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. and Houston, Texas, Feb. Its founder is Andre Gafford. Cellsense (New York, N.Y.)

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 28, 2021

In New York City, the Climate Mobilization Act was designed to cut down carbon emissions dramatically. This Act will not only apply high penalties for building with high carbon emissions but also negatively impact the energy grades of the building. This in turn, makes such inefficient properties less competitive in the market.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Out of the gate, a majority (53%) of British Columbians either already have a heat pump or feel positively about them, compared to 20% who have a negative impression or do not think a heat pump is right for them. Meanwhile, the percentage of people with a negative impression of heat pumps decreased from 20% to 15%.

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Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

Deploying carbon capture technologies at Drax's biomass power plant in North Yorkshire could save the UK energy system more than £4.5bn in decarbonisation costs over the coming decade, a new report commissioned by the energy firm today claims.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

The government is to ban retailers from selling peat-based compost to private gardeners in England from 2024, with a similar ban further covering the professional horticulture sector also potentially set to follow in future, it announced over the weekend.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Project is one of a number of key investments at the site that aim to push down low carbon energy costs, as it looks to advance deployment of 'carbon negative' technologies. As a result the site has cut carbon emissions by more than 90 per cent since 2012, making it one of the lowest carbon energy generators in Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 2, 2024

For example, a project owner could complete a sale of 2023 tax credits as late as September 15, 2024 if the seller is a partnership, or October 15, 2024 if the seller is a corporation or individual. In the guidance released April 25 , the Treasury Department establishes the parameters of the transferability program.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. per cent as more plants shuttered last year in preparation for the government's proposed 2024 coal power phase-out deadline. per cent.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Study by Vivid Economics estimates scaling up carbon capture, hydrogen, and BECCS could deliver £3bn economic boost to the region. The very first jobs could be available as soon as 2024, peaking at 49,000 in 2027, the consultancy explained, including 25,000 jobs in construction, and a further 24,000 across the supply chain and wider economy.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

” Have you read: ABB releases blueprint for carbon negative microgrids Safeguarding the stability of the grid Decarbonising heat: The hot topic we can’t ignore. It is expected that from 2024, 500,000 heat pump systems will be installed in the country every year. We will continue to expand in this market.”

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

Energy giant Drax has formally submitted plans for its multi-billion-pound bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at its North Yorkshire power station. BECCS plants combine biomass power plants with carbon capture and storage capabilities to capture emissions that result from burning biomass feedstocks, such as wood chips.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

’s power sector will be operating on a negative-emissions basis by 2033 at the latest if the country sticks to its plan to reach net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050, according to system operator National Grid ESO. actually hitting its targeted carbon reductions. Unabated natural-gas use will be halved by 2038.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). Davies , Michael D.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year “carbon price carve out” for home heating oil in October 2023. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Aviation giant has partnered with US low-carbon fuel company Alder Fuels and will test its SAF in its planes. Aerospace giant Boeing has announced it is to team up with US low-carbon fuel specialist Alder Fuels in a new partnership with a view to expanding production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) around the world.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

National Infrastructure Commission urges government to act quickly to drive development of first wave of BECCS and DACS plants, arguing carbon removals will be a cornerstone of the UK's future economy. Calls for the UK to start scaling up negative emissions technology are becoming shriller.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life. T The authors demonstrate that the net emissions impact of EV adoption is likely negative, as CO2 reductions from a transition to EVs would outstrip the increase in emissions due to increased consumption of electricity. Evidence from China.”

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Energy supplier touts tie-up with engineering services company Worley as evidence plan to build UK's largest carbon capture project in Yorkshire is moving ahead. It's no longer enough to reduce emissions - the world has got to start removing carbon from the atmosphere if we are to avert this climate crisis," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. Long-range tradeoffs: Carbon reduction vs. costs.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Yet these indigenous communities and their ancestral lands are under intense deforestation pressure and subject to a host of negative impacts of forest loss. Guyana is successfully issuing verified emission reductions and has signed significant purchase agreements on that carbon with Norway and with Hess Corporation.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2021

Shopify, the Canadian company that runs e-commerce sites, wants to take a more hands-on approach — by paying a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground. Carbon Engineering’s working pilot plant in Squamish B.C. Carbon Engineering.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

‘Fund and reward’ measure could stimulate the growth of still-nascent lower carbon shipping fuel markets, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. Under the proposals, which the ICS has submitted to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) this week, a ship powered by ammonia could receive a "reward" of more than $1.5m

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Hard coal plants, or those burning more carbon-dense and less-polluting types of coal, by contrast, will be closed via least-cost tenders. These will be held sporadically through 2024. have both brought forward their own coal phaseouts by a year to 2022 and 2024, respectively. RWE is set to receive €2.6 France and the U.K.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

The Planning Inspectorate had opposed the project, warning it could lock-in high carbon infrastructure at the expense of the UK's climate goals, marking the first time it had opposed a major project on such grounds. It also argued wind and solar power would be more cost-effective for bill payers compared to new gas power capacity.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually up until 2049, a year ahead of the UK’s net zero emissions target. Activists left messages opposing the mine on cut-outs of yellow canaries outside the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, where a four-week public inquiry into the opencast mine begins today.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The German carmaker, which currently produces 40,000 electric Minis every year at its Cowley factory, said it production would end next year as part of an overhaul of its vehicle line-up from 2024.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

💨 Yard Stick , a Cambridge, MA-based soil carbon monitoring platform, raised $12M in Series A funding from Extantia Capital, Breakthrough, Lowercarbon Capital, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Pillar VC, and other investors. Stripe launches Climate Orders for businesses to pre-order carbon removal. CDR with one click.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

The Planning Inspectorate had opposed the project, warning it could lock-in high carbon infrastructure at the expense of the UK's climate goals, marking the first time it had opposed a major project on such grounds. It also argued wind and solar power would be more cost-effective for bill payers compared to new gas power capacity.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

Another aspect of that future is limiting carbon-intensive forms of travel. Is this a realistic version of how we might address the carbon intensity of air travel? “On the other hand, you know, it’s 2024 now. In three vignettes, spanning 2023 to 2077, the main character grows from a young woman living in L.A.

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