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Novel membrane-free Mg-CO2 battery sequesters CO2 and generates electricity

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Schematic configuration and operation principle for each battery system from organic to membrane-free battery. Our findings indicate great benefits for the newly-developed MF Mg-CO 2 battery technology to produce various value-added chemicals of practical significance and electricity from CO 2 without any wasted by-products.

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Anaergia to supply CO2 to European Energy A/S for green e-methanol production as fuel for container ships

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Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste. All Anaergia plants use organic waste material to produce biogas, which is composed of methane and carbon dioxide.

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Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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The organism naturally performs a mixed-acid fermentation under anaerobic conditions where it synthesises formate hydrogenlyase (FHL-1). coli, hydrogenating carbon dioxide into an organic acid,” said Dr. Sargent. “We Escherichia coli is gram-negative bacterium that is a workhorse for biotechnology. We wanted to try this in the lab.”.

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Hyundai is going all in on hydrogen, and relying on food waste to make that happen

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But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. The biogas is then treated to capture CO2 and produce hydrogen. It has set its target as the far-away date of 2050.

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RWE Power/BRAIN expanding work on waste gas CO2 microbial conversion project

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A joint research project by RWE Power and biotechnology company BRAIN AG has discovered specialist micro-organisms that directly feed on CO 2 -containing flue gases from lignite-fired power stations and that can grow at temperatures of 60 °C (140 °F). They examined more than 3,000 micro-organisms.

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Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

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An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Sandia has been working on “Sunshine to Petrol” technologies for a number of years. Source: Sandia. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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

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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.

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