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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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 21, 2024

Known for its innovative approach to on-site power generation, combined heat and power, distributed hydrogen, and carbon capture, the company operates in over 50 locations worldwide. Notably, it runs the world’s largest fuel cell park in South Korea and North America’s largest in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $39 million in awards for 18 projects seeking to develop technologies that can transform buildings into net carbon storage structures. The technology will enable interior building surfaces to be carbon negative. Award amount: $2,407,390.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its founder is Andre Gafford. Its founder is Keith Crossland.

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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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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Drax is aiming to source 80 per cent of the construction materials and services for its novel bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology from the UK, in a move it claims could create thousands of jobs and unlock millions of pounds of contracts for UK businesses.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Shopify and Stripe announce latest $11m investment round through Frontier negative emissions fund. Ecommerce tech giants Shopify and Stripe have announced the latest round of investment as part of the Frontier negative emissions technology initiative, securing $11m worth of carbon removal credits through six new deals.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 23, 2024

The six participating startups— Active Surfaces , Carbon Upcycling Technologies , Endeavor Composites , Hempitecture , Puro Renewables , and ZS2 Technologies —were chosen in a highly competitive selection process that saw more than 100 applications. says Active Surfaces Co-founder Shivam Bhakta.

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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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Drax CEO argues deal will play 'pivotal role' in the development of voluntary carbon markets. Respira would then sell on these credits on the voluntary carbon market to corporations and financial institutions looking to achieve carbon neutrality and net zero emission targets.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While most changes have been negative–canceled or delayed surgeries, intensive care units filled to maximum capacity, and provider burnout–the rise of telemedicine, virtual care, and remote monitoring is considered a silver lining by many patients and healthcare providers alike. The carbon footprint savings range between 0.70-372

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

UK-based Carbon Clean is planning the joint development of a carbon capture demonstration facility in North America alongside US hydrogen production firm BayoTech, with the two firms having yesterday announced a memorandum of understanding.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Some forms of biomass energy generation remains controversial, with energy firm Drax in particular facing fierce criticism for its use of biomass feedstocks sourced from North America.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In time, the goal is for its blockchain to become carbon negative. Filecoin Green was developed in partnership with Energy Web as a showcase of a cryptocurrency decarbonisation initiative.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Mike Roeth, Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, says (via Canary Media ) that over 5 million medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America could be converted to electric drive with no negative impact on operations. Currently, less than 1 percent of those trucks are electric.

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Energy company says carbon capture technology partnership is first of its kind in the UK. Drax Group has announced it is to work with Japanese engineering giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on the development of its proposed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility at its Yorkshire power plant.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Greentown partner ENGIE North America was a sponsor of the sneaker drive , which brought together local nonprofits, business owners, educators, and many climate champions. gigatons of carbon by 2050 (through supporting the use of renewables) and can sequester 2.2 megatons of carbon in the same period.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

The new ETC analysis, released yesterday , sets out how rapidly increasing demand for bioresources from the manufacturing, construction, and energy industries could outstrip environmentally sustainable supplies unless alternative zero carbon options are rapidly scaled up and the use of biomass is carefully prioritised.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

Power plant engineering and construction giant Bechtel is partnering with a renewable energies company to explore the potential of bioenergy production sites combined with carbon capture and storage. The EPC firm announced its strategic agreement with Drax to create Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) plants around the world.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

"Biomass is an exciting technology and energy crops, such as miscanthus, could play a significant role in the UK hitting its carbon emission targets. We want to continue investing in the energy of the future and looking ahead for what opportunities will be presented in the drive to the low-carbon economy.".

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The US firm yesterday committed to ensuring its ride-hailing app - which currently offers taxi services from around two million drivers across North America - would only offer rides from 100 per cent electric or zero emission vehicles by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Policy documents released yesterday offer a glimpse into how big a role the government envisages for technologies such as carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in supporting its Net Zero Strategy.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy By Nils Frenkel, Sales Director, North America When I was working with the City of San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan a few years ago, I learned about a shocking statistic in the city I call home.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Anaerobically digested sludge releases residual methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere – methane emissions from sludge treatment make up 75% of the diffuse CO 2 -equivalent emissions ( Gärtner 2017 ). A pilot plant will be available in North America by end of this year. In what type of plants can this system be installed?

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Greentown Labs is the largest climatetech incubator in North America, headquartered in Somerville, Mass., Greentown Labs is already working closely with the City of Houston to support the goals outlined in its first-ever Climate Action Plan , which includes a commitment of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Have you read: Smart grids are spurring demand for BESS – study ABB releases blueprint for carbon negative microgrids Safeguarding the stability of the grid. Microgrid lab layout. The outdoor test area includes five 500kW test pads and two 2000kW test pads, which can be connected as sources or loads.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). In addition, they disrupt soil microbes, which play a critical role in the ability of soils to sequester carbon.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Yes, I love having a tree, but if it ends up having a big negative environmental impact, I was willing to make a change. Forests are more efficient at capturing carbon and will, of course, store carbon for longer than a monoculture that is grown to be chopped down when it reaches maturity. Three of them simply said no.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. Too many companies and governments are hiding behind the smokescreen of net zero to continue dirty business-as-usual activities," he said. "Too

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Up to 85 percent of the emissions from buildings in Europe and North America could be mitigated, according to the IPCC, as could up to 45 percent of emissions from buildings in Australia, another major consumer of natural gas. But the rise of heat pumps and other energy-efficient appliances means its possible to make big changes.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The agenda for the conference, which is being hosted in Boise, Idaho, shows that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and the waste management company Veolia North America are sponsoring two of the “beat dinners” hosted on Friday, April 21 — the third day of the event.

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