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JANUARY 8, 2021

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is a promising approach to solve both renewable energy storage and carbon-neutral energy cycle. In a paper published in the journal Joule , they suggest that the results show great potential for the electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into value-added chemicals.

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APRIL 19, 2022

Mexico-based global construction materials company CEMEX is partnering with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy company ENERTRAG to combine CO 2 with hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel. The consortium will source green hydrogen generated exclusively from wind and solar energy from ENERTRAG.

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Fuel CO2 Hydrogen Carbon 397

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 using renewable energy could establish a climate-neutral, artificial carbon cycle. Excess energy produced by photovoltaics and wind energy could be stored through the electrocatalytic production of fuels from CO 2. These could then be burned as needed.

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Convert CO2 Conversion Carbon 435

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JUNE 28, 2022

Sundsvall Energi will partner with Liquid Wind to be the host and provide carbon dioxide for the second commercial-scale—100,000 t—electrofuel facility in Sweden. Biogenic carbon dioxide from the Sundsvall energy facility will be captured and combined with renewable hydrogen to generate green electrofuel, eMethanol.

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Wind Energy Carbon Hydrogen 243

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MAY 23, 2011

The acquisition will enable SunFire—the developer of a process to generate renewable fuels from CO 2 and H 2 O—to extend its expertise along the value chain by adding the technical core component for the required electrolysis process. SunFire claims that the achievable efficiency is approximately 70%—i.e.

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Water Renewable Fuel Energy 236

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MAY 11, 2020

in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Because sources such as wind and solar have no fuel costs, when available, they are the first sources dispatched to meet electricity demand.

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017 273

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MARCH 9, 2022

The recovery of energy demand in 2021 was compounded by adverse weather and energy market conditions—notably the spikes in natural gas prices—which led to more coal being burned despite renewable power generation registering its largest growth to date.

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Emissions Global Coal China 370

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MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Wind turbines are the first significant component of the Audi e-gas project.

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Gas Audi Hydrogen 2013 370

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JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany.

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Wind Hydrogen Emissions Building 195

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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APRIL 12, 2022

The production of green methanol requires a renewable carbon source from PCC’s silicon metal plant in Iceland and renewable power from Landsvirkjun´s power stations. PCC SE aims for its silicon metal plant at Húsavík to become carbon-neutral by replacing fossil carbon reductants in production with renewable alternatives.

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Iceland Emissions Convert CO2 259

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JULY 25, 2013

Renewable energy and nuclear power are the world’s fastest-growing energy sources, each increasing 2.5% Almost 80% of the projected increase in renewable electricity generation is fueled by hydropower and wind power. per year, according to the biennial report. Electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide increases from 2.6

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2010 Transportation Fuel Energy 317

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JUNE 23, 2014

reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. For example, in Mexico, Nissan is using wind turbines to help run its Aguascalientes plant. Nissan Motor Co.,

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JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 However the European Union saw the largest decline on record, with -11%, mainly due to warm weather, a weak economy, high gas prices and continued growth in renewable electricity production. Including hydropower, total renewable energy sources presently supply 8.5%

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

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MARCH 1, 2013

When the energy required to build the e-gas facility and wind power generators is included in a comprehensive analysis, CO 2 emissions under e-Gas operation are still less than 30 grams per km (48.28 The start of the chain has electricity produced from renewable energy sources; the end products are hydrogen and the synthetic Audi e-gas.

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Gas Audi CO2 Gas-Electric 296

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MAY 10, 2010

Risø DTU, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark - DTU, is heading an effort to transform CO 2 and renewable electricity into synthetic fuels for transportation. The vision is to be able to build small, modular plants, with one standing beside each wind turbine in the local area.

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Renewable Fuel Transportation CO2 186

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MARCH 8, 2019

Additionally, it can operate as a dispatchable load, which may match the intermittency of renewable sources such as wind and solar. Our team’s process is complementary to other refining techniques by providing a means to recycle carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Convert 311

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JUNE 26, 2009

In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Global CO2 emissions increased from 15.3 billion tonnes in 1970, to 22.5

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2008 Oil Renewable Emissions 170

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It will require China to deploy an additional 800-1,000 gigawatts of nuclear, wind, solar and other zero emission generation capacity by 2030—more than all the coal-fired power plants that exist in China today and close to total current electricity generation capacity in the United States. million cubic meters of freshwater per year.

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China CO2 Climate Change United States 300

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MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light’s process also reduces the overall carbon footprint for chemical production compared to conventional methods, when powered with electricity produced from natural gas, nuclear, advanced coal and renewable sources. The result is that chemicals can be made directly from renewable energy sources and CO 2.

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Light CO2 Wind Renewable 230

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. Under this trial project, wind power will be used to turn water into oxygen and hydrogen, with the latter stored for use locally. Use of fuel cell forklifts.

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Hydrogen Japan Renewable Supplies 150

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JULY 23, 2010

In May, the Lenfest Center and Risø DTU hosted a one-day conference—“Sustainable Fuels from CO 2 , H 2 O, and Carbon-Free Energy”—addressing technologies that can be used to recycle CO 2 into carbon-neutral liquid hydrocarbon fuels using renewable or nuclear energy. The co-electrolysis process was featured in several of the talks.

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Fuel CO2 Production Conversion 255

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JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Because there is not yet a widespread hydrogen infrastructure, the hydrogen is reacted with CO 2 in a methanation unit to generate renewable synthetic methane, or Audi e-gas. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The natural gas vehicles can also be powered by alternative fuels such as renewable biomethane, Volkswagen notes. Gas also offers the opportunity of storing electrical energy from renewable sources such as wind power. In the upcoming year, the new Golf will also debut in an EcoFuel version. In this vehicle, Biomethane and e-gas.

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Gas CO2 Vehicles Gas-Electric 291

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APRIL 11, 2014

The material’s selectivity for oxygenates, with ethanol as the major product, demonstrates the feasibility of a two-step conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuel that could be powered by renewable electricity, the team suggests in their paper published in the journal Nature.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion 300

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power plants generate excess current at times when it is not needed. This excess current can often not be reasonably used, but effective usage of this excess is a factor in making power production from renewable energy sources economically viable. kWh battery. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 14, 2018

Chemical reactor company INERATEC , a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO 2 and renewable hydrogen. The process uses energy from renewable sources and stores it in the chemical energy carrier methane.

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Kits Gas Hydrogen Spain 186

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MARCH 30, 2009

The results show that electromethanogenesis can be used to convert electrical current produced from renewable energy sources (such as wind, solar, or biomass) into a biofuel (methane) as well as serving as a method for the capture of carbon dioxide. Logan suggests the method for off peak capture of renewable energy in a portable fuel.

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CO2 Production Hydrogen Carbon 236

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

An Electricity/CO 2 Market Simulation Incorporating Renewables. 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.

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Energy Fuel Hybrid CO2 210

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

24M has fundamentally redesigned the traditional LIB cell technology and production platform, delivering higher energy density per battery while enabling substantial reduction in capex, operating costs, CO2 emissions and physical footprint of the manufacturing facility as compared to conventional solutions.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Battery Batteries 350

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel 150

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JUNE 26, 2010

Sustainable tri-reforming uses CO 2 , renewable energy and CH 4 (or biogas) to yield syngas and, ultimately, synthetic fuels and commodity chemicals. Natural photosynthesis uses solar energy to recycle CO 2 (and H 2 O) into new plant life (biomass) and ultimately fuels (biofuels). Jiang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2 218

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MAY 16, 2018

Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Once this gas is processed, Anaergia produces pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) and a clean stream of carbon dioxide that normally gets released to the atmosphere. European Energy, a major multinational renewable wind and solar energy producer, will produce green e-methanol from this biogenic CO 2.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Solar and wind generation grew at double-digit pace, with solar alone increasing by 31%. The Global Energy & CO 2 Status Report provides a high-level and up-to-date view of energy markets, including latest available data for oil, natural gas, coal, wind, solar, nuclear power, electricity, and energy efficiency.

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2018 Global Emissions Energy 207

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APRIL 12, 2022

To achieve this goal, the key factors include: electrifying the vehicle fleet; charging with green energy; improving battery technology, an extensive use of recycled materials; and renewable energy in production. This proportion can be reduced significantly through the use of renewable energy.

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Mercedes CO2 Emissions Vehicles 186

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Low-carbon energy sources (renewables and nuclear) meet around 40% of the growth in primary energy demand. Nearly half of the net increase in electricity generation comes from renewables. Demand grows for all forms of energy, but the share of fossil fuels in the world’s energy mix falls from 82% to 76% in 2035. —WEO-2013.

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions 275