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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. These are important raw materials for the petrochemical industry and are presently also only obtained from fossil crude oil. C n H m ?+?H H 2 O) on catalytically active sites on ?-Fe

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UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

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JANUARY 23, 2023

University of Queensland researchers, working in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have found a way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol— a building block of aviation fuel and other products—more efficiently. Resources Bayaraa, T., Enzymatic cascade to produce isobutanol from D-glucose.

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DeepGreen Metals revises undersea polymetallic nodules resources upwards

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JANUARY 31, 2021

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to land-based mining ( earlier post ), announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc.

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Researchers show how bacteria convert toxic copper ions to stable metallic copper

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APRIL 25, 2021

Researchers from the University of Houston, with colleagues at the University of São Paolo in Brazil, have demonstrated how copper-resistant bacterium from a copper mine in Brazil convert CuSO 4 (copper sulfate) ions into zero-valent Cu (metallic copper). An open-access paper on their research is published in Science Advances. Gracioso et al.

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New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. —Jia et al. For the process, the researchers used a ruthenium on carbon catalyst and a commonly used solvent.

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. Resources Esmaeilirad, M., Harzandi, A.M.

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. —Ou et al. 1c06561.

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Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

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MARCH 4, 2022

Our partnership with Twelve provides us with the feedstock needed to create critical resources like ethanol without adding CO 2 to the atmosphere. This work will see Twelve converting CO 2 to CO, which will in turn be converted by LanzaTech’s proprietary microbe to isopropyl alcohol (IPA).

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Multicomponent catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol

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JULY 26, 2020

Inspired by naturally occurring processes, a team of Boston College chemists used a multi-catalyst system to convert carbon dioxide to methanol at the lowest temperatures reported with high activity and selectivity. The third catalyst in the system, which is typically incompatible with the first catalyst, then converts this ester to methanol.

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Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Potter, Daniel J. Stewart, Alice E. Oakley, Richard P. Boardman, Tom Bradley, Pier J. 9b01577.

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. However, it is difficult to convert carbon dioxide in water because many photosensitizers or catalysts degrade in water. Resources Yu, J., Nat Catal 6, 464–475 doi: 10.1038/s41929-023-00962-z

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

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. Resources Meritxell Romans-Casas, Laura Feliu-Paradeda, Michele Tedesco, Hubertus V.M. Hamelers, Lluis Bañeras, M. 2023.100303

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known. Heldebrant, D., Kothandaraman, J., Lopez, J.S., Walter, E.D., Burton, S.D.

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CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The boron compounds can efficiently target atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonium chloride after the addition of an acid. The resulting substances converted molecular nitrogen at room temperature to borylamines, which in turn reacted with aqueous acid to give ammonium chloride. Resources. Bennaamane, B. Rialland, L.

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U Delaware team develops chemocatalytic process to convert waste polypropylene to lube oils

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AUGUST 27, 2021

They were able to convert amorphous polypropylene and everyday bags and bottles effectively to lubricants with yields up to 80+%. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Catalysis. Plastic recycling and upcycling are required to combat the environmental crisis from landfilling consumer products. Kots, Sibao Liu, Brandon C.

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New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This stabilizes the adsorption of *CO, the key intermediate in the formation of multicarbon products, allows for high coverage of the surface with *CO, and lowers the energy barrier for di- and trimerization of the *CO as new carbon–carbon bonds are formed. and Xiong, Y.

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Piedmont Lithium increases North Carolina lithium resources by 40%

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APRIL 9, 2021

Piedmont Lithium Limited released an updated Global Mineral Resource estimate (MRE) for its flagship Piedmont Lithium Project in North Carolina. The Mineral Resource estimate is reported in accordance with JORC Code. Increasing the scale of our North Carolina mineral resource to 39.2 The total MRE for the project is 39.2

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UVA researchers devise method for converting retired Li-ion anodes to graphene and GO

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DECEMBER 29, 2018

Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have devised a process for converting retired Li-ion battery anodes to graphene and graphene oxide (GO). A paper on the work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters. The findings present a new promise for smartly recycling Li-ion batteries. —Zhang et al. 8b04410.

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ETH Zurich catalyst can convert polypropylene directly into motor oil with high selectivity

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Following this strategy, the selectivity of 80% toward motor oil (C 21 –C 45 ) can be achieved. The work provides some guidelines for catalyst design in the field of plastic hydrocracking. Shibashish D. Jaydev, Antonio J. Martin, Javier Pérez-Ramírez (2021) “Direct Conversion of Polypropylene into Liquid Hydrocarbons on Carbon?Supported

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ABTC inferred resources report finds Tonopah Flats may hold 15.8 million tons lithium carbonate equivalent

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MARCH 1, 2023

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. The inferred resources report concludes that Tonopah Flats may hold an estimated 15.8

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Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

There are currently 11 commercial plants at the Salton Sea field producing geothermal energy, a process in which hot fluids are pumped up from deep underground and the heat is then converted to electricity. We’ll look at how quickly might you expect the resource to be regenerated—is it centuries? Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab).

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Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

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MAY 18, 2020

Their work, published in a paper in the RSC’s New Journal of Chemistry , points to a catalyst in developing and designing an artificial photosynthesis system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide into organic molecules. Until now, it was not known which of these three forms is reduced and converted into formic acid.

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Study finds noble metal clusters can enhance performance of catalysts and save resources

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

To convert pollutants, they usually have to react with oxygen in the catalyst. With the help of highly specialized spectroscopy and theoretical calculations, which were used for the first time ever for this class of catalysts, the team succeeded in explaining why platinum atoms frequently have a low activity.

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LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA). Abdalla, T. Nat Biotechnol doi: 10.1038/s41587-021-01195-w.

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Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated a new technique, modeled after a metabolic process found in some bacteria, for converting CO 2 into liquid acetate, a key ingredient in “liquid sunlight” or solar fuels produced through artificial photosynthesis.

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Modesto City Schools orders 30 Blue Bird Type D electric school buses

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MARCH 30, 2022

The order—the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district for Blue Bird so far—enables the school district to convert nearly 50% of its diesel-powered bus fleet to electric. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) launched the program in 2009.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —Dr Wang. Qian Wang et al.

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Mineral Resources boosting lithium production from W Australia mines

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APRIL 9, 2022

Australia-based Mineral Resources (MinRes), one of the largest owners of hard rock lithium units, has, in response to “unprecedented global customer demand for lithium products”, agreed with its JV partners to increase production from the Wodgina and Mt Marion spodumene mines, based in Western Australia.

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Researchers convert spent asphalt to mesoporous carbon anode material for Li/Na/K-ion batteries

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

In an effort to produce lower-cost and widely available battery materials, the Changsha team converted spent asphalt into mesoporous carbon with an interconnected three-dimensional porous structure, high surface area, and numerous rich crystal defects. Spent asphalt is widely available, and even poses environmental risks. —Xie et al.

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UCalgary, Rice team uses flash joule heating to manufacture graphene from petroleum waste

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

A team from the University of Calgary and Rice University has used flash joule heating (FJH) ( earlier post ) to convert low-value asphaltenes—a by-product of crude oil refining—into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG). Flash graphene from asphaltenes. (A) —Saadi et al.

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Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

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AUGUST 11, 2022

The methodology reported in this study could offer an alternative novel pathway for the green production of biogasoline from natural abundant lipids and the feasible recycling use of nonedible or wasted oil. —Xu et al. doi: 10.1039/D2GC01992B.

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Max-Planck-Institut team uses ammonia for direct reduction for more sustainable steel production

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APRIL 2, 2023

The produced iron/iron nitride mixture can be subsequently melted in an electric arc furnace (or co-charged into a converter) to adjust the chemical composition to the target steel grades. Resources Ma, Y., —Ma et al. Jovičević-Klug, M., Rohwerder, M.,

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Australian researchers develop new hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process to produce green ammonia

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JANUARY 22, 2021

The way that we did it does not rely on fossil fuel resources, nor emit CO 2. Dr Jalili and his colleagues devised proof-of-concept lab experiments that used plasma to convert air into NO x intermediaries: either NO 2 - (nitrite) or NO 3 - (nitrate). The NO x intermediaries were converted to ammonia at a rate of 23.2

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Navy researchers produce high energy density jet fuels from sustainable cellulosic feedstocks

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

More recently, researchers have shown that RJ-4 can be efficiently converted to 1,3-dimethyladamantane, a thermally stable jet fuel of interest for high speed applications. MCPD can subsequently be converted to tetrahydrodimethyldicyclopentadiene (RJ-4) high-density fuel. —Woodroffe & Harvey (2020). Woodroffe, J. and Harvey, B.G.

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NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Other parts of plants are used for biofuels, but lignin has been largely overlooked because of the difficulties in breaking it down chemically and converting it into useful products. A paper on their work is published in Joule. Lignin makes up the rigid parts of the cell walls of plants. Stone, Matthew S. Webber, William P. Heyne, Gregg T.

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USDA and Blue Biofuels collaborate to optimize yields of king grass for cellulosic ethanol production

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Both the USDA ARS and BIOF will supply resources needed for the project. This project allows BIOF and the USDA ARS to support missions to help producers develop integrated solutions that solve their problems related to productivity, profitability, energy efficiency, and natural resource stewardship.

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Three-part catalyst study advances conversion of CO2 to ethanol

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

An international collaboration of scientists has taken a significant step toward the realization of a nearly “green” zero-net-carbon technology that can efficiently convert CO 2 and hydrogen into ethanol. The study will drive further research into how to develop a practical industrial catalyst for selectively converting CO 2 into ethanol.

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Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Audi and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) are therefore launching a pilot project for chemical recycling as part of the “Industrial Resource Strategies” THINKTANK in order to feed such mixed plastic fractions back into a resource-conserving circular system. As a result, a wider range of plastics can be recovered.

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Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The team first used chemical looping on coal and shale gas to convert fossil fuels into electricity without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The researchers later applied the concept to hydrogen sulfide and invented the SULGEN process, which converts hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen. —Kalyani Jangam, lead author.

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IIASA-led study proposes Underground Gravity Energy Storage as long-term energy storage solution for renewables

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JANUARY 13, 2023

UGES generates electricity when the price is high by lowering sand into an underground mine and converting the potential energy of the sand into electricity via regenerative braking and then lifting the sand from the mine to an upper reservoir using electric motors to store energy when electricity is cheap. Dabek, P.B., Brandão, R.,

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Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Converting the drayage trucks that currently serve these ports to electric drivetrains would move us closer to that goal. Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program. Port fleet rollout. Toyota Logistics Services will also receive three additional trucks.

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Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts rare earth elements from waste at high yields

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Tour said treating fly ash by flash Joule heating “breaks the glass that encases these elements and converts REE phosphates to metal oxides that dissolve much more easily.” The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste. Carter, Zhe Wang, Mason B.

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CATL to supply batteries to Trailer Dynamics for Newton e-Trailer; 300 kWh LFP pack

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AUGUST 4, 2020

In combination with the diesel vehicle, the entire tractor-trailer system is converted into an electric plug-in hybrid. The Newton e-Trailer replaces one of the trailer’s conventional non-powered axles with an electric axle.

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thyssenkrupp produces ammonia from steel mill gases; Carbon2Chem

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JANUARY 11, 2019

For the first time thyssenkrupp has produced ammonia from steel mill gases, marking the first time in the world that steel mill gases, including the CO 2 they contain, have been converted into ammonia. Methanol production requires additional hydrogen, which thyssenkrupp is providing via electrolysis.).

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

DeepGreen Metals revises undersea polymetallic nodules resources upwards

Researchers show how bacteria convert toxic copper ions to stable metallic copper

New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

Multicomponent catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

CNRS researchers use boron radicals to convert nitrogen to ammonia in solution; mild ammonia synthesis

U Delaware team develops chemocatalytic process to convert waste polypropylene to lube oils

New electrocatalyst converts CO2 into ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency

Piedmont Lithium increases North Carolina lithium resources by 40%

UVA researchers devise method for converting retired Li-ion anodes to graphene and GO

ETH Zurich catalyst can convert polypropylene directly into motor oil with high selectivity

ABTC inferred resources report finds Tonopah Flats may hold 15.8 million tons lithium carbonate equivalent

Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

Study finds noble metal clusters can enhance performance of catalysts and save resources

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

Berkeley Lab team validates bio-analogous technique for converting CO2 into liquid acetate

Modesto City Schools orders 30 Blue Bird Type D electric school buses

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Mineral Resources boosting lithium production from W Australia mines

Researchers convert spent asphalt to mesoporous carbon anode material for Li/Na/K-ion batteries

UCalgary, Rice team uses flash joule heating to manufacture graphene from petroleum waste

Zhejiang team develops photo-chemo-biocatalytic pathway to convert triolein to biogasoline

Max-Planck-Institut team uses ammonia for direct reduction for more sustainable steel production

Australian researchers develop new hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process to produce green ammonia

Navy researchers produce high energy density jet fuels from sustainable cellulosic feedstocks

NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

USDA and Blue Biofuels collaborate to optimize yields of king grass for cellulosic ethanol production

Three-part catalyst study advances conversion of CO2 to ethanol

Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

IIASA-led study proposes Underground Gravity Energy Storage as long-term energy storage solution for renewables

Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

Rice lab’s flash Joule heating extracts rare earth elements from waste at high yields

CATL to supply batteries to Trailer Dynamics for Newton e-Trailer; 300 kWh LFP pack

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