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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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.

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altenergymag

JUNE 21, 2022

construction and demolition waste recycling wash plant as it continues its investment into the circular economy and achieve carbon negative status. One of the UK's leading recycling companies, The NWH Group, has officially opened its new £4.4m

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Wind turbine market leader Vestas has revealed the first investment made by its venture fund with a stake in Swedish wooden wind tower start-up Modvion. As well as being lighter, the modular nature means transporting the towers to the construction sites is far easier. million to $7.2 million) at a time. Credit: Modvion).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This equity round also represents the first grant awarded by the Canada Growth Fund, a $15 billion federal program that supports low-carbon initiatives. This significant investment will enable Eavor to accelerate the development and deployment of its revolutionary geothermal technology – the Eavor-Loop.

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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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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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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Stiebel Eltron, a German green tech supplier, has announced investment plans of €600 million ($600 million) into their heat pump development capabilities. ” 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.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

The accelerator will advance six startups’ climatetech solutions and foster potential development, investment, and commercial partnerships with Saint-Gobain Somerville, Mass. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation. and Houston, Texas, Jan. Hempitecture (Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.)

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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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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.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It plans to add carbon capture and storage to the biomass plants, taking them to a negative-emissions status. “[Thursday’s] announcement is part of Drax renewing its focus on renewables and pioneering bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technology (BECCS),” the company representative said in an email.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 28, 2021

However, as sustainable construction is gaining importance, many cities are now set to change the rules of the game in commercial real estate. In New York City, the Climate Mobilization Act was designed to cut down carbon emissions dramatically. A low grade negatively affects the value of your building due to the following reasons –.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

This M&A announcement came in as Investcorp, partnering with IMB Business School, announced the results of its latest survey concerning top investment trends. The survey found the energy sector to be a dominant area for investment, specifically energy security, renewables and EVS/batteries. Shell USA Inc.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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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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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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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

In financial results posted today, Drax Group claimed it was now one of Europe's "lowest carbon utilities", following the sale of its power plant's gas assets to VPI last February and the end of commercial coal generation at the site in March.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

Any shortfall in that support should be covered by federal funding, including proceeds from the new carbon tax, Teyssen said Tuesday. Reduced demand during the coronavirus lockdown, coupled with ample wind and solar generation, has seen German power prices go negative, even more so than usual. billion ($9.9

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

UK energy firm to begin construction of first of three biomass pellet plants in North America later this month in bid to bolster supply chain for sustainable feedstocks.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Better design and reuse of buildings are crucial to cutting their carbon impact, writes Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Tansy Robertson-Fall. But there is more work to be done, as construction is one of the biggest contributors to the remaining 45 per cent of GHG emissions. billion tonnes by 2050. But how can we put this into practice?

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are a variety of ways to make a property more sustainable such as using green building materials , following a regular maintenance schedule, upgrading to energy-efficient lighting and appliances , and investing in onsite renewable energy systems (e.g. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems).

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

Almost half of all global coal plants are already set to run at a loss in 2020, warns think tank Carbon Tracker. Building new coal and propping up the existing fleet with stimulus money would be throwing good money after bad," said study co-author Matt Gray, Carbon Tracker's co-head of power and utilities.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Better filtration systems including HEPA filters, ionization, ultraviolet lights and active carbon have increased the quality of recirculated air, without having to increase the amount of fresh air in the building. . Buildings might have to embrace windows that open, increase the fresh air take up and invest in outdoor workspaces.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals. Joel Makower.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay and RPMI Railpen have become the latest big investors to set out plans to reduce emissions in their investment portfolios and operations to achieve net zero by 2050. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. This compares to a 160-tonne benchmark across the UK, according to 2019 data.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2022

Investment manager says it now plans to invest up to £500m in future sustainable housing developments. Global investment manager M&G last week announced it has acquired a majority stake in Greencore Construction in amove that is expected to help accelerate the development of thousands of new 'climate positive' homes.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

A newly constructed, fully automated mixed waste sorting plant in Stavanger, Norway – a region that showcased an “exemplary model of the Holistic Resource Systems framework”, according to the study. Now is the time for real action to ensure societies stop wasting resources with all the related negative consequences.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date. Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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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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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. The furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 11, 2021

The UK is to set up green finance hubs in Leeds and London , as part of efforts to encourage lenders and insurers to invest in renewable energy and sustainable industry. Its mission will be to provide data and analytics to financial institutions to support their investment decisions. Gates focuses on two numbers 51billion and Zero.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

recession led ratings agencies Moody's and S&P to lower to "negative" their outlooks for utilities and power generation projects over the past week. EIA’s new outlook lines up with the vast majority of expert opinion on the COVID-19 outbreak’s negative effect on power markets across the globe. EIA expects that 19.4

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Insect protein developer has created a patented process for cultivating mealworm to produce low carbon feed for fish, pet and livestock. In addition, the firm said the new facility in France would be carbon negative, and use a circular economy model than generates zero waste.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

A fresh analysis of 48 countries representing 90 per cent of the world's economy released yesterday by the insurance giant forecasts that based on current trajectories climate change will result in significant negative economic impacts by 2050, with Asian economies set to be the hardest hit by the worsening effects of rising temperatures.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Could the unglamorous world of aggregates hold the key to both decarbonising construction and removing CO2 from the atmosphere? OCO Technology is, in short, a commercial carbon removals company that has been competing in the UK market toe-to-toe with other aggregates producers that offer none of its 'carbon negative' benefits.

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