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Jim Hurt commentary: Can Gov. Scott and VT Climate Council go around the court’s crazy EPA ruling?

First, here is good news that will help mitigate the Supreme Court’s backward ruling on climate and power plants. Recent advances in chemistry, agriculture and renewable energy technology now make it profitable to renovate and transform all central power plants into negative-emission power and storage stations. Instead of closing down coal, gas or wood plants

Innovation Fund: EU invests €1.8 billion in clean tech projects*

Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key

What will the future of plastics be about?

Over the years, the petrochemical industry has become one of the most significant global industries. Oil states control the liquid fuel markets and energy production through their natural gas reserves. A well-oiled petrochemical industry engine has been created in which good use is made of all refinery derivatives. A small share of the crude oil

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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