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Electrochemistry Might Help Solve Cement’s Carbon Problem

May 26, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 22:34:41 +0000

One thread I’m pulling on across industrial solutions is the ability of electrochemical processes powered by green electricity to replace industrial processes powered by fossil fuels. Today someone handed me the end of a thread leading to Sublime Systems, a Massachusetts, USA, firm that’s using electrochemistry to make low-carbon cement. … [continued]

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Sublime Systems Is Leading The Transition To Low Carbon Cement In Boston

May 18, 2024 admin Boston, buildings, cement, concrete, decarbonizing, green economy, sublime systems

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 13:00:01 +0000

The first commercial use of concrete made with low carbon cement from Sublime Systems has happened in Boston.

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Nanofibers Pulled From Captured Carbon, With A Green Hydrogen Bonus

January 14, 2024 admin brookhaven national laboratory, Carbon Capture, carbon capture (ccs), carbon nanotubes, carbon sequestration, cement, cement emissions, clean power, Columbia University, concrete, direct air capture (dac), Energy, energy efficiency, green concrete, green economy, green hydrogen, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:05:19 +0000

Captured carbon can yield carbon nanofibers and green hydrogen, too, which could be a better solution than simply pushing it underground.

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How Coal Fly Ash Is Reducing CO2 Emissions and Improving Concrete

November 30, 2023 admin beneficial use, Business, cement, climate change, Coal, concrete, Environmental, fly ash, full coverage, news, power, power podcasts, sustainability, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:03:34 +0000

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. One of the key ingredients in concrete is Portland cement. The American Concrete Institute explains that Portland cement is […]

The post How Coal Fly Ash Is Reducing CO2 Emissions and Improving Concrete appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5°C

November 22, 2023 admin Agriculture, cement, clean power, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, deforestation, Electric vehicles, green economy, heat pumps, investment, Manufacturing, research, Solar energy, steel, wind energy, wri

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:03:59 +0000

This article focuses on the 2023 findings of the annual State of Climate Action report series. View past articles here: … [continued]

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MIT Researchers Develop New Additives For “Green” Concrete

March 31, 2023 admin buildings, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, cement, CO2, concrete, mit, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:35:31 +0000

Researchers at MIT are discovering new ways of making concrete that will release less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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The Algae Phoenix Rises: Biofuel Down, Concrete Up

March 30, 2023 admin algae, biofuels, biofuels algae, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, clean transport, concrete, green concrete, green economy, Manufacturing, microalgae, prometheus materials, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:05:07 +0000

After stumbling on biofuel, algae finds its footing and steps up to help the concrete industry cut its carbon footprint, too.

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With Concrete, Less Is More

January 28, 2023 admin buildings, cement, concrete, Construction, green economy, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:48:31 +0000

Demand Changes Can Drive The Future Of Zero-Carbon Concrete As world leaders convene at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos to discuss global issues including climate change, they will spend the day surrounded by concrete. Houses, skyscrapers, roads, freeways, bridges, sidewalks, water systems, dams, and more rely on concrete for its unrivaled strength […]

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Advances In Decarbonizing Steel & Cement Manufacturing

October 19, 2022 admin cement, electra, green economy, Manufacturing, steel

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:00:51 +0000

Steel and cement both produce large amounts of carbon dioxide, but two new startups say they have a way to avoid most of it.

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$5.4 Million To Research Turning Buildings Into Carbon Storage Structures

July 19, 2022 admin arpa-e, buildings, carbon capture (ccs), cement, concrete, energy efficiency, insulation, microalgae, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:50:19 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected to receive over $5.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the development of technologies that can transform buildings into carbon storage structures. The funding is part of ARPA-E’s Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA) program, which […]