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Researchers use efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells to convert CO2 to butyric acid; upgrade to butanol

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Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. In an open-access paper published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology , they reported operating the low ohmic resistance (15.7

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EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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Coordinated by AIMPLAS, the project also involved the CNRS (France), University of Mons (Belgium), Fraunhofer ICT (Germany), Graphenea (Spain), Process Design Centre (the Netherlands), e2v (United Kingdom), MOFTech (United Kingdom), and KRICT (South Korea).

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KIT spin-off producing synthetic natural gas from green hydrogen and CO2 from sewage sludge

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Chemical reactor company INERATEC , a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO 2 and renewable hydrogen. The renewable gas can be stored in the existing gas infrastructure and transported to areas all over Spain.

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Europe Risks Wasting €27 Billion Battery Opportunity with Weak CO2 Targets — Study

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By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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Groundbreaking district heating system reduces carbon emissions by 80%

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A cutting-edge district heating system in Spain will potentially reduce CO2 emissions in local neighbourhoods by 80%. The post Groundbreaking district heating system reduces carbon emissions by 80% appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% It included a contribution from Abengoa Research in Spain. The gases are separated with a bipolar membrane. Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low. using solar energy. 2017.87.

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Naturgy and Enagás studying production of green hydrogen from 350 MW of wind power in Asturias

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Naturgy and Enagás are studying the production of green hydrogen from a 250MW floating offshore wind farm and another 100MW onshore wind farm in Asturias (Spain) for industrial consumption in this Autonomous Region.

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