Mitsubishi Captures CO2, GE Patent Problem, Ørsted Reduces Steel Emissions and Seeds Coral

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Engineers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have created a solvent that has improved CO2 capture efficiency from 90% to nearly 100%. That changes the math for thermal fuel combustion and creates major implications for the energy transition. How and where will the solvent be used? And how soon will it really be ready to use? We have questions. Patent infringement may sound boring in comparison, but it causes plenty of trouble for everyone involved - and it looks like GE could be in trouble. Since a jury ruled that GE infringed on one of Siemens Gamesa’s patents, Siemens is seeking permanent injunction against the use of Haliade-X turbines on offshore wind projects. What does that mean for Orsted's Ocean Wind in New Jersey? Will the US government step in? We'll find out. Meanwhile, off the Taiwanese coast, Orsted is seeding turbine tower foundations with baby coral. Orsted and scientists hope to create viable spawning populations by 2025. Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! EP128 Allen Hall: Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. We have an excellent show ahead for you. Mitsubishi created a solvent that can remove almost a hundred percent of CO2 from large industry emissions and then GE and Siemens Ganesa have been in a court battle and it's coming to a close and GE is in trouble. Rosemary Barnes: And then we have a couple of projects from Orsted they're planning to reduce emissions from their steel supply. And also they have another interesting project with Newcastle university in Australia to seed coral on Taiwanese offshore, winter buyin found. Allen Hall: Stay tuned. We'll be back after the music. Mitsubishi of all companies has created a solvent that takes CO2 out of the air. And they're calling the solvent Ks 21. It's a trademark actually Ks 21. And it's, it's, it's the summation of almost a decade's worth of work by researchers. And I think this is actually happening up in Norway. So they're testing this in Norway, but it improves carbon capture efficiency or carbon dioxide capture EF. From existing about 90% to practically a hundred percent which is remarkable. So the way this system works and there's a really cool YouTube video that explains it. They have the solvent and they have the emissions coming up. The flu is with the CO2, the solvent grabs the CO2 and it I'll use a chemical term precipitates. So it all falls to the bottom. And then they pull that solvent plus CO2. Out break the solvent and the CO2 apart using heat, it looks like, and then they, then, then they just capture the CO2 and store it and then eventually turn it into rock, bury it. So in a sense, they've created a system in which doesn't require added solvent. Once you have the solvent in place is totally recyclable and they can pull nearly 100% of CO2 from industrial sources. So, if you think about it a steel plant or places where you really have to use a lot of CO2 to make, to make things like steel, you could essentially bring the CO2 emissions almost down to zero. That's crazy. And they're saying that the, the it's holding the, looking at a couple places. Heavy transportation, steel and concrete as being the, the big drivers here. So if the system works, you could actually put it on trains or you could put it on in theory, like aircraft. That's crazy. Right. Is, is this something you ever heard of before? Because it's, it's completely new to me. Rosemary Barnes: I have a lot of questions more than answers. So I think the first thing to note is that you can alre...