Clariant’s MegaMax selected for world’s largest e-methanol project

In Germany, European Energy selected Clariant’s methanol synthesis catalyst MegaMax for the world’s largest e-methanol project. Located in Kasso, Denmark, the facility is scheduled to start operations by the end of 2023. It will have the capacity to produce 32,000 tons of e-methanol annually from carbon dioxide using Clariant’s catalyst. MegaMax was chosen as it

Edmonton plant start CCUS system

Heidelberg Materials’ Edmonton cement plant is one key step closer to pouring the foundations of a full-scale carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) system that could help make its operations carbon neutral. Five years in the making, a pilot system will pull 300kg per day of carbon from the plant’s production facility. The new CCUS

Denmark postpones tender for second CO2 storage licences

The Danish Energy Agency has postponed the second tender round of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage licences in the North Sea. The tender was set to open on August 15, 2023, according to the executive order on CO2 storage license tenders, with a deadline of October of the same year. The first tender round was opened

C-Job introduces alternative fuels for dredging

C-Job Naval Architects created multiple concept designs of dredgers that make use of methanol as a marine fuel. Methanol is an easy switch for vessels that previously made use of traditional fuels like diesel, making it a good choice for dredgers. It has no sulfur oxide (SOx) and particulate matter emissions. When produced in a

Importance of high purity CO2 as feedstock

Carbon capture and storage has been at the top of many news feeds in recent weeks but the challenges of transporting CO2 and the importance of high purity CO2 as a feedstock for e-fuels should also be a priority, says Rupert Hare, CEO of design and engineering consultancy, Houlder. The purity of CO2 is dictated

New photocatalytic system converts CO2 into valuable fuel

A joint research team from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The newly developed system, which replicates a natural chloroplast, is capable of transforming carbon dioxide in water into methane, a useful fuel, very efficiently using light. This

UC researchers make clean biofuels from CO2

A group of researchers from the University of Cambridge (UC) have developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is

Ahmedabad needs Rs.4.4 lakh crore to turn net zero city by 2070

In the span of one year, from 2021 to 2022, the residents of Ahmedabad released a staggering 15.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, resulting in a per capita burden of 2.1 tonnes of CO2. To transform Ahmedabad into a net zero city and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the city will need

Shipping Industry agrees to reach netzero by 2050

The global shipping industry has agreed to reduce planet-warming gases to netzero by or around 2050. But critics say the deal is fatally flawed. Ships produce around 3% of global CO2 but countries will now have to reduce this as close as possible to zero by the middle of the century. Small island states have

CMF publishes bunkering checklists for alcohol-based fuels

Methanol, which can be carbon-neutral when produced from sustainable hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) by direct air capture (DAC), has been used as a fuel alternative in the shipping industry on a small scale since 2015.