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Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals


Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of researchers has shown. “If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we can use this as a precursor for methanol and other chemicals and fuels. This will significantly reduce overall CO2 emissions,” said Zetian Mi, professor


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CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) matters


Seven years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) proposed a pathway for the global reduction of CO2 emissions, to limit the expected temperature increase to 2, ideally 1.5°C, by the end of this century. In a new position paper VITO examines which CO2 reduction strategies exist, which are the ones to focus on and


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Solar-powered carbon capture technology leading the way


The announced collaboration between Southern Green Gas and AspiraDAC brings further endorsement of global financial infrastructure company Stripe as its first customer. This sets the scene for an Australian first – production and deployment of solar-powered Direct Air Capture (DAC) modules by the end of 2022. Our Collaborative Advantage We have developed a collaborative skills


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Neue Technik für den Klimaschutz: Aus CO2 wird Methanol


Aus Klimaschutzgründen steht fest: Kohlendioxid darf nicht in die Atmosphäre. Dort, wo sich die Entstehung von Kohlendioxid nicht verhindern lässt, sollte es abgeschieden und in andere Stoffe umgewandelt werden. Am besten ist es freilich, wenn dadurch Substanzen entstehen, die Wert haben und verkauft werden können. An der TU Wien wurde dafür nun eine neue Methode


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Climate protection: CO2 turned into methanol


For reasons of climate protection, carbon dioxide must not be released into the atmosphere. Wherever the formation of carbon dioxide cannot be prevented, it should be captured and converted into other substances. The best possible solution is creating substances that have value and can be sold. A new method for this has now been developed


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Why using methanol could be cost effective for Indian industries


If all roads lead to Rome, and Rome represents what future green economies look like, methanol certainly sits at a major crossroads on the journey. The many renewable feedstocks such as industrial CO2, biogas, agricultural and municipal solid waste (MSW) represent the range of starting points in the production of low-carbon, and potentially carbon-neutral, methanol.


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Twelve to Deploy World’s First Industrial-Scale Carbon Transformation Platform


Twelve, the carbon transformation company, is announcing $130 million in Series B and additional funding to scale the engineering, manufacturing, and deployment of its industrial-scale carbon transformation technology for the creation of a wide range of products with a lower carbon footprint. Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts captured CO2 into products historically made from fossil fuels.


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Novel catalyst radically enhances rate of conversion of carbon dioxide into solar fuels


Carbon dioxide or CO2 can potentially be used as a feedstock to be converted into carbon-neutral “solar fuels” that store energy from the sun. But for them to be competitive with fossil fuels, the chemical reaction that performs this conversion needs much more efficient catalysts. Researchers have recently come up with a photocatalyst structure involving isolated


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Summer Special – 20 % discount on market and trend reports all around renewable carbon until 31 August 2022


The portfolio of nova-Institute’s market reports covers all relevant topics on renewable carbon. The reports dive deep into feedstocks for the chemical industry from biomass over CO2 to chemical recycling.They provide a comprehensive overview of bio- and CO2-based building blocks and polymers, specific fine chemicals as cannabinoids, as well as comprehensive analyses of bio-based naphtha


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The Biomass Utilisation Factor (BUF): A simple indicator to calculate circularity of biomass and bio-based products


The idea of transforming our economy from linear to circular has been visibly present and increasingly dominant in recent decades. At least since the introduction of the Circular Economy Action Plan in 2014, the European Union committed to the idea of circularity and has been designing, implementing and revising strategies and regulations to make a


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