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Carbon Recycling International implements power-to-fuel technology in Germany
The nation of Germany is already converting Coal-fired power plant exhaust gas Carbon Dioxide into hydrocarbons, into organic chemicals that can, and do, serve as substitutes for the same compounds ordinarily derived from natural petroleum; and, which organic chemicals are used in the manufacture of certain high-volume, high-performance commercial plastics, or, more accurately, polymers.
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We're a little late getting news of this to you.
But, the United States Government's rapid confirmation of the West Virginia-originated technology for Carbon Dioxide utilization about which we reported in:
WVU Battery Converts CO2 + H2O into Hydrocarbon Syngas | Research & Development | News; concerning: "United States Patent Application 20130122381 - High Temperature Rechargeable Battery For Greenhouse Gas Decomposition And Oxygen Generation; May 16, 2013; Inventors: Bruce S. Kang and Huang Guo, Morgantown, WV; Abstract: This invention shows a high temperature rechargeable battery system for energy storage, oxygen generation, and decomposition of oxygen-containing gases (e.g. CO2/H2O ... . ... With carbon capture and sequestration becoming a key element in worldwide efforts to control/minimize CO2 emission, it can be anticipated that large amount of CO2 will become available for use as feedstock for innovative conversions into synthetic fuels. This invention shows a high temperature rechargeable battery system for decomposition of oxygen containing gases ... . ... During battery discharge, GHG such as CO2/H2O ... can be decomposed into syngas (CO+H2) ... (and) solar, wind or other renewable energy can be used to charge the battery ... . ... The present invention relates to the high temperature rechargeable battery system using oxygen ion conducting electrolyte which could be capable of utilizing renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power for ... converting GHG, into ... syngas";
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First, it isn't the USDOE directly who have, in this case at least, figured out how to produce valuable "Products" from Carbon Dioxide, as we might recover from the flue-gases resulting from our economically essential use of Coal in the generation of genuinely abundant and truly affordable electric power.
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Herein we report more confirmation by our United States Government that the solid mineral residua, the Ash, left behind by our economically essential use of Coal in the generation of truly abundant and genuinely affordable electric power, can be seen and treated as a valuable mineral resource.
For example, Coal Ash can be used and consumed as a component of various construction materials, in which applications the Ash serves to replace virgin mineral materials that would otherwise have to be quarried or mined.
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We've documented many times, as in, for just a couple of examples:
Korea CO2 to Methanol & Dimethyl Ether | Research & Development | News; concerning: "United States Patent 6,248.795 - Dimethyl Ether and Methanol from Carbon Dioxide; 2001; Inventor: Ki Won Jun and Kyu Wan Lee, Daejeon, KR; Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Abstract: This invention relates to the process of preparing from carbon dioxide a mixture of dimethyl ether and methanol which are useful as clean fuel or raw materials in the chemical industry. More particularly, this invention relates to the process of preparing dimethyl ether and methanol in high yield without by-products such as hydrocarbons by means of chemical conversion of carbon dioxide"; and:
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