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‘Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is no longer an option, it’s a necessity’. Carbon Engineering is moving ahead with its technology to build its first large scale removal factory in Texas.
The Climeworks’ CO2 capture, removal plant in Switzerland removes 900 tonnes of CO2 annually. The plant sells its CO2 to a nearby greenhouse and also sells CO2 to other industries that include the beverage industry and hydrogen producers.
The oceans absorb more than 25% of the planet’s CO2 emissions annually; however, it comes with the high cost of ocean acidification. Electrochemically treating ocean water may provide a solution…
One of nature’s formula to remove methane at scale from the atmosphere uses methane munching, hungry methanotrophic bacteria, currently under intense study…
Pulling CO2 from the atmosphere is necessary if we are ever to return to pre-industrial levels,
By increasing soil carbon content by 0.4 percent globally annually, we could store 75% of global annual emissions. That would make a huge difference…
Although known as robo-trees, these bio urban structures function in the same way trees do in capturing CO2. However, one robo tree can capture the equivalent of 368 of its natural counterparts.
‘Soil scientists, Dr. Christine Jones and Elaine Ingham share farming and land management methods that will return carbon to the soil – and keep it there – for healthier crops, more resilient farms, and less extreme weather.
The Soil Story reveals how healthy soil can help to reverse climate change.
University of Sheffield, Institute for Sustainable Food
The technology to capture CO2 from the air stream of an air conditioner and transform the CO2 into a carbon neutral fuel exists today.
Take some CO2, add a touch of hydrogen, sprinke with minerals, zap with electricity, mix, and what to we have?? Crunchy Proteins !!! Can be added to soups, cookies, pizza and all favorite foods to increase protein content. Really!!!
Carbotuna of Gravitas Infinitum plans to open a vertical farm in Florida to grow 38 million hemp plants and sequester 44 million tons of CO2 annually. The hemp plants act as a bio-filter to recycle wastewater from phosphate mining ponds and its equipment can also be used on waste plastic. Additionally Carbotuna will produce pure graphene and industrial diamonds in its processses…
A breakthrough from UIC in Illinois has published a paper proving that a Lithium Carbon Dioxide battery can now be recharged successfully and holds far more (7 x) energy than a traditional battery. In the second part of this presentation a team from MIT in Massachusetts has shown a revolutionary system that significantly improves the efficiency of capturing pure CO2 from ambient air streams.
Scientists at CarbFix are making rocks with CO2. The gas is mixed with water and inserted into basalt stone underground, where it reacts with minerals to form non-porous rock formations. Much of Earth’s crust is made of basalt, therefore the CarbFix methodology could be use just about everywhere…
Carbon neutral fuels are pure, clean fuels that do not add additional CO2 to the atmosphere. Instead CO2 is recycled; capture, release, recapture. For the aviation industry carbon neutral fuels could serve as a bridge, while technology development continues towards electric…
Waste can be a practical source, captured carbon particulates to ink.
‘Carbon Capture & Utilization is the hottest new acronym in town.’ What can we make with captured CO2? Plenty
‘Carbon Capture & Utilization is the hottest new acronym in town.’ What can we make with captured CO2? Plenty
An algae farmer using CO2 from a nearby factory for production and developing innovations to drop costs to the $2-3 a gallon range.
The project in Kentucky uses CO2 captured emissions from flue gas and sunshine to grow algae in a photobioreactor.
Seaweed can be transformed into energy using a digester. In Indonesia they can grow 800 tonnes per hector and one tonne produces 200 cubic meters of gas. A hector produces 160,000 cubic meters.
The clean production of hydrogen uses pressurized CO2 and water to form hydrogen ions and electricity from renewables converts the ions into hydrogen gas. This technology provides an additional use for capture CO2 emissions.
Solid- hydrogen cartridges use a proprietary technology to store hydrogen in a mesh, solid state, which is completely safe and non-explosive. Clean, 100% Recyclable, Zero Carbon Emission.
The winner of the Carnegie Science Award in 2017, Watt Fuel Cell are solid oxide fuel cells with cost-effective 3D printed ceramics to transform natural gas into electricity
An entirely new, safe, semi-solid medium for carrying hydrogen that could change everything…
The first large scale green hydrogen plant and infrastructure is under construction by Shell in the port of Rotterdam and will become Northern Europe’s hydrogen hub…
Opening the door to on-site hydrogen production…
There are some tricks to make hydrogen from aluminum and water without using an energy source; namely gallium…
Hydrogen powered buses and trains is a growing popular alternative …
China has been experimenting with thorium nuclear for a decade and is now building a new project in its desert. Thorium nuclear has many advantages: it’s safe, low cost, does not require water, and its nuclear waste is relatively short lived nor is it weapon grade.
A detailed look at China’s Molten Salt Reactor Program plus US plans to destroy its uranium 233 stockpile. Can the US compete in the nuclear sector without U233??? What other designs can be developed???
Rolls Royce has developed a practical and low cost solution to nuclear energy. Small modular reactors (SMR) can be built in a factory and transported to site, which greatly reduces costs and the timeframe to be up and running.
Hydroelectricity can provide massive electricity and Niagara Falls is a perfect example, However several companies have developed small hydropower systems that can be used for a home or scaled for commercial farm.
Iceland is the planet’s Green Capital with almost 100% of its electricity derived from geothermal or hydro. Geothermal has several uses beyond producing electricity including heating for buildings, greenhouses, homes and snow-free sidewalks and roads.
There is an exciting source of heat for electricity right below our feet. Tapping into Earth’s natural heat is a renewable, clean energy source.
12,000 mirrors concentrate sunlight onto a receiver at the molten salt solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, China. The facility was designed to produce electricity 24/7 and generate 390 million kWh annually.
The concept is based upon Masdar research, which used parabolic mirrors to focus light on sand to heat and use the stored heat for future power generation.
Hanergy thin film, curved solar roof tiles offer maximum yield under all circumstances.
The world’s top 5 floating solar plants and their numerous advantages. South Korea uses a system to track the sun that increases energy by 20%. China has the world’s largest (the size of 121 football fields) with capacity of 40 magawatts. India’s largest……
BP Lightsource (global leader in development, acquisition and management of solar projcts) hooked-up with a solar farm in South Essex, UK in November 2019 to successfully test tweeking the power plant’s inverters to provide energy from the solar farm at night.
Easy, practical cleaning machine for floating solar panels.
12GW of wind energy!!! Denmark to meet its commitment to phase-out oil production by 2050 is in the process of designing an artificial island with the capacity to initially generate 3GW of electricity from wind for export with the potential to increase the production to 10GW. A second island is also being designed for an additional 2GW.
Wind turbines may seem monolithic, however you’d be surprise what a bit of dust, ice or even salt water can do to the blades and aerodynamic performance. Scientists are aware of these problems and are working on better materials and short term fixes…
Scotland has some of the strongest underwater currents in Europe, which the Meygen Project plans to harness with tidal energy turbines. The tides are so predictable that SIMEC Atlantis knows exactly how much energy will be generated every 15 minutes for the next 25 years.
Tidal energy off the west coast of the US has the potential to provide nearly half of the total US energy supply; 250 TWh/yr.
Challenergy, founded by Atsushi Simizu has developed a wind turbine to harness the energy of typhoons. The typhoon turbine has vertical blades and an omnidirectional axis to respond to winds coming from every direction…
Heliogen’s mission is to commercialise ultra-high temperature solar derived alternative to replace fossil fuels for industrial processes such as cement or steel making, Heliogen also produces at scale hydrogen. Heliogen was created at Idealab, a leading global technology incubator.
Decarbonizing heavy industry has been difficult, because these industries require heat at temperatures above 1,500° Celsius. This new battery can deliver these temperatures and /or electricity…..
Google is betting on geothermal as part of their portfolio of clean energies to meet zero emissions by 2030. Its new geothermal plant uses a horizonal drilling technique used in the fracking industry that has greatly increased power output….
The Texas company, SolarCycle is developing the machinery and techniques to recycle solar panels and recuperate all of the valuable metals and glass, which can be sold to industries….
Fifty kilometers south of Dubai, the Mohammed bin Rashid Maktoum Solar Park spans thirty square miles and set a new world record-low tariff of $5.89 per kilowatt hour in 2023. The site will generate 5 GW by 2030……
The mammoth windfarm under construction at Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire will generate a substantial portion of the UK’s electricity and provide a combined capacity of 3.6GW…
Residential or commercial buildings, wind turbines offer interesting energy harvesting possibilities…
Wave energy’s potential is enormous; the surf is always up 24/7. However, ocean energy comes with some challenges, which several companies have taken head-on…
Britain’s pumped hydro batttery is one of the world’s largest and fastest. It was built to respond within seconds with 2,000 magawatts of electricity to balance demand for the national grid.
Ulla-Førre power system plays a key role in Norwegian energy supply. The watershed covers 2000 sq km. Total output of the power plants is more than 2 gigawatts, or about 7 per cent of the total installed capacity of all Norwegian hydropower plants.
Many people prefer the aesthetics of Tesla solar tiles to solar panels on roof tops...
Decarbonizing heavy industry has been difficult, because these industries require heat at temperatures above 1,500° Celsius. This new battery can deliver these temperatures and /or electricity…
An entirely new, safe, semi-solid medium for carrying hydrogen that could change everything…
Google is betting on geothermal as part of their portfolio of clean energies to meet zero emissions by 2030. Its new geothermal plant uses a horizonal drilling technique used in the fracking industry that has greatly increased power output…
Lithium batteries have different chemistries. The most common: NCA (nickel, cobalt, aluminum oxide) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate), the advantages and disadvantages…
Lithium battery NMC (nickel, manganese, cobalt) vs LFP (lithium, iron, phosphate) the chemistries differ in energy density, weight, longevity and the risk of thermal runaway…
The Blade Battery, 2nd generation has the highest density of any mass produced LFP battery, increased range, faster charging…
The new M3P battery from CATL is based on MFP (manganese iron phosphate) architecture with a few other elements added: magnesium, zinc and aluminum…
Which solid battery companies will be first to hit the market…
The quest for solid state batteries and the dream-list advantages that solid state promise has been a decade long process…
Selenium sulfur and holey graphene chemistry with an anode made of metallic lithium for space craft and earthly pursuits …
Not for tomorrow, but possibly within this decade, a new hybrid battery chemistry with high energy and power density using MOFs (metal organic frameworks) to increase storage capacity, add some salt…
In development, aluminum ion batteries with new redox polymer retains 88% capacity after 5,000+ charging cycles…
Lithium sulfur battery chemistry has the potential to reach an energy density of 900-watt hours per kilogram. Leading the way in development is Lyten employing 3D graphene in batteries. Currently under testing by automotive industry…
Amazing breakthroughs from CATL uses 3D honeycomb structures, which enable the use of a lithium metal anode and a new biometric electrolyte gel interface. To translate; higher density 500 WH/KG, superfast charging, little to no degradation over years…
Aluminium-air batteries are lightweight,100% recyclable and have ultra high energy density. In short, fully sustainable. There are numerous applications from storage to EV energy packs and the magic fuel for this technology is … water!
The AMBRI mega-battery: low cost materials, long lifespan, reliable, non-hazardous and affordable, Donald Sadoway of MIT has created a liquid metal battery (grid-scale) that could power a neighborhood (2MW/500 kilowatts) and last decades with zero capacity-fade. The company launched its first mega.battery in Arazona in 2021.
Toronto Hydro hooked-up with HydroStor Inc to connect the world’s first underwater compressed air energy storage system to Toronto’s electricity grid.
HighView Power’s super-cooled, liquidized air system for large scale energy storage with entry scale around 10 megawatts.
Redox flow batteries can play a role in both grid-scale and commercial energy storage. Joe Scott explains storage is the holy grail of renewables…
The EES system is an iron flow battery; large scale energy storage (50 kilowatts), long duration, zero capacity fade and zero environmental impact.
A very informative and step by step detailed explanation of the process of installing a Tesla Powerwall. What to expect, cost saving advice and measures to take…
Redflow Zcell is a zinc/bromide, hybrid, flow battery for homes with 10kilowatt storage. Compact in size and can be stacked for additional energy storage. Zero capacity loss and a life span well beyond 10 years .
Energy Vault’s system to store energy from renewables can provide 10-35 MW depending on scale of system.
The market for home energy storage is growing…
The new mega energy storage system, a container size ultra long-life version has zero degradation within the first five years, 6.25 Mega hours, cost-benefit ratio unbeatable...
The PolyJoule battery energy device has two layers of plastic electrodes sandwiched between two layers of plastic electrolyte. Capacity 1,000 Wh/kg, light weight, safe & effective…
The vanadium redox flow battery from CellCube is an economical energy storage solution; safe, little to no degradation, 15,000 to 20,000 charging cycles…
The Australian company, RedFlow has a unique Zinc Bromine chemistry, nano-graphene coating, safe, scalable, recyclable, long lasting, can hibernate for months…
Ultra fast, ultracapacitors. Vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes result in the highest conductive electrode/highest power. Ultra light, durable, uneffected by extreme environments…
Skeleton Ultracapacitors use a ‘curved graphene’ composite material which offers fast charging in seconds. Ultracapacitors combined with ‘regenerative breaking’ provide an immediate quick recharge and extend the battery cycle. The system is already in EVs and electric buses in Paris, China and elsewhere. Ultracapacitors are also used at charging stations.
From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory using 3D printed graphene aerogel with tiny porous rods to mass-load manganese oxide (10x more) than current models.
The Canadian company, Li-Cycle recovers 80 to 100% of all materials (Li, Cu, Ni, Mn, Co) from lithium-ion batteries, which are processed to purity for sale to battery manufacturers or other industries.
The German company Duesenfeld recycles batteries from electric cars. The modules are 96 percent recycled recouperating valuable materials like graphite, electrolyte, manganese, copper, aluminum, lithium, nickel and cobalt.
Stratocumulus clouds play an essential role in keeping temperatures on Earth cooler by shading and reflecting sunlight back to space. They have a very delicate and specific dynamic, which could be disrupted by excessive levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Scientists are working on potential risk …
A massive brown cloud stretching from the Arabian Peninsula straight across Asia to the Pacific is growing and scientists are ringing the alarm bell concerning its impact on climate and reduced rainfall patterns…
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are clouds found in the Mesosphere (50 miles or 82 km) above Earth’s surface. NLCs are for the most part composed of ice crystals and meteor dust, however cloud formations in this atmospheric layer seem to have been effected by CO2 and methane emissions.
The water cycle is the continuous movement of water: above, below and on Earth’s surface.
Rainforests make their own rain, but which can first ….
Above the Amazon Forest flows the mightiest river in the world formed in part by trees releasing approximately 20,000,000,000 tons of water daily and the momentum, which pulls clouds formed over the Atlantic inland and straight across the continent…
An atmospheric river can transport enormous volumes of water even larger than the Mississippi river so scientists have created a method to categorise the strength and scale of *air>emissions/ low emissions>carbon dioxide
Brazil’s water cycle is dependent upon the Amazon Forest, which is also the water engine for the entire continent. To paraphrase the Federal Deputy of Rio de Janeiro, ‘To have water, you need forests. To have agriculture, you need water, but the powerful agricultural sector in Brazil lobbies for deforestation. It therefore lobbies for less rain and with the long term risk of no rain. Go figure…
Completely new atmospheric phenonium found forming near the equator in the Indian Ocean…
A Falcon Heavy rocket launch uses RP-1 fuel, which emits 1,352 tonnes of CO2 and creates chains of hydrogen and carbon particulates known as ‘black-carbon’ that traps solar heat. Additionally, RP-1 produces nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, which are highly reactive and amplify the chemical breakdown of ozone in the ozone layer.
The Space Shuttle’s solid-rocket boosters used a chlorine-based fuel, which chemically obliterates ozone and the fine alumina particulates produced obstruct Earth’s outgoing heat.
SF6 (sulfur hexafluoride) is the most potent of fluoride gases specifically 23,500 times the global warming potential of CO2. SF6 is used to prevent short circuits and fires in high voltage electrical switches and circuit breakers, which are part of the grid
Methane leaking captured with infrared cameras at gas and oil operations in several energy producing states.
The invisible secret is methane spewing into the atmosphere, and its been going on for decades in Texas’ fracking patch.
‘If we could reduce 45% of methane emissions over the next ten years, we could shave-off approximately 0.3 degrees Celsius of global warming. That’s significant…
Capturing methane emissions is the fastest path to combat warming…
Mango Materials takes methane gas captured at waste water or landfill plants and processes it into a highly biodegradable methane plastic…
Landfills are a significant source of methane and CO2 emissions when left untreated, however these gases can be captured and processed to make natural gas…
The industrial use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are responsible for 50% of nitrous oxide emissions. In 2009, nitrous oxide was identified as the principle compound responsible for the depletion and thinning of the ozone layer. The ozone layer is fundemental to life.
Planes produce significant CO2 emissions, however the most serious emission is nitric oxide, a potent, heat-retaining greenhouse gas. Planes also emit water vapor that helps create cirrus clouds, which trap Earth’s outgoing heat further warming the atmosphere.
Removing Fgases, (fluorinated gases) from cooling systems and refrigeration is the fastest action we can take to combat global warming and protect the ozone layer. The good news is that it’s easy and natural refrigerants (hydrocarbons) can save you 70% in energy costs.
It would be difficult to imagine New York’s iconic skyline today had city planners back in the 1880s not turned to steam. The city has the world’s largest underground steam system distributed for heating buildings and when coupled with co-generators produces cooling, which significantly reduces electricity demand on the grid..
Heat recovery system for a gas power plant cuts energy costs by 50%.
There are numerous pathways to provide eco-sustainable sources for district heating and cooling. Veolia describes four specific projects.
Chicago’s district cooling system has five interconnected plants providing cooling for 100 buildings totaling more than 45 million square feet of space. The system utilizes Ice Thermal Storage and has reduced peak energy demand for air conditioning by over 30 magawatts.
In a traditional model, heat from a power plant is used to heat and provide electricity to a district. The water used in that network can also be cooled with refrigerants to provide cooling and the heat recovered from that process fed into heating pipelines improving efficiency.
Outdoor air can be used to cool water for free! Saves not only 80% on energy, but reduces CO2 emissions by 80%.
District city heating using sea water and CO2 as the refrigerant …
CO2 heat pump systems are more than twice as efficient as other systems, which translates into a 45% savings…
Net Power located outside Houston is the world’s first zero emission natural gas power plant. Although the plant burns natural gas, it captures 100% of the emissions with no additional cost. It works with CarbFix in Iceland to sequester the CO2 waste, but also sells used carbon gas to local oil producers.
The 10 Billion KWh/yr, Wai Gao Qiao power plant in Shanghai burns coal, however the plant processes ‘would-be’ emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and particulates, so that they don’t end -up in the atmosphere. It’s not only incredibly clean, but also efficient…
Windcatchers are some of the oldest cooling systems that date back to 800 AD and can be found throughout Iran. Electricity free, passive cooling systems….
Windcatchers are some of the oldest cooling systems that date back to 800 AD and can be found throughout Iran. Electricity free, passive cooling systems…
ROK Renewable Energy and partner Posco Energy’s fuel cell power plant located outside of Seoul produces 440 million KWh annually. Posco Energy developed the fuel cell technology and also manufactures the systems. Fuel cells can run on natural gas, biogas or hydrogen.
Stationary electrical power generation 24/7, a fuel cell system that transforms natural gas into electricity without combustion. Reduces significantly electricity costs and carbon emissions.
Although CO2 can help plants grow more quickly, there is a hidden problem; the loss of nutritional value. Kristie Ebi explores the potential nutritional crisis, along with steps that we can take to safeguard health and food security.
To take-out more CO2 than we emit is to drawdown. How to do it has been meticulously analyzed and mapped-out and represents the best shot we have to stop and reverse climate change. It’s do-able.
‘What happens in the Arctic doesn’t always stay in the Arctic; its feedback loops can affect us in much more direct and immediate ways’.
Brilliant lecture ! Walter Jehne presents all of the science on how to cool the planet quickly and sustainably, which will buy us time to implement all of the other measures necessary to balance the atmospheric chemistry.
The biogeochemist, Asmeret Asefaw Berthe explains the remarkable ability of soil through natural processes to sequester carbon and provides many interesting facts. The science is compelling and healthy soil is a fundamental tool in the drawdown of atmospheric CO2.
Kelp forests are some of the most biodiverse habitats on the planet and globally kelp forests sucks-in more than 600 million tons of CO2 annually.
Mother Nature knows what she doing and if we follow her methodology, we can restore our environment and put carbon back where it should be.