CO2 Tech Considers
Joint Developments With Academics Under Branson $25
Million Cleaner Air Prize
LONDON, Feb. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- CO2 Tech
President, Ms. Helga Schotten, today announced that
CO2 Tech has approached several renown scientists to
jointly develop a series of air-cleaning products
with the academic community to guarantee the highest
standard of R&D for its innovations over time. The
company is also considering submitting a development
proposal for Richard Branson's new $25 million fund
designed to encourage cleaner air.
British billionaire Richard Branson and Al Gore,
former U.S. vice president, recently announced a $25
million prize to meet possibly the biggest challenge
faced by humankind: to reduce the planet's warming
gases that have collected in the atmosphere since
the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Mr. Branson
urged governments to match the prize money he
offered.
Mr. Gore said the prize was intended for a
project that would be different from technologies
currently under development that capture and store
large amounts of carbon dioxide from heavy emitters
like coal-fired electric plants.
CO2 Tech views the announcements as a unique
opportunity to accelerate the development of its
most recent innovations. In fact, professor of
science and civilization at Oxford University Steve
Rayner noted the project is especially appealing for
developments related to the aviation industry since
there really are no other viable, cleaner fuels in
the pipeline.
Air transport represented about 3.5 percent of
global greenhouse gas emissions in 1990, but that
figure could grow to about 15 percent by 2050,
according to United Nations figures, as cited by the
Aviation Environment Federation in London.
CO2 Tech has approached Klaus Lackner, a
professor at Columbia University who has developed
an extraction device to clean carbon from the air.
CO2 Tech is developing a dispersion solution for
high-altitude gaseous airplane emissions based on
speed fluctuations. Exploiting the airplanes' speed,
CO2's unique mechanism will compress and decompose
the destructive gases before emission through a
dedicated system. Although Mr. Lackner's project
remained in the planning stage, collaboration with
Co2 Tech may lead to an integrated viable solution
to analyze, identify and reduce the high altitude
emissions of airplanes in flight, combining both
compression and extraction methodologies for a more
comprehensive air cleaning solution for the aviation
industry.
About CO2 Tech
CO2 Tech, a U.K.-based company, provides
cutting-edge, sophisticated anti-global warming
technologies along with a full range of
environmental products and services to businesses,
industries and governments. CO2 Tech's innovative
approach provides high quality, maintenance-friendly
system solutions that offer cutting-edge
technological developments and outstanding
reliability. CO2 Tech has extensive first hand
experience with all major air pollution control
equipment including air pollution control systems,
removal of fine solid particles from gas/air units,
evaporator units, reduced CO2 emission units.
CO2 Tech offers its customers the benefits of its
cutting-edge technological products, proprietary
innovations and rich experience in industrial
applications of control equipment, with petroleum,
factories, mining, metals, boilers, glass,
chemicals, woodworking, quarries, textiles and most
other heavy industries. CO2 Tech fosters strong
partnerships and alliances with leading
environmental engineering companies and research
institutions worldwide to develop, manufacture and
market high-quality instruments, systems, and
services for its clients.
You are invited to learn about CO2 Tech and the
full range of its technologies and services at our
website http://www.co2-tech.com.
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