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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Recent Point Source Capture Techno-economic Analysis

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Recent Point Source Capture Techno-economic Analysis

October 20, 2022 |

This Project aims to update a 2014 NETL study that quantifies the cost and performance associated with capturing point-source CO2 from industrial plants. It’s a part of the search for CO2 capture, and Sally Homsy and Tim Fout of the National Energy Technology Laboratory presented these slides at the Carbon Management Project Review Meeting in […]

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Yep, ev’rything’s big in Texas: Bon Weir, TX nabs first AA BDOZone rating  for woody biomass in US

Yep, ev’rything’s big in Texas: Bon Weir, TX nabs first AA BDOZone rating for woody biomass in US

October 20, 2022 |

In Texas, the BDO Zone Initiative has issued an ‘AA’ rated BDO Zone designation for Bon Wier, Texas for 2,000,000 green tons per year of woody biomass. ‘AA’ and ‘A’ BDO Zone ratings identify the areas in the country which are best positioned for low-risk bioeconomy project development. Bon Wier’s ‘AA’ Rating for Forest Residues, […]

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Rolls-Royce, Alder Fuels, Brazil BioFuels, Topsoe advance in the Race to Net Zero aviation

Rolls-Royce, Alder Fuels, Brazil BioFuels, Topsoe advance in the Race to Net Zero aviation

October 20, 2022 |

The race is on. It was a race to lower carbon aviation. Now it is a race for Net Zero. Ultimately, as we have tipped, it will become a race for carbon negative aviation because only when a jet becomes a Hoover in the skies, reducing carbon with every flight, will airlines and travelers be […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the National Carbon Capture Center

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the National Carbon Capture Center

October 20, 2022 |

The National Carbon Capture Center is a centralized test facility providing comprehensive support for technology testing and evaluation, relating to process, engineering, operational, analytical, troubleshooting and maintenance. The NCCC aims to accelerate technology development, scale up, cost reduction and commercialization of CO2 capture, utilization and removal. It is sponsored by Sponsored by DOE/NETL, research and industrial […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Application of a Transformational UKy3 Ton/Day CO2 Capture System at a Steel Process Plant

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Application of a Transformational UKy3 Ton/Day CO2 Capture System at a Steel Process Plant

October 19, 2022 |

The objective of this project is to demonstrate the UK CO2 capture process at Nucor Steel Gallatin treating electric arc furnace evolved gas with a CO2 concentration of ~1.5 vol%.Kunlei Liu and Heather Nikolic of the University of Kentucky showed these slides at the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Carbon Management Project Review Meeting in August.

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Carbon Capture from a Cement Facility Using the Cryocap FG Process

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Carbon Capture from a Cement Facility Using the Cryocap FG Process

October 18, 2022 |

This Project aims To execute and complete a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a commercial-scale, carbon capture system that separates 95% of the total CO2 emissions at Holcim Ste Genevieve Cement Plant using AirLiquide’s Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) assisted Cryocap FG technology.Kevin O’Brien and Hafiz Saith of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana […]

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The US’s $66B E15 bonanza: new study finds big boost for US GDP with E15

The US’s $66B E15 bonanza: new study finds big boost for US GDP with E15

October 18, 2022 |

Growth Energy released a study conducted by ABF Economics that found that nationwide access to E15, a 15 percent ethanol blended fuel, could save drivers billions in annual fuel costs, create new jobs, and return billions to the U.S. economy.  Specifically, the data show that a nationwide transition to E15 would save consumers $20.6 billion […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Large Pilot Testing of the MTR Membrane Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Process

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Large Pilot Testing of the MTR Membrane Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Process

October 17, 2022 |

This Project aims to design, build, and operate a 10 MWe Large Pilot membrane capture system. Brice Freeman and Richard Baker of Membrane Technology & Research showed these slides at the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Carbon Management Project Review Meeting in August.

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Sex Pistols, Jugs, Bottles and Speed: NREL breaks through on a fast, cheap route to recycling plastic in one pot, at one time

Sex Pistols, Jugs, Bottles and Speed: NREL breaks through on a fast, cheap route to recycling plastic in one pot, at one time

October 16, 2022 |

News arrives from Colorado that BOTTLE consortia researchers led by NREL have developed a process that can convert mixed plastics to a single chemical product, working toward a solution that would allow recyclers to skip sorting plastic by type. Combining chemical and biological processes is a promising new strategy for the valorization of mixed plastic waste — yes, […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Initial Engineering And Design For Co2 Capture From Ethanol Facilities

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Initial Engineering And Design For Co2 Capture From Ethanol Facilities

October 13, 2022 |

This Project aims to develop an initial engineering design (IED)and estimated cost for capture and compression of CO2generated from an operational ethanol production facility. It’s a part of the search for CO2 capture, and Jason Laumb, Director of Advanced Energy Systems Initiatives at the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center showed these […]

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