Carbon capture utilization encompasses technologies that separate carbon dioxide from air, flue gas, or aqueous streams and convert it into fuels, chemicals, and materials. Approaches span sorbent- and solvent-based capture, moisture- and pressure-swing processes, chemical looping, and direct air capture, often integrated with solar, electrochemical, and bio-based systems. Captured CO2 and biogenic carbon are transformed via catalysis, photoelectrochemistry, microbial and thermochemical pathways into products such as methane, methanol, formic acid, plastics, bio-oil, and solid carbon, frequently using waste biomass, wastewater, and plastics as feedstocks.
Energy & Green Tech
A unique carbon capture technology developed by researchers at the University of Surrey could offer a more cost-effective way to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and turn it into clean, synthetic fuel.
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Researchers at Northwestern University have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate ...
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With global water scarcity on the rise—impacting 38% of Europe's population in 2019 alone—a novel approach is emerging to transform wastewater into a valuable resource. Water-smart industrial symbioses (WSISs) offer an innovative ...
Apr 2, 2025
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VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and LUT University have completed a three-year research project on carbon capture and utilization. The project investigated different technologies for producing renewable plastic raw ...
Apr 2, 2025
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Advanced carbon fiber materials could be used in applications from wind turbine blades to biomedical implants following the development of a low-cost carbon fiber feedstock.
Apr 1, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi's small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel.
Mar 29, 2025
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High-capacity filter-free ultrafine particle reduction technology is now being deployed in subways, schools, department stores, and other large public facilities, significantly improving the living environment for citizens.
Mar 27, 2025
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A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research has developed a technology that efficiently manages volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from small-scale businesses and recycles them with lower energy consumption ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the butanol they produce during fermentation ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Researchers have developed a novel combination of materials that have organic and inorganic properties, with the goal of using them in technologies that convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into a liquid fuel. The paper, ...
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