Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A pilot BECCS project has been running at the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire since October 2018. A report from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) seems to strengthen the case against Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), currently a key ingredient of the UK government’s climate plan.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

percent) in 2018. As the GSIA latest report was published in 2018, we are yet to see how Taiwanese investors compare to their global peers for the past year. As the GSIA latest report was published in 2018, we are yet to see how Taiwanese investors compare to their global peers for the past year. percent) or Japan (18.3

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If we're going to make sure that we're using more recycled content, if we're going to ensure that we're going to reduce carbon emissions, then we need to be tracking that. CLP's private-equity Closed Loop Leadership Fund , launched in 2018, counts Nestlé, Microsoft and Nuveen among its investors.). "I said Anna Marciano, head of U.S.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Members of a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling in the UK – which goes by the name ‘Carpet Recycling UK’ – are causing 128,480 tonnes of carpet to be incinerated every year – emitting dangerous toxic chemicals and significant carbon emissions, costing UK society around £16.5 Available at: [link].

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. In 2018 Carbon Engineering founder David Keith – a physicist at Harvard – explained how it could be done for $94 to $232, writing in the journal Joule.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

The gap is growing between the transmission network’s capacity and the need to link wind farms in the Great Plains and Intermountain West , solar farms in the Southwest, and hydropower resources in eastern Canada, to other regions hungry for carbon-free energy. and Tucson Electric Power. But the 780-mile, $2.3

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Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

To make the cut, these gifts must be carbon negative—they mustremove more carbon pollution than they contribute to the atmosphere. You won't find any compromises in this gift guide.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Are carbon-negative buildings possible? The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated.

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Hydrogen-based powertrains for zero-emission aviation, carbon-negative powerplants, and genome-editing for speciality crops: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food Pairwise (2018). The post Recent Deals – 24 September 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 6, 2024

Photo: Getty Images Microsoft is doubling down on a controversial plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions from wood-burning power plants. And back in 2018, nearly 800 scientists signed a letter to the European Parliament asking it to stop supporting the use of wood for bioenergy.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Source: BP Outlook 2018. Not taking into account the negative externalities. If solar energy becomes cheap enough, water and carbon dioxide can be captured from natural surroundings (water or air) and transformed into a synthetic fuel. That will be the challenge for oil and gas companies in the coming years.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2021 predicts there are a number of ways that power generation in Britain could become emissions net negative by 2034 helping to put the UK on track to become a net zero emission economy by mid-century. Both of these scenarios would meet the UK's Sixth Carbon Budget.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Since 2018, Apple has powered its own facilities and operations entirely with renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2024

After a year-long planning process, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho on Wednesday gave the green light to Drax’s carbon capture (CCS) proposal for two of its large biomass units. And it gets worse: carbon cannot be captured without the infrastructure to transport and then depose of (or utilise) it.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Corporate demand for carbon removal and offsetting will establish forests as a major new asset class that could generate $800bn annually for investors by mid-century, according to the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). It also urges investors to promote a global standard for nature-based offset market.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Carbon emissions from Great Britain's power system achieved a number of record lows over the bank holiday weekend, thanks to a drop in energy demand and high levels of solar and wind grid penetration, according to energy firm Drax. Average numbers would be 200g if carbon per unit (or 500g a few years back). Today it's under 20!

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

The campaigners’ analysis shows carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen 63 percent since 1990, threatening climate targets despite the growing push for electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Carbon emissions from private cars and taxis have decreased by 19 percent over the same period.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The waste management sector bears an essential role in the EU’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the group explained in a statement in early February. In 2018, Waste-to-Energy plants supplied electricity to 18 million EU citizens and heat to 15 million EU citizens.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Toyota’s Vision for Carbon Neutrality: A Showcase of Innovation Also at the upcoming show, Toyota will highlight its pioneering efforts towards carbon neutrality with two other groundbreaking projects: the Liquid Hydrogen-Powered GR Corolla and the Sweep Energy Storage System.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A recent study has found it is currently “not feasible” for the global livestock industry to sequester enough carbon to cancel out its planet-warming emissions — and that policy efforts geared toward that goal may be deeply misguided. 135 gigatons is roughly equal to all the carbon lost due to agriculture over the past 12,000 years.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Research into carbon capture and sequestration has shown both promise and disappointment. A 2010 study indicated that "negative emission technologies…significantly enhances the possibility to meet low concentration targets" (Azar et al, 2010). The American Geophysical Union has also called for further research (Landau, 2018).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 14, 2022

Proponents of fossil fuel use have implied that climate policies, like carbon pricing or other regulations, will have a negative impact on household spending, including home heating and gas for vehicles. South Australia gets 62% of its electricity from wind and solar combined with grid-scale battery storage.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. Long-range tradeoffs: Carbon reduction vs. costs.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The wave of net zero goals and commitments has rapidly increased since October 2018, when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that in order to have a 50 per cent chance of keeping global warming below 1.5

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The world's top climate scientists have updated their guidance on carbon removals technologies, arguing they are likely to prove essential to stablising global temperatures, but only if they are developed judiciously.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Sustainability pushes resorts away from the negative spiral, where high carbon footprints catalyze climate change – which could ultimately render the ski industry obsolete. The benefits of sustainability for ski resorts.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

A timeline from coal to negative emissions at Drax – told by the engineers who were there. Today, however, sustainably-sourced compressed wood pellets have enabled the Yorkshire power station - once the country's largest single source of emissions - to rapidly decarbonise, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions 85 per cent lower than in 2013.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Slowing down the low-carbon transition is profitable for the boards of these Carbon Majors,” the authors wrote.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and in 2018 IMO member states agreed the sector's first ever climate targets - including an overatching ambition to cut its 2008 emissions in half by 2050 - and promising to draw up a detailed action plan before 2023 to achieve these goals. International shipping accounts for around 2.5

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

Headquartered in the UK, CMS is one of the largest law firms in the world, with 70 offices in 40 countries boasting 4,500 legal professionals and revenues of €1.36bn in 2018. We have seen them improve their CDP score and commit to an ambitious science-based target that stands up to scrutiny," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

At the end of 2018, AB InBev agreed a 15-year, 100-megawatt deal with Lightsource BP to supply its U.K. But a growing number of European corporations now have 100 percent renewable targets and other low-carbon targets, and the falling cost of solar and offshore wind in particular are forcing the rest to reassess the opportunity.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Slowing down the low-carbon transition is profitable for the boards of these Carbon Majors,” the authors wrote.

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