The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 29, 2024

The company’s Park Royal datacentre is part of its commitment to drive the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), but that ambition is jarring with its target of being carbon negative by 2030. Continue reading.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This venture underscores Microsoft’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions in the tech industry, supporting its broader ambition to become carbon-negative by 2030. The Growing Demand for Greener Data Centers Data centers are notorious for their substantial energy consumption.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 2, 2024

That’s a problem if Microsoft is serious about its commitment to achieving carbon negativity by the end of the decade. It’ll need a lot more renewable energy online around the world to keep its carbon footprint from growing. It could cost roughly $11.5 billion BloombergNEF estimates that it could cost between $11.5

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

UK energy-from-waste (Efw) operator enfinium has launched the UK’s first carbon capture pilot at an EfW site, the group announced on 16 September. The launch is described as a milestone for the sector and for the group’s plans to deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology across its UK facilities to generate carbon removals at scale.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The tech giant will be providing the zero-carbon emission fuel for a data center in the country Microsoft has announced that through an agreement with ESB, it intends to power its data center in Ireland with green hydrogen. The only byproduct of this process is water.

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Forbes Green Tech

OCTOBER 24, 2020

By co-building a carbon-negative regenerative economy, US manufacturers can unlock $26 trillion in financial value and produce over 65 million new green jobs globally by 2030.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Michigan’s new economywide 2050 carbon neutral proposal vaults it into the vanguard of United States climate ambition. It’s just the fourth such goal nationwide with interim targets of 28% carbon reductions compared to 2005 by 2025, 52% by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2050, going net negative thereafter.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Tech giant unveils plans for new Climate Science Information Centre as it pledges to reach net zero emissions across its value chain by 2030. It said it would achieve this new goal through working with suppliers, supporting the development of new carbon removal technologies and making its facilities as efficient as possible.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 2, 2020

ImpactAlpha, July 3 – Technology to capture, store and use carbon dioxide could take 500 million tons of the greenhouse gas per year out of the atmosphere by 2030, a 10-fold increase from today, according to a new McKinsey report. Key to making the technology cost-effective: a price on carbon. Put a price on it.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

Apple has become the latest US tech behemoth to step up its net zero ambitions, today pledging to be 'carbon neutral' throughout its entire business, manufacturing supply chain and product life cycle by the end of the decade. With our commitment to carbon neutrality, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that creates a much larger change.".

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2020

BREAKING: Tech giant promises that by 2050 it will remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it has emitted since its founding in 1975.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

The Transform to Net Zero initiative launched Tuesday will see members of the coalition — which also include Danish shipping giant Maersk, Indian information technology company Wipro and Brazilian beauty company Natura & Co — collaborate on research, guidance and roadmaps to help businesses slash their carbon emissions in line with a 1.5

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Microsoft has set set its sights on becoming a net replenisher of water by 2030 in a bid to help manage "chronic shortages of freshwater" expected in the decades to come, it announced yesterday. This means that by 2030 Microsoft will replenish more water than it consumes on a global basis.".

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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. Since that fuel comes from trees that can theoretically regrow to capture as much carbon dioxide as the power plant releases by burning wood, proponents see it as a carbon-neutral source of energy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

trillion opportunity by 2030. . trillion opportunity by 2030. Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration. Producing just 2.69

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Power firm plans to use bioenergy with carbon capture and storage to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it generates.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Credit: Photo by depositphotos.com 2030 goals to become carbon negative This project is another step in contributing to Microsoft’s broader goal of achieving carbon negativity – not just carbon neutrality – by 2030.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Dubbed Ad Net Zero, the strategy includes a five-point action plan for companies working across the sector to cut CO2 emissions within their own operations, while also working with production agencies, clients, and events' organisers to decarbonise wider sector practices with a view to achieving net zero carbon by 2030.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Firm announces new wood pellet production and sales targets as it confirms intention to build global fleet of bioenergy and carbon capture and storage plants. Drax said it would spend £3bn between 2022 and 2030 to meet its new biomass pellet production and sales targets.

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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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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

Carbon Positive- Business as Usual. Though we are beginning to see a shift towards greener business practices and sweeping sustainability commitments, companies are almost all still carbon positive, meaning they produce emissions greater than zero. C, global emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Drawing upon findings recently published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the report from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) argues that current global emissions targets are inadequate and that net negative – rather than net zero – strategies are required.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The City of Seoul in South Korea has created a “Comprehensive Plan for Promotion and Activation of Geothermal Energy” that aims to grow its current installed geothermal heating and cooling capacity of 278 MWth to 1 GW by 2030. of the city’s renewable energy mix.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

VIDEO: The energy company has been trialling ground-breaking CCS technology at its biomass power plant in a bid to achieve negative emissions. So, by using those crops to create energy and capturing and storing the CO2 emitted in the process, bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technologies can deliver negative emissions.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This equity round also represents the first grant awarded by the Canada Growth Fund, a $15 billion federal program that supports low-carbon initiatives. On our journey to becoming carbon negative by 2030, we recognize that innovation and collaboration are fundamental to how we build a more sustainable world.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2022

As part of its response to the Ukraine crisis, the EU has already announced it will double its ambition for biomethane production to 354TWh by 2030 to end its reliance on natural gas imports. In fact, converting biomethane to green hydrogen can be net negative. As a leader in anaerobic digestion (AD), the UK should follow this example.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

Company is going all-electric and funding a new Yale center for applied research focused on carbon-negative technologies. announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. Key steps toward reaching the FedEx carbon neutral goal include: Vehicle Electrification. FedEx Corp.

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Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

Deploying carbon capture technologies at Drax's biomass power plant in North Yorkshire could save the UK energy system more than £4.5bn in decarbonisation costs over the coming decade, a new report commissioned by the energy firm today claims.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Announcing the commitment yesterday to coincide with Earth Day, the airline giant said ramping up its use of SAF for its flights would enable it to cut its annual greenhouse gas emissions by two million tonnes by 2030, roughly equivalent to removing one million cars from Europe's roads each year.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

Current levels of investment in negative emissions technology fall far short of levels required to cap temperature rise in line with Paris goals, new coalition warns. Most global pathways to achieving decarbonisation in line with 1.5

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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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