What’s the deal with 'carbon-negative' biomethane?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Companies such as Chevron are making big investments into biodigesters, but is this really where the money should be spent?
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Grant supports ‘carbon negative’ firm and brings circular economy jobs to the Borders
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2020
A company making ‘carbon negative’ insulation is the latest one to receive a share of £8m funding for circular economy businesses administered by Zero Waste Scotland. The Borders firm claims that its products can reduce the average new Scottish home’s carbon footprint by 4.4
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Carbon-negative bioenergy project underway with Chevron, Microsoft and Schlumberger
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
Big name corporations Chevron and Microsoft are joining Schlumberger on a plan to develop a bioenergy project that will include carbon capture and sequestration. As a result, the energy produced would be carbon negative. The project will be located in Mendota, California and will use an idled bioenergy plant.
Office furniture giant Steelcase sets 2030 'carbon negative' goal
Business Green
AUGUST 25, 2020
Office furniture giant Steelcase has set its sights on becoming a 'carbon negative' organisation within the next decade, yesterday unveiling plans to ramp up its use of renewable energy, slash carbon emissions, and finance carbon offset efforts that deliver "external emissions reductions with social benefits".
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The UK’s first carbon capture pilot on an energy-from-waste facility goes live
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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Negative emissions in North Wales: £200 investment advances CCUS plans in Deeside
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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Microsoft’s Carbon-Negative Gambit
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 24, 2020
The technology company promised to remove all of the carbon that it’s ever put in the atmosphere -- going back to when it was founded in an Albuquerque garage in 1975. That includes $1 billion in carbon removal technologies and methods. Microsoft is setting a new standard for corporate climate targets. AP: U.S.
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Frontier Agriculture invests in CCm Technologies' 'carbon negative' fertiliser
Business Green
JUNE 3, 2024
Investment aims to prepare low carbon fertiliser product for roll out across UK farms
Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential. Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. Katie Lebling. Wed, 11/11/2020 - 00:30.
Rail corridor will transport captured carbon from Ferrybridge
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.
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Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products
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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'Game-changer': Brimstone secures $55m investment in boost for 'carbon-negative' cement-making process
Business Green
APRIL 28, 2022
US start-up Brimstone Energy has announced $55m of fresh investment to support development of its "carbon negative" cement making process, after a host of major backers joined its latest fundraising round. Conventional processes for producing cement and concrete are inherently carbon and energy intensive.
A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us
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. Their asset values and prospects will be damaged by sudden negative shifts in both consumer and investor sentiment as a result. . Ian Kearney. Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00.
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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings
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.
Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 19, 2024
Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The aims of the pilot is to demonstrate the use of carbon capture technology at EfW facilities.
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Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. Holly Secon. Tue, 11/03/2020 - 00:30.
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E8 Launches Good Carbon Gifts,a carbon-negative catalog for the 2020 holidays
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
E8 Launches Good Carbon Gifts,a carbon-negative catalog for the 2020 holidays
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
E8 Launches Good Carbon Gifts,a carbon-negative catalog for the 2020 holidays
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards.
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Necessity or distraction? How carbon capture and negative emissions debates are starting to heat up
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.
What buyers need to know now about new changes in the carbon market for critical forest protections
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
A new consensus on forests from the world’s leading carbon market governing body marks a significant turning point for voluntary carbon market (VCM) buyers. The ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label is emerging as a global marker of carbon credit quality. Why Should Corporate Buyers Care About the ICVCM?
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£400m to be invested in UK plastic recycling facilities
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A new partnership may pave the way for more than £400 million to be invested in recycling facilities across the UK. With this investment, we have the ability to make a significant environmental and social impact across the UK.”.
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What’s the deal with ‘carbon-negative’ biomethane?
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Companies such as Chevron are making big investments into biodigesters, but is this really where the money should be spent? Here is the original: What’s the deal with ‘carbon-negative’ biomethane?
Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards.
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Carbon Offsets vs Carbon Credits: The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting
Green Business Bureau
APRIL 11, 2022
Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?
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'Returns could be in the trillions': Report touts huge investment opportunity of carbon removal technologies
Business Green
OCTOBER 3, 2022
BeZero Carbon research points to growing commercial interest in carbon removals such as direct air capture, enhanced weathering and biochar. Over the last year, we have seen the market for carbon dioxide removal jump-started from relative obscurity to one of the highest potential growth industries in the world," he said.
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Decarbonisation depot
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2022
In an investment said to be worth tens of millions of pounds, a storage facility for the temporary storage of liquid CO2 will be constructed by anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developer and operator Future Biogas by the end of 2024 on a dedicated site at Saltend, comprising up to 32 CO2 storage tanks. How is it carbon negative?
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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.
How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options
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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Ocean-based sequestration heats up
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.
Drax Wants to Capture State Subsidies, Not Carbon
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. This announcement was combined with a call for the right “investment framework”. billion every single year.
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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways
GreenBiz
JANUARY 20, 2021
Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Morgan Global Equity Research estimated that the sustainable investing market is expected to reach $45 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by the end of the year.
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FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040
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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Report: Carbon market purchases fall amid credit integrity concerns
Business Green
MAY 31, 2024
Negative media coverage and lack of integrity initiative guidance behind $1bn drop in voluntary carbon market investment in 2023, study claims
Shopify orders up latest carbon removal deals
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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DOE injects $39m R&D funding into ‘buildings as carbon storage’ projects
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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Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions
The Verge: Energy
MAY 2, 2024
Microsoft is pumping a lot of its resources into AI offerings for its customers , investing more than $13 billion in OpenAI. That’s a problem if Microsoft is serious about its commitment to achieving carbon negativity by the end of the decade. It could cost roughly $11.5
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Global Renewable News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Highlights Woodland Biofuels expects Phase 1 of the project to create 110 direct new jobs in St. John the Baptist Parish. The new facility would be located at the Globalplex multimodal facili.
Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund
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? The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts.
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'Paris Maligned': Carbon Tracker warns fossil fuel industry ignoring Paris Agreement with $58bn investment blitz
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Influential think tank warns that post-pandemic oil and gas companies have invested billions in projects that would push warming beyond 2.5C. A further $45bn of investment was deemed to be incompatible with a 1.7C above pre-industrial levels. warming scenario, which would be delivered if countries' honour current climate pledges. "Oil
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A bad bet on biomass? Critics respond to Drax announcement
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 12, 2022
UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. But campaign groups continue to insist that the maths behind biomass doesn’t add up.
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Carbon Offsets vs Carbon Credits: What’s the Difference?
Green Business Bureau
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
What’s the difference between carbon offsets vs carbon credits? The voluntary carbon offset market is projected to reach $700.5 Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) – hence the need to understand the difference between carbon offsets vs carbon credits has never before been this pressing.
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'Building trust': Climeworks celebrates carbon removal certification milestone
Business Green
JANUARY 16, 2023
Negative emissions pioneer delivers first third party certified carbon removals to corporate clients, as Frontier expands negative emissions offer. The pioneering Orca plant removes carbon directly from the air and sequesters it underground to mineralise into rock.
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