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Can Mars be colonised?
The landing of American space ship ‘Perseverance’ on Mars on February 20, 2021 is termed a major breakthrough in decades of scientific exploration to search for life in that mysterious planet. Called the ‘red planet’ because of the iron-oxide dust that...
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The technology group Wärtsilä has invested a further EUR 1 million in Soletair Power
This investment follows Wärtsilä’s original EUR 500,000 investment in Soletair Power made in 2019. Soletair Power has developed a breakthrough solution for capturing the carbon dioxide (CO2) from air in buildings that can be used when creating syntheti...
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Uniper Works in Collaboration with Two Partners to Develop Green Methanol as a Maritime Fuel
The Green Methanol Cooperation (GMC) wants to establish green methanol on the marketGreen methanol is carbon-neutral and can be extracted from the airEnvironmentally friendly solution to stricter regulations in the maritime industryUniper is now workin...
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Using plasma technology to feed the world
Using state-of-the-art plasma technology to make cheap fertilizer for small farmers. It may sound like magic, but it has now become reality. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have built a small plasma-powered plant that produces ...
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Cement Industry Exploring CO<sub>2</sub> Pollution Reduction Strategies
Cement plays a critical role in almost all infrastructure and construction. As a result, cement making represents a massive global industry that contributes significantly to CO2 pollution. Producing cement accounts for 7 to 8 percent of annual CO2 emis...
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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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