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CO<sub>2</sub> utilization, a growth sector
In a report released last month, Lux Research looked into CO2 utilization. The company forecasts a growth in this sector to $ 70 billion by 2030 and to $ 550 billion by 2040. CO2 will be put to good use in the buildings, chemicals, materials, fuels, an...
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Bio-based Naphtha and Mass Balance Approach – Status & Outlook, Standards & Certification Schemes
Visuals and PDF files in German and English available at: www.nova-institute.eu/press/?id=247.Bio-based naphtha has been available on the market for a few years now. In Europe, about 150,000 tonnes are already used annually, mainly for polymer producti...
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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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