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.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Innovation in the building sector is critical to achieving decarbonization, as the sector is responsible for 40 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. To change this, we need innovations that reinvent how buildings and their materials are planned, built, sourced, and managed. and Houston, Texas, Jan.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2024

Enfinium CEO Mike Maudsley explains how the energy from waste sector can deliver negative emissions, why the net zero transition needs all industries to play a role, and what the company is doing to encourage more young people to work in the green economy Mike Maudsley joined enfinium as chief executive officer in 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Rossella Nicolin is European Head of Sustainability at engineering and construction firm Laing O’Rourke, a founding member of ConcreteZero. Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint.

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Grist

MAY 27, 2024

And not only is it extracting magnesium from ocean water — and from waste brine generated by industry — it is doing it in a carbon-neutral way. Right now, China produces about 85 percent of the world’s magnesium in a dirty, carbon-intensive process. A company in Oakland, California, says yes.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Seventeen startups joined our community in the final months of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a smart nanocoating to keep products fresh, an autonomous waste-sorting system, and drinking water drawn from air’s humidity. Reframe Systems is scaling offsite construction with advanced robotic microfactories. Electricity.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When one thinks about carbon emissions, images of spewing smokestacks or tailpipes likely come to mind. One- seventh of the world’s carbon emissions are associated with building materials like steel, cement and aluminum. Put simply, there is a construction-shaped hole in our global efforts to combat climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 8, 2021

Visionary British female entrepreneurs are receiving government backing to drive forward their novel innovations and business ideas. The businesses are located right across the UK, from Scotland to Salisbury, and include a variety of sustainable innovations. Among the entrepreneurs being backed are: Christina King. Dr Emma Fieldhouse.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

IndiNature says investment will help scale up production of its 'carbon negative' building material. Carbon negative insulation for homes and commercial properties is to be produced in Scotland for the first time following a £3m investment in a pioneering green materials firm from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. mixed-use space that anchors the Innovation District.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 8, 2022

As we embark on recruiting for Elemental’s Cohort 11, we spoke with each of our Directors of Innovation about what they’re looking to fund this year, what motivates them in their work, and much more. As a Director of Innovation, I am constantly learning, iterating, and problem solving.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power. Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Aemetis, Inc (NASDAQ stock symbol AMTX) has announced that it has recently received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank, California, for the production of renewable fuels including negative carbon intensity sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. Massive contracts Aemetis has already signed $3.8 Q2: What is renewable diesel?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. Bacteria in the digesters consume the waste, creating methane and CO2 as byproducts. Now it's time to recycle food waste, and it's not that hard. The gas can then be used for energy purposes.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2023

Asphalt made from grass cuttings and carbon capturing cement among the innovations to secure backing from the Decarbonising Local Roads competition The government has today announced the award of £30m in funding to seven innovative projects working to slash carbon emissions from road building and maintenance projects.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. The Ottawa-based startup is bringing to scale a process that generates hydrogen by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, then storing it within seawater, mimicking the ocean’s natural processes to create a carbon sink.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Whether it’s a new build or a retrofit (also referred to as greenhabbing , or green rehabbing an older building to be more eco-friendly), the real estate industry is moving towards sustainability because a low-carbon building is proven to have lower operating costs, improved resale value and higher occupancy rates.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Corporate and investor interest in carbon capture is soaring, and there are plenty of options for businesses to explore. This week, oil giant ExxonMobil pledged $3bn to the development of a carbon capture and storage business over the next five years - in a bid to manage its business risks associated with climate change.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And reduce plastic waste, while we’re at it? InventWood aims to create a MettleWood I-beam to replace steel I-beams , which are heavily used in construction. In other words, atmospheric carbon that was captured by trees can be stored long-term in buildings in the form of wood.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil. We are constantly looking for innovation and solutions that can help us in this new way of remote work, to improve our interactions to our customers and to be more emphatic than ever. Without further ado, here’s what’s up with members of past GreenBiz 30 Under 30 cohorts.

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GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 2, 2020

They are one of the most important forms of construction tool that we have ever come up with as a species. Not only are our bricks that we use today made from finite and limited resources, they are known to have some pretty negative carbon impacts. In 2009, they formed Kenoteq.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Offshore windfalls and pitfalls Orsted wrote in a press release on Wednesday it had “updated its view” on “tax credit monetization and the timing and likelihood of final construction permits.” In more transmission news, PJM selected seven applicants to build $5B of new transmission in the mid-atlantic region.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. Looking ahead : Brimstone is negotiating now with potential offtakers, like real estate and construction companies.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. ENGIE hails 'world first' gas from waste breakthrough.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

DarkBlack Carbon was only officially founded four months ago, but believes it is already primed to be a market leader for biochar in the UK "It's got everything, hasn't it?" says Liz Casely, co-founder of UK start-up DarkBlack Carbon. Moreover, the potential climate benefits of the biochar itself are hugely compelling.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

ChopValue keeps the production carbon-neutral while maintaining an overall carbon-negative status for the company. Consumers can select products with complete transparency regarding the overall carbon footprint and number of recycled chopsticks that were used to make a specific item.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Test operations at the world's first fossil fuel-free steel-making plant have begun, marking a major milestone in the race to decarbonise the carbon intensive steel industry that is thought to be responsible for around seven per cent of global emissions. Trump administration guts yet another Obama-era environmental rule.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII): Adopted in 2021 through the IMO , these measurements build on prior standards and became mandatory beginning Jan 1, 2023. IMO will assign a CII rating, with A being the best, least carbon-intensive and E being the worst, most carbon-intensive.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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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. MW enhanced geothermal system (EGS) began delivering power to the Nevada grid.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The potential for carbon-capture tech is captivating Heather Clancy Thu, 02/04/2021 – 01:30 This week, oil giant ExxonMobil pledged $3 billion to the development of a carbon capture and storage business over the next five years — in a bid to manage its business risks associated with climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Yesterday, in a bid to help Ministers bridge the gap, business advoacy group the Aldersgate Group published a major report that sets out how a series of policy measures enacted over this parliamentary term could steer the UK towards its 2050 net zero ambition, as well as its interim carbon reduction targets under the fourth and fifth carbon budgets.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 6, 2022

The project was carried out by Ameresco in partnership with the Chicago Department of Transportation, Itron, John Burns Construction and Lyons View Manufacturing. However, some people reacted negatively to all the light, saying the LEDs were lighting up their porches. The project will also help Chicago save $12.4

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Decarbonize the electric grid (shift from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to carbon-free sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear, paired with storage and demand-side solutions), B. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. This area is the subject of this post?—?particularly

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 11, 2021

But the new six-month Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V) acceleration program is all about ways to capture and convert carbon dioxide into something useful. Inhabitat: Please give us just a little history about the Carbon to Value Initiative. Most business accelerators focus on community economic development.

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