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Novel membrane-free Mg-CO2 battery sequesters CO2 and generates electricity

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Through this we have opened the door to electrochemical utilization of CO 2 with indirect circulation for future alternative technologies. —Kim et al. 2020.105741.

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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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The first direct reduction plant with downstream melters will supply our customers with over two million metric tons of low-CO 2 premium steel per year in the foreseeable future, significantly more than previously planned. In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production. With its capacity of 2.5

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Volkswagen to use CO2 as refrigerant for future air conditioning systems

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The Volkswagen Group announced that it is choosing CO 2 as the future low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for its mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems. Earlier post.). That was the report is the third SAE report to evaluate the new refrigerant. The current work following Daimler’s balk in September 2012 is the fourth.

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Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

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Electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum (TPA) of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels (eFuels).

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UCLA team proposes non-photosynthetic biological conversion of CO2

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The Overall Schema for Non-photosynthetic CO 2 Utilization toward a Sustainable Future. If these are achieved, carbon yield and productivity can be greatly accelerated (e.g., each gram of acetogenic M. thermoacetica cells can reduce 56 g of CO 2 per day, ~50 times as fast as photosynthetic cells). an and Park.

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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Audi is partnering with the Zurich-based environmental start-up and promoting a future technology with the project. The technology can also be scaled up to the megaton-per-year range and thus harbors great potential from the future. The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground.

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Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture; mimicking methane hydrate

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The salt-based, clathrate structure utilizes low energy, physisorption processes while capturing CO 2 without water or nitrogen interference, opening a promising venue for future carbon capture and storage technologies through rapid CO 2 solidification.

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