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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. In past decades, many scientists have tried to develop artificial photosynthesis processes to turn carbon dioxide into carbon-neutral fuel. A paper on this team’s latest work was published in Nature Catalysis.

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Velocys receives further £0.5M grant for waste-to-fuels project

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million) of grant funding for the Altalto waste-to-fuels project from the UK Department for Transport (DfT), under the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C). Velocys was awarded a grant of £0.4 Velocys was awarded a grant of £0.4 of the Stage Two grant available to Velocys. million (US$0.63

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Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

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Universal Hydrogen was granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to proceed with the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles.

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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. A final investment decision is to be made in 2024. textiles, paper). textiles, paper).

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Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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Ethanol is typically produced using biological processes or as a petrochemical, through ethylene hydration, using fossil fuels. In Fall 2021, Twelve and LanzaTech also announced plans to develop polypropylene from CO 2 with a grant from Impact Squared. —LanzaTech CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren.

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Bosch to receive €160.7M in funding to support scale-up of solid-oxide fuel cell system production

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Bosch will receive a grant of €160.7 million from the federal government of Germany and the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Saarland for its project for the initial industrialization of stationary solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems:“Bosch Power Units”. A hotbox will contain several stacks.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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Universal Hydrogen has flown a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The airplane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, took off at 8:41am PST from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) and flew for 15 minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 MSL. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

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