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Turning Ethanol production’s CO2 by-product into E-Fuels using Wind power

April 19, 2023 by Erik Ringle

With vast open spaces, Midwest states in the U.S. produce millions of gallons of ethanol from corn as well as thousands of kilowatt-hours of electricity from wind farms every year. Research led by NREL is working on using wind power to drive electrolysers that turn the ethanol’s CO2 by-product into e-fuels, explains Erik Ringle at NREL. A typical 50 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant releases 14 tons of CO2, a natural by-product of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy Tagged With: aviation, biofuels, chemicals, CO2, corn, efuels, electrofuels, emissions, ethanol, fermentation, freight, industry, manufacturing, maritime, US, wind

Germany is developing a strategy for Carbon Capture and Storage to meet its 2045 net zero target

February 23, 2023 by Simon Göss

Germany cannot become carbon neutral by 2045 without carbon capture, explains Simon Göss at carboneer. It’s why the German government is developing a Carbon Management Strategy for CO2 storage and utilisation. Projections reveal that around 30m tons of CO2 will have to be captured, transported, reused or disposed of by 2045. The focus will be on industrial processes and waste. Göss lays out the background to Germany’s strategy, including possible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy Tagged With: agriculture, CCS, CCUS, CDR, cement, chemicals, Germany, industry, netzero, Norway, regulations, steel, waste

EU ETS and CBAM: what the big update to emissions trading rules means for Europe’s key sectors

January 16, 2023 by Simon Göss

The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme is a vital part of the region’s decarbonisation plans. Simon Göss at carboneer digs into the new rules coming in for the existing EU ETS, and the implementation of the new carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Right now, the existing EU ETS covers around 40% of the EU’s emissions (energy sector, industrial installations and aviation). Its scope is being extended to include maritime transport. On top of that, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Policies Tagged With: aluminium, aviation, CBAM, cement, chemicals, electricity, emissions, Energy, ETS, EU, EUA, EUETS, fertilisers, hydrogen, industry, iron, maritime, polymers, steel, transport

Project Air: building a first-of-a-kind, large-scale sustainable methanol plant for the chemicals industry

July 5, 2022 by Project Air

Project Air is creating a first-of-a-kind, large-scale sustainable methanol plant. It uses CCU for converting CO2, residue streams, green hydrogen and biomethane into methanol. It’s a collaboration between specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp (Sweden) and energy firms Fortum (Finland) and Uniper (Germany). Perstorp aims to be the first chemical producer to replace all fossil-based methanol for its European production facilities (200,000 tons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: biomethane, CarbonPrice, CBAM, CCU, chemicals, ETS, EU, FitFor55, Fortum, hydrogen, innovation, methanol, Perstorp, REDIII, REPowerEU, Uniper

Biologically produced Ethylene for plastics can become a carbon capture leader

May 25, 2022 by Connor O'Neil

Ethylene is a key component of the world’s vast appetite for plastics. But it’s normally made using fossils as a feedstock, and is energy-intensive to produce. So the chemicals industry has long sought a way to biologically manufacture ethylene. It would be a double-win for clean energy: it would capture CO2 and displace the fossil-based feedstocks. Connor O’Neil at NREL describes new research that makes ethylene in a “one-step” process fuelled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy, Industry Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, CDR, chemicals, CO2, ethylene, feedstocks, industry, oil, photosynthesis, plastics

Could nano-scale filters for isolating CO2, Hydrogen and Biogas accelerate the energy transition?

April 6, 2022 by David Chandler

Nano-scale filters have been developed to separate out molecules like CO2 and hydrogen from gaseous streams. The research, led by MIT, could open a new door to raising the efficiency of carbon capture, isolating hydrogen for fuel use, and the purification of biogas fuel from waste. David Chandler at MIT explains how it would replace century-old methods of separating gaseous molecules that use energy-intensive and hard-to-electrify high … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Innovations Tagged With: biogas, chemicals, CO2, filters, hydrogen, industry, innovation, membranes

Event summary: “Unlocking the potential of Bioenergy”

March 21, 2022 by Sara Stefanini

Sara Stefanini provides a written summary of our panel discussion held on Thursday March 17th 2022. It’s a full summary of the 90 minute discussion (including audience questions), but it begins conveniently with a summary of the highlights (potential for bioenergy, hard-to-abate sectors, sustainability, policy needs). Those highlights include the need to scale bioenergy up from around 50 EJ today to 150 EJ by 2050; the importance of carbon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy, Events, Videos Tagged With: aviation, BECCS, bioenergy, biofuels, biomass, CCS, CCUS, cement, chemicals, FitFor55, forestry, GreenDeal, infrastructure, policies, REDII, SAF, steel, sustainability, transport

Aviation, Steel, Shipping CEOs ask COP26 to back their decarbonisation pathways

October 21, 2021 by John Matson

The seven “hardest to abate” industries together account for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They are aviation, steel, shipping, cement, aluminium, trucking and chemicals. John Matson at RMI explains how a growing number of sector-leading corporates in aviation, steel and shipping are now openly backing net-zero pathways. He quotes CEOs and top executives (ArcelorMittal, United Airlines, Trafigura) on what they say they are determined to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: Airbus, aluminium, ArcelorMittal, aviation, CarbonBorderAdjustment, CarbonPrice, cement, chemicals, COP26, decarbonisation, Delta, electrification, emissions, fuels, investment, KLM, Maersk, shipping, steel, Trafigura, trucking, United Airlines, VirginAtlantic

CBAM needs universal adoption of methods for measuring carbon intensity

August 31, 2021 by Dolf Gielen, Massamba Thioye and Francisco Boshell

Europe needs to account for the emissions of imported goods. That cannot happen without the international agreement on standards and certification systems for the carbon intensity of all steps in the value chain for all relevant products. Dolf Gielen and Francisco Boshell at IRENA and Massamba Thioye at the UNFCCC explain that several such systems exist around the world, but they need to be harmonised and widely adopted to truly reflect what is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry, Policies Tagged With: aluminium, CBAM, cement, certification, chemicals, EC, emissions, EU, industry, iron, petrochemicals, PPAs, standards, steel

German Hydrogen scenarios: 271 TWh of Green Hydrogen by 2040?

April 21, 2021 by Sila Akat and Simon Göss

Germany is putting in place plans and legislation to launch its green hydrogen economy. Sila Akat and Simon Göss at Energy Brainpool look at the laws and regulations, existing and expected soon, that are driving this game-changing ambition. They have also created five scenarios (two are explained in detail here) for production, based on those plans. The reference “Stated Policies” scenario predicts an increase of electrolyser capacity to 5 GW by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: chemicals, electrolysers, EU, Germany, greenhydrogen, hydrogen, industry, steel, storage, transport

Saudi Arabia’s clean hydrogen plans for converting ambitions into action

March 19, 2021 by Jan Frederik Braun

The recent Memorandum of Understanding with Germany on clean hydrogen cooperation underlines Saudi Arabia’s ambition in becoming a global powerhouse producer in this field. Governments and industry players are currently considering clean hydrogen as an energy vector with key energy transition roles in an increasingly carbon-constrained world. Hydrogen has the potential to grow into a trillion-dollar commodity market, with enormous opportunities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: CarbonPrice, CCS, CCUS, certification, chemicals, China, EU, Germany, hydrogen, industry, SaudiArabia, solar, standards, wind

Decarbonising Industry is key to China’s net-zero strategy

January 20, 2021 by Dolf Gielen, Yong Chen and Paul Durrant

China has committed to a CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. It’s 14th 5-year plan will be released in March, followed by sector-oriented plans. For the first time it will include a dedicated plan addressing climate change. Dolf Gielen, Yong Chen and Paul Durrant at IRENA start by laying out China’s energy mix for scrutiny, then dive into its industrial sector which accounts for 60% of gross final energy use. Success … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: ammonia, CCS, cement, chemicals, China, coal, gas, hydrogen, industry, methanol, renewables, steel, synfuels

Nuclear-Wind hybrid plants for grid stability, Power-to-X and more

January 6, 2021 by NREL

How would you use a nuclear-wind hybrid plant and maximise its potential? When intermittent wind’s output falls, nuclear can step in to feed the grid. When it’s not doing that it can use its power to run the production of a wide range of commodities: from biofuels, hydrogen, pumped hydro to wastewater purification, desalination, chemical manufacturing and more – including straightforward thermal power for industry. In collaboration with NREL, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Nuclear, Renewables Tagged With: biofuels, chemicals, desalination, gas, grids, hydro, hydrogen, industry, JISEA, Nuclear, regulations, renewables, storage, thermal, wastewater, wind

Bioenergy is the undervalued pillar of the clean energy transition

December 17, 2020 by Seungwoo Kang and Elisa Asmelash

Bioenergy is already the world’s largest source of renewable energy, responsible for 70% of the supply (and around 10% of total primary energy). Burning organic matter goes back to the invention of fire and is still commonplace around the globe. Yet it gets hardly any of the attention and policy support that’s given to other clean energy technologies like solar, wind and now hydrogen. Bioenergy can and should play an even greater role, explain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy Tagged With: aviation, BECCS, bioenergy, biofuels, biojet, biomethanol, cement, chemicals, farming, forestry, shipping

Little progress decarbonising Industry. Renewables can be the answer

July 17, 2020 by Dolf Gielen and Paul Durrant

The decarbonisation of heavy industry is making little progress. There are two main reasons. Firstly, there are no easy technology wins. Efficiency and carbon capture have been the favoured options. But efficiency gains have their limits, and carbon capture is still proving very expensive. Secondly, governments don’t want their home industries to lose competitiveness incurring costs reducing emissions. Dolf Gielen and Paul Durrant at IRENA say a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Industry Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, cement, chemicals, China, circulareconomy;, efficiency, emissions, Europe, industry, renewables, steel

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