The Verge: Energy

JUNE 13, 2024

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge New technologies and changes in consumer habits could limit the use of controversial carbon capture to fight climate change, new research shows. Efforts to capture carbon from polluting sources or to filter CO2 out of the air have picked up steam as a way for companies to meet their climate goals.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. Electricity. Agtech + water.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. The furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. This steam runs through turbines, propelling generators to create electricity. Syngas can be subsequently burned to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuels.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. When we turn them into fuels and burn them, no new carbon is added to the atmosphere —the whole cycle is considered “carbon neutral.” But critics say biofuels’ carbon-neutrality is a mirage. The case for negative emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

Advocates of BECCS argue that by sourcing sustainable biomass feedstocks for power plants and then capturing the resulting emissions, the technology can deliver both reliable renewable power and negative emissions.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

government has a new goal to make it much cheaper to suck carbon dioxide out of the air. Today, we know how to generate clean electricity from the sun, wind, water, and the latent heat beneath the Earth’s surface. The Carbon Negative Shot is the third program in the Earthshots series.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Walkers plans to significantly cut its carbon emissions by creating low carbon fertiliser for its potato farmers from leftover potato peelings. This is just the beginning of an ambitious journey, we're incredibly excited to trial the fertiliser on a bigger scale and discover its full potential.".

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

per cent on the year, low carbon power accounted for over 54 per cent of the electricity mix, renewables capacity rose nearly seven per cent, coal generation was negligible, even transport emissions ticked downwards. Emissions were down 3.6 Overall, UK emissions are now down over 45 per cent since 1990.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 22, 2024

CalWave Power Technologies , which is working to harness carbon-free power from ocean waves, was chosen by the U.S. TerraFixing , a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 alum that’s developing a direct air capture process for capturing CO2 in cold climates, signed a $7.3M to develop two carbon capture units. Department of Energy.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Without creating any carbon emissions, the Reformer can turn natural gas into clean hydrogen and high-quality graphene using proprietary sequential hybrid plasma technology. 300 miles 1600 miles 2800 miles Zero Hydrogen Pipelines Page 5 of 7 Is a fuel cell car considered to be an electric vehicle?

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

Here’s one of ours: In this insightful interview, Al Gore discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear energy and create millions of new jobs. US States like California are also doing it.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Sturge said any policy and market reforms enacted in the UK would be closely watched by other nations as the country gears up to host the crucial talks in Glasgow.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Findings of detailed case study into how Nordic country can slash its emissions carries lessons for advanced agricultural economies, according to WRI. Could Denmark deliver a carbon neutral farming sector by 2050? The World Resources Institute (WRI) thinks so.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. Only around 10.6 Only around 10.6

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Xeal innovating EV charging infrastructure, led by team Zander Isaacson and Nikhil Bharadwaj.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Although fossil-based natural gas tends not to be low enough in carbon intensity to remain a primary energy source in our decarbonized future, the U.S. And we aren’t the only ones – many other countries will require natural gas to serve as a so-called “bridge” fuel while they continue to transition to zero- and low-carbon energy sources.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Aemetis, Inc (NASDAQ stock symbol AMTX) has announced that it has recently received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank, California, for the production of renewable fuels including negative carbon intensity sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. Massive contracts Aemetis has already signed $3.8

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Yorkshire-based biomass giant is among over a dozen signatories to an industry-backed document that claims bioenergy could increase its output to nearly threefold, and reduce net global emissions by over one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050. to Yorkshire, in the UK, and the emissions impact of burning wood for power.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay is aiming to be carbon neutral, or negative, across its direct operations by 2023, and net-zero carbon emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, both compared to a 2020 baseline date. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. Railpen to slash emissions 25-30 per cent by 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

The proposed Roundhill Solar Farm in Wychavon, Worcestershire, is one of a large number of British renewable energy projects to have met with opposition, as the urgency of decarbonising the UK’s electricity clashes with local desires to protect rural landscapes from development. The former aide refers to himself on social media as a “YIMBY”.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

UK, Germany, South Korea among nations offering up green stimulus measures but these are still dwarfed by carbon-intensive bailouts, according to Vivid Economics. Across 17 major economies, announced stimulus packages will pump trillions of dollars directly into sectors that have a large and lasting negative impact on nature.".

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

It should also be clear that there’s also a big upside waiting for those who embrace the world’s shift to ESG: multi-trillion-dollar markets in clean energy, electric and autonomous vehicles, plant-based proteins, precision agriculture, AI-driven efficiency technologies, and much more.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

As many commentators have noted, there is no silver bullet for tackling carbon emissions. So it stands to reason that, focusing decarbonisation efforts on just a handful of these carbon intensive sectors could make an outsized impact to the global transition to net zero.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Chinese government has provided the first evidence that its recent unveiling of a net zero emissions target will trigger a new wave of low carbon infrastructure deployment. The clarification is significant, as China's massive agricultural sector and industrial base makes it a major source of a number of greenhouse gases.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The electrolysis process in its conventional form involves splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity. This dual functionality not only contributes to clean energy production but also aids in carbon sequestration, presenting a holistic approach to addressing climate change.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles. Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S. Department of Energy–backed research effort to bring the cost of carbon removal below $100 a ton by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Credit: YouTube “Carbon dioxide is the gas of life,” Mallett said in a phone interview. More carbon dioxide on the planet, makes for a warmer planet, makes for better [food] growing conditions.” Some of those concerns have to do with local communities worrying about turbines and panels occupying prime agricultural land.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited about our investment in Continuum Ag , an Iowa-based startup run by farmers, for farmers, to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices that improve sustainability, increase profits, and sequester carbon in the soil. Meet Mitchell Hora. Mitchell is a farmer in Iowa. Easy peasy.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2024

Agriculture GS Vortex Systems ’ hydrodynamic flow technology reduces flow resistance, allowing higher flow through existing pipes and leading to flow productivity gains and reduced unit emissions. Greentown Boston) Electricity BiaTech Corporation is a multisensory AI fusion startup for energy and natural resource infrastructure immersion.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 13, 2020

The need for negative emission technologies ( NETs ) is becoming increasingly apparent in the wake of our failure to draw-down atmospheric greenhouse gases. Plants can harvest the CO2 from the air and sequester it or sell it for agricultural or industrial applications. It can also be recycled and used to make synthetic fuel.

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Grist

MAY 27, 2024

And not only is it extracting magnesium from ocean water — and from waste brine generated by industry — it is doing it in a carbon-neutral way. Right now, China produces about 85 percent of the world’s magnesium in a dirty, carbon-intensive process. A company in Oakland, California, says yes.

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