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Direct air capture: silver bullet or red herring?


The Committee on Climate Change’s Sixth Carbon Budget is clear that to achieve the UK’s net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050 will require engineering solutions to remove greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, as the November date for the United Nations’...


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These companies are seeking to turn carbon into value


As more companies set aggressive decarbonization and net-zero goals, the role of technologies and processes that draw down excess levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and help sequester those emissions by using it as a feedstock for another product is ...


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Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?


The aviation industry has been looking for ways to reduce its global carbon footprint for the past decade, such as purchasing so-called carbon offsets—like tree-planting projects or wind farms—to make up for the carbon dioxide spewed out by high-flying...


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Enzymzwilling mit biotechnologischem Potenzial


Grünalgen besitzen zwei nahezu identische Wasserstoff produzierende Enzyme. Eines wird seit Jahrzehnten erforscht, das andere wurde kaum beachtet – bis vor Kurzem.Grünalgen sind beliebte Objekte der Biotechnologie, da sie Wasserstoff produzierende Enzy...


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Technology Profile: Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural Gas and Carbon Dioxide


This column is based on “Dimethyl Ether Production from Natural Gas and CO2 (Direct Method) – Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec. It can be found at: www.intratec.us/analysis/dimethyl-ether-production-cost.Dimethyl ether (DME) is the simple...


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Major banks are funding plastics pollution, finds new report


Bankrolling Plastics, a first-time ever investigation of the finance provided to key companies along the plastics supply chain has found that major banks are lending vast sums of capital without making any effort to address the plastic pollution crisis...


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Von Sonnenlicht zu Wasserstoff


Die Gewinnung von molekularem Wasserstoff als alternativer, erneuerbarer und sauberer Energieträger ausgehend von Wasser und Licht ist ein zentrales Element der solaren Energieumwandlung und -speicherung. Ein Team des Sonderforschungsbereichs „CataLigh...


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The Beverage Industry Is The Largest User Of The Carbon Dioxide Market


New year, new updates! Our reports have been revised for market size, forecasts, and strategies to take on 2021 after the COVID-19 impact:https://www.thebusinessresearchcompany.com/global-market-reportsAccording to The Business Research Company’s carbo...


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Scientists Identify Transition Metal for Highly-efficient CO<sub>2</sub> Activation


The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been increasing over the past century, imposing severe consequences for global climate change and planetary temperature increase.To reduce CO2 from the atmosphere and take it as the feedstock fo...


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Congress Acts to Boost Carbon Capture and Removal in Year-End Spending Package


Carbon Capture Coalition Director Brad Crabtree released the following statement on the expected passage of the 2020 omnibus spending package, which includes the Energy Act of 2020 and a two-year extension of the 45Q tax credit:“The 2020 omnibus spendi...


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