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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated. 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?

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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

GreenBiz

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 01:00. Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be as difficult as getting to the moon. . Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. Tali Zuckerman. So far, Project Vesta has raised $2.5

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COVID-19 and a Path Toward a Greener Future

The Environmental Blog

The year 2020 will be remembered as a year in which humanity weathered a dangerous and fast-spreading disease, costing companies and governments billions in management and recovery. Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. However, not all outcomes have been positive.

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NFU: British farmers stepping up net zero investments despite industry uncertainty

Business Green

A new 'confidence survey' from the NFU has found British farmers are increasing investments in soil health, tree planting, renewable energy generation, and energy efficiency. It finds that 30 per cent of farmers are planning to invest in energy efficiency measures, up six percentage points from 24 per cent last year.

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Winners and Losers of BlackRock’s Climate Pushback (So Far)

GreenTechMedia

In the first half of 2020, more than 50 companies felt BlackRock’s wrath over their lack of progress on climate change, including Chevron, ExxonMobile and German utility Uniper. Coal miner Peabody Energy, for one, has seen its backing from BlackRock dwindle. Nine months later, is BlackRock following through?

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

Charged

He formerly served as President Obama’s appointee to a US Federal Commission established to assess emerging energy-focused digital technologies. In the emerging energy marketplace, what’s the best role for non-utility market participants? electric vehicles), stationary energy storage and microgrids.

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AstraZeneca promises to get to net zero 10 years ahead of schedule

Business Green

$1bn 'Ambition Zero Carbon' aims for zero carbon emissions across global operations by 2025, and ensure entire value chain is carbon negative by 2030. The new goals were set out in the firm's ‘Ambition Zero Carbon' strategy published yesterday, which brings forward its plans for decarbonisation in line with a 1.5C