New research shows how biofuels affect cement production

The production of cement and quicklime is energy demanding and causes high carbon dioxide emissions. This is because the fuel, which is used for heating, and the limestone, which is converted into quicklime at high temperatures, emits carbon dioxide. By replacing fossil fuels with renewable ones, emissions can be reduced by up to 40%. The

Record breaking increase of carbon dioxide in March

Researchers that track the steady build-up of the major gas responsible for warming the globe say that the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has recently experienced the biggest jump ever measured. This year’s March worldwide average of carbon dioxide concentration was 4.7 parts per million, or ppm, greater than that of March

Scientists synthesised material that can absorb Greenhouse Gases

Scientists from the UK and China have synthesised a porous material that has the capacity to shrink our carbon footprint. The material, described as “cage of cages” by researchers, can absorb common greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide with strong affinity and hold it. It is made in two steps with reactions assembling triangular prism building

Korean LCO2 storage tanks unveiled

A South Korean manufacturer has unveiled how the world’s largest liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) storage tanks will look like. Sejin Heavy Industries is constructing a pair of LCO2 tanks for Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Maritime, which ordered last July two firm 22,000 cu m ships at Hyundai Mipo, with options for two more. The nascent LCO2

Research team develops new way to convert CO2 into methanol

Scientists from the UK, Germany and Australia have successfully converted carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol, a green fuel, using a new technique that they have developed. The research involved chemists from the University of Birmingham, the University of Ulm, the University of Queensland and was led by scientists at the School of Chemistry at the

Australia to impose fuel efficiency standard in 2025

Australia’s federal government plans to introduce a long-awaited fuel efficiency standard for passenger and light commercial vehicles on 1 January 2025, after announcing a one-month consultation period before drafting new laws. Canberra has announced its preferred model for the standard, which it committed to in last year’s budget after releasing its electric vehicle (EV) strategy

Engineers develop process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

The search is on worldwide to find ways to extract carbon dioxide from the air or from power plant exhaust and then make it into something useful. One of the more promising ideas is to make it into a stable fuel that can replace fossil fuels in some applications. But most such conversion processes have

Vesta’s efforts to bring climate change

The Jumeirah Beach district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. San Francisco-based Vesta wants to dump ground-up olivine on beaches and into seawater in an attempt to speed up the ocean’s natural ability to remove carbon dioxide. The Hajar Mountains reach nearly 3,000 meters above sea level, tracing the coastline of Oman and the United Arab

New North Sea oil and gas fields will emit 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide

This amount – about 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide over the lifetimes of the fields – will be increased more than eightfold, if potential licences under consideration are also granted, according to data from public sources analysed by Greenpeace.

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