Carbon, Investment and Methane

Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action.

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Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Carbon Mapper’s preliminary estimate of the emission rate is 1,200 kg CH4 /h.

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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.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. is California’s aggressive push toward a carbon-neutral future. Jim Robbins.

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Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This story is the sixth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Equinor, the North Sea’s largest fossil fuel producer, is positioning itself to play a key role in plans to turn Britain into a world leader in capturing carbon.

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Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Duke Energy has upped its net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, pledging to eliminate methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 through a combination of better pipeline leak detection, more efficient operations, and investing in renewable natural gas to reduce the carbon intensity of its supplies.

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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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Manure to Hydrogen? These Companies Are Turning Waste Into Energy Gold

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 15, 2025

Why Manure-to-Hydrogen Conversion Matters Cow manure emits large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that has a significant impact on climate change. First, it lowers methane emissions by capturing the gas during processing. Methane pyrolysis is an energy-intensive process but has notable benefits.

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Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters

Planet Pulse

APRIL 15, 2021

To learn more about this project, visit our Carbon Mapper page. . In addition, the Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plan to deploy a ground-breaking hyperspectral satellite constellation with the ability to pinpoint, quantify and track point-source methane and CO 2 emissions.

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Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on par With Denmark

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This story is the fourth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with Le Monde. Another 15 envisage retrofitting existing hydrogen plants with carbon capture, while the status of four remained undetermined. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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Doosan Fuel Cell Revolutionizes Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Technology

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 28, 2025

Introduction to Doosan’s Carbon Capture Innovation Imagine a future where producing clean hydrogen doesnt come with a side of carbon emissions. Doosan Fuel Cell is making that a reality with their groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell carbon capture technology. Its not just a step towards eco-friendly power plants; its a leap.

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Now more than ever: The business case for strong methane regulations

EDF + Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the evolving global energy economy, methane emissions have become a critical variable in the oil and gas industrys long-term performance. Yet despite this momentum, oil and gas methane emissions remain unacceptably high. Its so powerful that we will not hit global climate goals without tackling methane.

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions — with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords — industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. .

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Graphene goes mainstream, says Levidian, with launch of second generation technology

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At the heart of LOOP is a patented ‘nozzle’ where microwave energy is applied to crack methane into its component parts, creating clean hydrogen and capturing carbon in the form of high purity graphene. This unlocks decarbonisation projects that might not otherwise happen due to cost.

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Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies

EDF + Business

APRIL 25, 2024

By Josh Torres and Andrew Howell, CFA Starbucks and Clover Sonoma said this week they would track and disclose methane emissions within their dairy supply chains, joining the Dairy Methane Action Alliance in the latest sign of accelerating action on food sector methane emissions.

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The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Landfills in the United States generate 15 percent of the country’s emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas with a potential warming impact 34 times that of carbon dioxide. Long-term collaboration between waste producers, local government and disposal companies enables the waste industry to invest in composting solutions.

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National Grid to trial decarbonisation device “turbo charging the UK’s access to hydrogen”

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

LOOP uses plasma technology to separate methane into its constituent atoms: carbon, locked into high-quality graphene, and hydrogen, which can either be used immediately or stored for future use. When run through the device, natural gas is replaced with a hydrogen-methane mix with no loss of energy potential.

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Oxford Flow Secures $25 Million to Transform Valve Technology

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This investment will enable the company to grow its team, scale up production, and bring its patented innovations to a global market. Significance of the Investment The $25 million investment from bp Ventures and EIP is a strategic move to scale Oxford Flows operations to meet growing global demand.

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How Pooler Could Lead Georgia in Hydrogen Fueling with New Station Proposal

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2025

With renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, this method can produce clean hydrogen without carbon emissions. Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) Methane, often from natural gas, is heated with steam to release hydrogen. With proper investment, Georgia could see operational fueling facilities within the next few years.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $25M to Accelerate Satellite Technologies That Pinpoint Methane Emitters to Turbocharge Fight Against Climate Change

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New funding builds on unique partnership to tackle potent methane emissions between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carbon Mapper, Planet, the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation, and RMI . The pledge needs to be matched with bold solutions.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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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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Can Methane Pyrolysis Decarbonize Industry? Modern Hydrogen Thinks So

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

By leveraging Modern Hydrogen’s methane pyrolysis technology, the two entities seek to reduce carbon emissions for industries such as steel production, cement manufacturing, and pulp-and-paper facilities. Methane, the primary component in natural gas, is made up of hydrogen and carbon. But how does it work?

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Peak methane? IEA urges oil and gas sector to plug methane leakage

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

Methane update reveals that reduced demand for oil and gas during the pandemic's shutdown of industry and travel saw methane emissions drop 10 per cent in 2020. Companies have also touted sizeable new investment programmes to detect and fix methane leaks.

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Leading oil and gas companies and investors rally around EPA’s new methane rules and set the stakes for robust implementation

EDF + Business

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The EPA’s new rules to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry could be a climate game changer. That’s because methane – the main component of natural gas – has more than 80 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide in the short term and is responsible for more than 25% of the warming we’re experiencing today.

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From Food Scraps to Fuel Cells: The Science Behind Hyundai’s Waste-to-Hydrogen Tech

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 11, 2025

This biogas is refined into biomethane by removing impurities and carbon dioxide, then reformed to create hydrogen. This process occurs in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of biogas, primarily composed of methane and carbon dioxide.

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Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers Poised to Transform AI Infrastructure

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These facilities promise faster deployment times and a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to conventional setups connected to strained energy grids. The hydrogen is delivered in tanks and, currently, most of it originates from natural gas using processes like steam methane reforming.

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Why corporate partners are essential for Third Derivative, a new climate-tech support network

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It is incredibly hard for investors to source, vet and execute investments across the many varied climate solution sectors. Frost Methane : An offsets market being created around methane flaring activities. Of the 50-ish startup companies announced this week — dubbed " Cohort 417 " (for the peak of 417.1 Pull Quote.

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The decade ahead for hydrogen: Report offers predictions

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

A cohesive value chain is essential for realizing hydrogen’s potential, encompassing low-carbon hydrogen production, storage, and distribution infrastructure, which align with end-user demand. The energy transition necessitates new low-carbon hydrogen facilities. For instance, the UK targets 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 (2.5

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World’s Biggest Meatpacker JBS Wants Public Money to Fight Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The company’s global CEO Gilberto Tomazoni complained in September that “currently, only four percent of climate change investment is directed toward agriculture and food systems” , going on to laud agriculture’s “tremendous potential to capture carbon” and estimating the bill for transformation at $300 to $350 billion.

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Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture

The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO 2 are unproven and could hinder net zero efforts Leading climate scientists are urging the government to pause plans for a billion pound investment in “green technologies” they say are unproven and would make it harder for the UK to reach its net zero targets.

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IEA: Energy Transition Possible, But More Expensive, Without Oil & Gas Buy-In

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2020

For all the talk of the energy transition, leading global oil and gas companies invested just $2.1 billion into solar, wind, biofuels and carbon capture projects last year, or a mere 0.8 ” The first step needs to be slashing operational emissions, the report says, especially from methane leaks and flaring.

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Agriculture: The blind spot in the COP26 methane deal

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Reducing methane is in the hands of a small number of large multinational corporations, which have the resources to act, writes Changing Markets Foundation's Nusa Urbancic. Methane has typically been ignored in climate policy. It also ignores the huge potential of methane emission reductions in the agricultural sector.

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Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF

EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

The global dairy company Danone is taking a big step forward by pledging to work with its farmer suppliers to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. . It aims to achieve significant methane cuts while feeding a growing population and protecting the livelihoods of farmers around the world.

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Biden Administration Advances Hydrogen Tax Credits in Clean Energy Push

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Meanwhile, natural gas facilities can access the incentives if they implement carbon capture and storage solutions and address methane leakage, using the yet-to-be-released GREET climate model. Pending Decisions on Hydrogen Incentives While considerable progress has been made, further developments are awaited.

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The rise of on-farm AD: Seven benefits of biogas

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

But balancing a reduction in carbon emissions with the need for profit isn’t always easy. 1 With agriculture estimated to have been the source of 48% of the UK’s methane emissions in 2020 – an increase of 1.3% Marc McElhinney is Managing Director of GFD. on 2019 2 – the trend towards on-farm AD is set to continue.

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Unlocking Hydrogen: Carbon Capture Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Exploring the world of carbon capture technology opens up a pathway to understanding how advanced science is being utilized to combat the pressing issue of climate change. Post-combustion capture The core principle of carbon capture technology is simple yet incredibly sophisticated.

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From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The post From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Nov. 28 – The dueling narratives of climate change will face off at COP28, the two-week global climate gathering that begins Thursday.

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Survey: Public wants to see greater investment in technological carbon removal solutions

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Findings from BeZero Carbon reveal that nearly nine in 10 people would welcome greater business and government support for nascent carbon removal sector. The findings also reveal there is a general lack of awareness around carbon offsetting, with just 45 per cent of respondents knowing what the term means.

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UK’s £22 Billion Carbon Capture Pledge Follows Surge in Lobbying by Fossil Fuel Industry, Records Show

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This story is the third part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with the Guardian. Others engaging regularly with ministers on CCS policy include heavy manufacturing companies, CCS technology firms, lobby groups, and investment funds.

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Ratio Rundown: Unpacking banking’s newest climate metric

EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Put simply, the ESFR is the ratio of a bank’s financing of low-carbon energy production to its financing of fossil fuel energy production. Bank A is a large bank with high overall financing to both low-carbon and oil and gas clients. Bank Bs sustainable financing target includes investments back to 2017.

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A Second Natural Hydrogen Jackpot Unearthed in Lorraine’s Geologic Goldmine

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 24, 2025

These findings, located in the Lorraine region, have the potential to disrupt global energy markets by providing an abundant, naturally occurring, zero-carbon fuel source. Most notably, an initial discovery was made in May 2023, followed by a more recent finding in March 2025.

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The Right Coronavirus Recovery Could Make 2019 the Year of Peak Carbon

GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The key question we will have to answer is, will we see spending plans, policies and packages that support a low-carbon future or not? Accelerate investment in clean technologies : Thankfully, due to increased production and rapidly falling costs, the economics of renewable power are now much closer to traditional oil and gas.

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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite

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Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030

UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Manure to Hydrogen? These Companies Are Turning Waste Into Energy Gold

Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters

Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on par With Denmark

Doosan Fuel Cell Revolutionizes Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Technology

Now more than ever: The business case for strong methane regulations

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

Graphene goes mainstream, says Levidian, with launch of second generation technology

Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies

The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills

National Grid to trial decarbonisation device “turbo charging the UK’s access to hydrogen”

Oxford Flow Secures $25 Million to Transform Valve Technology

How Pooler Could Lead Georgia in Hydrogen Fueling with New Station Proposal

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $25M to Accelerate Satellite Technologies That Pinpoint Methane Emitters to Turbocharge Fight Against Climate Change

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Can Methane Pyrolysis Decarbonize Industry? Modern Hydrogen Thinks So

Peak methane? IEA urges oil and gas sector to plug methane leakage

Leading oil and gas companies and investors rally around EPA’s new methane rules and set the stakes for robust implementation

From Food Scraps to Fuel Cells: The Science Behind Hyundai’s Waste-to-Hydrogen Tech

Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers Poised to Transform AI Infrastructure

Why corporate partners are essential for Third Derivative, a new climate-tech support network

The decade ahead for hydrogen: Report offers predictions

World’s Biggest Meatpacker JBS Wants Public Money to Fight Climate Change

Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture

IEA: Energy Transition Possible, But More Expensive, Without Oil & Gas Buy-In

Agriculture: The blind spot in the COP26 methane deal

Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF

Biden Administration Advances Hydrogen Tax Credits in Clean Energy Push

The rise of on-farm AD: Seven benefits of biogas

Unlocking Hydrogen: Carbon Capture Explained

From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28

Survey: Public wants to see greater investment in technological carbon removal solutions

UK’s £22 Billion Carbon Capture Pledge Follows Surge in Lobbying by Fossil Fuel Industry, Records Show

Ratio Rundown: Unpacking banking’s newest climate metric

A Second Natural Hydrogen Jackpot Unearthed in Lorraine’s Geologic Goldmine

The Right Coronavirus Recovery Could Make 2019 the Year of Peak Carbon

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