First commercial plant for the production of Blue Crude planned in Norway

About 3,000 products, which are currently made from crude oil, could be manufactured on the basis of Blue Crude


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Erste kommerzielle Blue Crude-Production entsteht in Norwegen

Aus synthetischem Blue Crude lassen sich ca. 3.000 Produkte herstellen, die bislang auf fossilem Erdöl basieren


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A reality check on power-to-liquids: How not to use renewable energy

Bellona’s latest report reviewing some of the alleged benefits of using synthetic fossil fuels


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How to power a bus on formic acid

Eindhoven University "Team FAST", consisting of 35 students, developed this so far unknown fuel all by itself


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CO2-neutral hydrogen from biomass

How to produce hydrogen from biomass is the subject of a joint research project by TU Wien and voestalpine


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From Coal-fired CO2: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to capturing flue gas via microalgae

Tryg Lundquist, CTO of MBE gave this illuminating overview of the project at the recent DOE workshop on algae-based carbon capture technologies


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„Resource Innovators 2017“ gekürt

Auszeichnung von fünf Start-ups auf Berliner Rohstoffgipfel / Ideen zur Einsparung von Erdöl in der Chemieindustrie/ Signal für mehr Gründergeist und Kooperation


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CO2-neutraler Wasserstoff aus Biomasse

Wie man aus Biomasse Wasserstoff herstellen kann, untersuchen TU Wien und voestalpine in einem gemeinsamen Forschungsprojekt


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From sun to pump: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Direct Photosynthetic Production of Biodiesel

BETO: Production of Biodiesel by Decoupled Cyanobacteria at the 2017 DOE Project Peer Review


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The revolutionary technology pushing Sweden toward the seemingly impossible goal of zero emissions

Algoland carbon capture project uses algae to help the country reach a huge climate target


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Stanford discovery could lead to sustainable source of the fuel additive ethanol

Most fuel additive ethanol used in the U.S. is made from corn, new research reveals that copper can turn carbon dioxide into ethanol without using corn or other plants


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Europe, Flanders, the Province of East-Flanders and the City of Ghent invest €9,36 million in the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Investment will be used to build up new research infrastructure specifically for gas fermentation and Down-Stream Processing


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Efficient Steam Generation with Sunlight

Researchers developed a solar steam generation device based on carbon nanotube-modified flexible wood membrane


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Sunfire produces sustainable crude oil alternative

Power-to-liquid plant in Dresden for first time was operated continuously for more than 1,500 hours


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Blue Crude: Sunfire produziert nachhaltigen Erdölersatz

Power-to-Liquids Anlage lief erstmalig im Dauerbetrieb über mehr als 1.500 Stunden


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Scientists make plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide

New BPA-free plastic could potentially replace current polycarbonates in items such as baby bottles and food containers


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Solar paint offers endless energy from water vapour

Australian researcher newly developed a compound that acts like silica gel, also acts as a semi-conductor and catalyses the splitting of water atoms


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Finnish demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air

Aim of the Soletair project is to demonstrate the technical performance of the overall process and produce 200 litres of fuels and other hydrocarbons for research


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Fuels from thin air: drop-in liquid fuels from sky CO2, water and solar power

Helsinki region’s Smart & Clean project aims to achieve the most attractive zero-emission mobility in the world


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Fuels from thin air: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Soletair technology

New power-to-liquid plant now has moved to the campus of LUT and and demonstrates the entire process chain


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