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FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with XPRIZE founder and Executive Chairman Peter Diamandis during the presentation of the XPRIZE for Children s Literacy in Los Angeles, in this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, file photo. Organizers of a $20 million contest to develop products from greenhouse gas that flows from power plants announced two winners Monday, April 19, 2021, ahead of launching a similar but much bigger competition backed by Elon Musk. Both winners made concrete that trapped carbon dioxide, keeping it out of the atmosphere, where it can contribute to climate change. Production of cement, concrete s key ingredient, accounts for 7% of global emissions of the greenhouse gas, said Marcius Extavour, XPRIZE vice president of climate and energy.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Winners of $20M contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
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by Mead Gruver, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 19, 2021 9:37 am ADT
Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 9:39 am ADT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Organizers of a $20 million contest to develop products from greenhouse gas that flows from power plants announced two winners Monday ahead of launching a similar but much bigger competition backed by Elon Musk.
Both winners made concrete that trapped carbon dioxide, keeping it out of the atmosphere, where it can contribute to climate change. Production of cement, concrete’s key ingredient, accounts for 7% of global emissions of the greenhouse gas, said Marcius Extavour, XPRIZE vice-president of climate and energy.
“So it’s not surprising that the winning teams focused on reducing emissions associated with concrete, which will be a game-changer for global decarbonization,” he said in a statement.