Research for $9.7M in Funding

CO2-neutral hydrogen storage with a bicarbonate/formate system

Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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