RWE produces synthetic fuel from flue gas

ALIGN-CCUS project partners at RWE have produced synthetic fuel using carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from the flue gas of a coal-fired power station. The breakthrough has been made at RWE’s Niederaussem Power Station in North Rhine-Westphalia. Using a demonstration synthesis unit, which powered up last November. It is the first time that producing dimethyl ether […]

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Funding approval for German green hydrogen Westküste100

The consortium behind the Westküste100 project received the go-ahead and funding approval from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. That will make it Germany’s first hydrogen project included in the real-world. The project is backed by an investment volume totalling 89 million euros. The funding volume approved for the project’s launch amounts […]

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One-tenth of electricity generated by wind or solar

According to research by climate think-tank Ember wind and solar now generate one-tenth of global electricity. Ember’s new half-year analysis aggregates national electricity generation for 48 countries making up 83% of global electricity production. It builds on Ember’s annual Global Electricity Review. According to Ember wind and solar generation rose 14% in the first half […]

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High efficient catalyst turns CO2 into complex hydrocarbons

A new catalyst developed by a team of Brown researchers converts CO2 efficiently into complex hydrocarbon products. With a faradaic efficiency of 72 percent the catalyst converts waste carbon into complex hydrocarbons like ethylene. In a study the researchers report a catalyst that can produce C2-plus compounds with up to 72% faradaic efficiency. This measure […]

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93 gigawatt additional electricity exchange needed by 2040

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO) says an additional 93 gigawatt cross-border electricity exchange capacity is needed to address the energy transition in 2040. Although annual investments in network capacity varies from 1.3 billion to 3.4 billion euro, they avoid annual generation costs of 4 to 10 billion euro. ENTSO-E’s System […]

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Substitution of plastic with bioplastics creates other problems

To replace EU plastic packaging with bioplastic would require more than the equivalent of the total land area of Ireland. And about a fifth of the EU’s freshwater withdrawal. That concluded a multinational group of environmental scientists. They advice to reduce packaging demand of plastics instead. A new study: The Unintended Side Effects of Bioplastics: […]

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64.2-meter polyurethane wind turbine blade

Covestro, Goldwind and LZ Blades jointly produced the world’s first 64.2-meter-long rotor blade for wind turbines that is made entirely of polyurethane. The project marks the beginning of a new generation of longer and stronger blades for the wind power industry. Materials manufacturer Covestro successfully developed the world’s first 64.2-meter wind turbine blade made completely […]

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Renewable energy accelerates energy transition

DNV GL today published a new report outlining how the energy transition can be accelerated through the rapid uptake of renewable energy to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The recent coronavirus crisis has demonstrated the resilience of renewable energy sources, demonstrating the maturity of this generation form. By 2050, DNV GL forecasts that 66% of […]

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