Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

A seemingly first-of-a-kind project will support the decarbonisation of the UK’s largest waste-to-energy facility, while also contributing 3% of the UK Government’s 2035 target for negative emissions. The CO2 would then be transported safely offshore from Navigator’s facilities for permanent storage.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This wallet can tell you about its carbon impact. It’s not the only consumer brand dreaming about that sort of connection or looking to digital technology as the answer. . It’s using blockchain software from IBM to track and disclose carbon impact data related to the production of its products, marketed as carbon-negative.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Made of Air’s carbon-negative materials are drop-in ready, and they are already working with companies such as H&M and Audi. Courtesy of. Made of Air.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Each partner brings a relevant monitoring technology to the table and expertise or a track record working in a key industry such as transport, agriculture or the energy sector.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Analysis by US environmental advocacy group, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), studied the emissions from wood pellets transported from pine plantations in the southeastern United States to be used in a bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (BECCS) operation by Drax in Yorkshire. Drax has disputed these figures.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Doosan cited “negative market conditions and external pressures as critical reasons for abandoning the spinoff. For Doosan Enerbility, these setbacks complicate its efforts to retain leadership in renewable technology, especially as it faces tightening budgets and fluctuating demand within the energy sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2023

Funded by the Department for Transport, the three-year, UK-wide programme has been developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) and follows an established programme, Live Labs 1. The decision panel of independent experts were drawn from the highways and transportation sector.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 8, 2025

White hydrogen offers a naturally occurring, carbon-free energy source waiting to be extracted, unlike green or gray hydrogen, which require energy-intensive production methods. This region could also support carbon-negative hydrogen production by combining hydrogen extraction with carbon sequestration.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Three professors from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology discussing promising solutions in energy and water. Today's carbon-negative fuel. How do we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Join the webcast at 1 p.m. Register here for the discussion at 1 p.m.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. With pressure to decarbonise growing, oil executives are pushing the technology harder than ever. Aquaculture.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Energy-from-waste operator enfinium has announced (on 11 April) it is progressing plans to invest around £200 million in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Parc Adfer energy from waste facility in Deeside, North Wales. The project could capture up to 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, said the group.

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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. Envirotec writes. The same document said that CCS was “not on a trajectory” to meet the 2ºC target of over 400 MtCO2 being stored per year in 2025.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero goals are to be met.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As the focus at COP26 in Glasgow shifts to greening the world’s transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) are in the spotlight. Not only would the nascent industry directly destroy ecosystems and species that are only just being discovered, but it could also negatively impact fisheries, which communities across the world depend on.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Electrify the transport fleet.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

That’s why we need to look beyond just carbon and to consider human-made pollution in all its forms. Electric vehicles are a crucial step forward to decarbonise transport, but we need to look at the big picture too. These need to be coupled to clear policy and regulation and to a broader discussion around urban transport systems.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

To achieve this it will require an annual reduction in carbon intensity of 9.7%, according to the latest “Low Carbon Economy Index (LCEI)” produced by professional services firm PwC. Regulatory intervention will be key to helping many technologies and business models reach critical lift-off point.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The first challenge is to produce sufficient supply of renewable “green” hydrogen; the next is to be able to store it in large quantities; and then to establish the required infrastructure to trade and transport hydrogen. But transporting hydrogen over long distance is not efficient and does make much economic sense.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

A recent panel discussion in Glasgow brought together representives from some of the firms helping to build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry in the UK. 1 The sector is making progress with the storage and transport of captured CO2, but there are many obstacles to be overcome. Europe’s storehouse?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

government’s official climate change advisory body is calling for fast-tracking investment in early-stage hydrogen infrastructure, as well as prioritizing carbon capture and storage and EV charging infrastructure, as immediate responses to the coronavirus outbreak. This will likely cover power, transport, industry and buildings.

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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. However, he notes that widespread adoption could take a decade or more as the technology continues to develop.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Increased awareness of the negative impact of business on the environment is driving companies to develop sustainable and climate-friendly goods and services. Here is everything that your business should know about the growing sector of climate technology. How Does Climate Technology Help Business? The Basics of ClimateTech.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

When it comes to decarbonising the UK economy, many suggest the use of hydrogen for hard-to-electrify transport applications as indispensable. It shows that there is a wide variation in the emissions associated with each of the alternative pathways, depending on the carbon footprint of the energy and feedstocks used.

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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. Carbon Offsets. Net Zero Emissions vs Carbon Neutral. In the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Designed to resemble oversized AA batteries, they are ingeniously lightweight and portable, allowing for easy transportation by hand or in specially designed backpacks. Here, Toyota will demonstrate its ongoing commitment to refining automotive technology and human expertise through motorsports.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Three professors from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology discussing promising solutions in energy and water. Today's carbon-negative fuel. How do we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Join the webcast at 1 p.m. Register here for the discussion at 1 p.m.

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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. To stop climate change and meet the goals of the Paris agreement, planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions need to reach net zero around 2050.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. Can a company that helps produce clean technologies harness those same technologies to meet its own 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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Birds and plants, and forests’ important carbon stores, are being damaged by this industry.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

Any shortfall in that support should be covered by federal funding, including proceeds from the new carbon tax, Teyssen said Tuesday. Reduced demand during the coronavirus lockdown, coupled with ample wind and solar generation, has seen German power prices go negative, even more so than usual.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 30, 2024

The application follows a previous announcement made by Weardale Lithium on the successful extraction of lithium carbonate from geothermal brine at a former cement works site in County Durham. DLE is a low-impact, low-carbon and low-water usage method of extracting lithium and will be done so using renewable energy sources where feasible.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The expansion of sustainable technology solutions for business The sustainable technology solutions market is expanding. For instance, according to a report by Vantage Market Research , the Global Green Technology and Sustainability Market was worth $10.9 billion in 2021, a value that’s expected to rise to $44.4

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

The goal of such a transition: all-electric buildings powered by solar, wind, and other sources of zero-carbon electricity. What sort of technology is involved in building electrification? Heat pumps are the enabling technology of widespread building electrification. Yes, and the technology keeps getting better.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

But given technology and market conditions, a substantial portion of renewable power, primarily wind, is pushed to other European countries at peak times as baseload coal must stay online. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane. “It’s not economical today.”

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