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Blue carbon: an excellent way to store carbon dioxide

Ocean habitats play a key role in storing carbon from the atmosphere; but until now, nobody has known exactly how much ‘blue carbon’ ends up in kelp, seagrass meadows, salt marshes and sediment in the seabed. Now, we tend to damage this carbon storage: by activities such as commercial trawling and destroying coastal wetlands. A new area of

In step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together

A key step toward reusing CO2 to make sustainable fuels is chaining carbon atoms together, and an artificial photosynthesis system developed at the University of Michigan can bind two of them into hydrocarbons with field-leading performance. The system produces ethylene with efficiency, yield and longevity well above other artificial photosynthesis systems. Ethylene is a hydrocarbon

In step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together

A key step toward reusing CO2 to make sustainable fuels is chaining carbon atoms together, and an artificial photosynthesis system developed at the University of Michigan can bind two of them into hydrocarbons with field-leading performance. The system produces ethylene with efficiency, yield and longevity well above other artificial photosynthesis systems. Ethylene is a hydrocarbon

‘Growing Impact’ explores using catalysts to convert CO2 into valuable products

The latest episode of the “Growing Impact” podcast explores how researchers are using advanced computation to design catalysts that can accelerate the process of converting carbon dioxide into useful products. Nelson Yaw Dzade, an assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, is leading the project that

Braskem Collaborates with the University of British Columbia to Develop Technology for Producing Methanol from CO2

Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5, and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, has announced a collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to explore the feasibility of using an electrochemical reactor to produce methanol

Construction begins on Technology Platform for Power-to-Liquid Fuels (TPP)

The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is currently building the world’s largest research facility for the production of electricity-based fuels, also known as electrofuels or e-fuels. The Technology Platform for Power-to-Liquid Fuels, or TPP for short, in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, will optimise e-fuels and further develop technologies and processes for their

Baubeginn für Technologieplattform Power-to-Liquid-Kraftstoffe (TPP)

Mit der „Technologieplattform Power-to-Liquid-Kraftstoffe“, kurz TPP, baut das Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) im sachsen-anhaltischen Leuna die bisher größte Forschungsanlage auf, um strombasierte Kraftstoffe herzustellen. Die Anlage dient dazu, diese Kraftstoffe zu optimieren sowie Technologien und Verfahren für deren Produktion in einem industriellen Maßstab weiterzuentwickeln. Am 1. Oktober 2024 hat der symbolische Baubeginn

Production of solar fuels: Storing the sun’s heat at 1,200 degrees

The ETH spin-off Synhelion has recently inaugurated the world’s first industrial plant for the production of solar fuels in Germany. The heart of the plant contains a piece of Empa technology: Together with Synhelion, Empa researchers have developed a material for the high-temperature thermal energy storage system that allows the plant to remain in operation

Herstellung von Solartreibstoffen: Sonnenwärme bei 1.200 Grad speichern

Das ETH-Spin-off Synhelion hat in Deutschland die weltweit erste industrielle Anlage zur Produktion von Solartreibstoffen eingeweiht. Im Herzen der Anlage steckt auch ein Stück Empa: Zusammen mit Synhelion entwickelten Empa-Forschende ein Material für den Hochtemperatur-Wärmespeicher, dank dem die Anlage rund um die Uhr betrieben werden kann, also auch ohne Sonnenlicht. Klimaschädliches Kohlendioxid zurück zu Kerosin,

Stakeholder Perspectives Along the Entire Value Chain – Interview with the WaterProof partner IZES gGmbH

The Horizon Europe project WaterProof is developing an innovative process for the electrochemical conversion of CO₂-emissions from waste incineration and wastewater treatment into formic acid. This formic acid is a base chemical that can be used for the production of consumer goods such as decalcifier in cleaning products or for the tanning of (fish) leather.

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