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Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen production


With the new facility, Topsoe will accommodate the rapidly increasing demand for competitive electrolysis technology, predominantly for green hydrogen plants based on renewable electricity. Development of the automated manufacturing facility, that will...


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Porous crystal guides reaction to transform CO<sub>2</sub>


KAUST researchers have improved a chemical reaction that converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using MOFs. © 2021 KAUSTBy embedding a silver catalyst inside a porous crystal, KAUST researchers have improved a chemical reaction that converts carb...


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Fuels from thin air: Prometheus joins the chase to make captured CO<sub>2</sub> into net zero hydrocarbon fuels


One more company to focus on in our tour of CO2 usage. It’s another electrofuels play called Prometheus Fuels using atmospheric CO2 using water, electricity, and nanotube membranes to produce commercially viable fuels. The project was one of two select...


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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering to test carbon capture technology at Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway


Testing of proprietary solvent KS-21™ will start from May 2021 at TCMTCM offers state-of-the-art facilities and expertise to ensure successful demonstrationMitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG), part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Grou...


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Coty to Partner with LanzaTech to Pioneer New Sustainable Fragrance Production


Coty Inc., one of the world’s largest beauty companies and the global leader in fragrances, today announced it has signed a letter of intent to partner with LanzaTech to introduce sustainable ethanol made from captured-carbon emissions into its fragran...


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Neste’s acquisition of Bunge’s refinery plant in Rotterdam completed


On 3 November 2020, Neste announced that it would acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan’s refinery plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The refinery plant is located next to Neste’s existing biorefinery and it consists of a pretreatment facility, tank fa...


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The return of Electrofuels: Amazon, Mitsubishi, AP Ventures invest in Infinium’s bid to make fuels from CO<sub>2</sub>, water


What is it?The Infinium Electrofuels process converts renewable power into green hydrogen, then uses this green hydrogen and waste carbon dioxide to produce net-zero carbon fuels. These fuels may be used in today’s plane, ship and truck fleets without ...


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Renewable Materials Conference 2021 – A unique concept that covers all renewable materials solutions in one event


Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new “Renewable Materials Conference”, May 18–20, 2021 (www.r...


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Novel Catalysts Improve Efficiency of Urea Synthesis at Ambient Conditions


Converting both nitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added urea molecules via C-N coupling reaction is a promising method to solve the problem of excessive CO2 emissions. Compared with huge energy consumption industrial processes, the elec...


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National Coalition Releases Federal Policy Blueprint for Carbon Capture for the 117th Session of Congress


The Carbon Capture Coalition today released a national policy blueprint outlining an expanded, comprehensive federal policy portfolio to promote economywide deployment of carbon capture technologies for consideration by the administration and the 117th...


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