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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. It concluded this approach could be a cost-effective way to actually achieve negative emissions.

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From Trash to Treasure: The Role of Technology in Modern Waste Management

The Environmental Blog

Whether that energy is turned into renewable fuels or clean electricity, it can reduce carbon emissions and resource depletion. From waste segregation to state-of-the-art WTE plants, innovative technology is helping transform trash into valuable resources. Plasma gasification is another technology that is gaining popularity.

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. With pressure to decarbonise growing, oil executives are pushing the technology harder than ever. Aquaculture.

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Negative emissions in North Wales: £200 investment advances CCUS plans in Deeside

Envirotec Magazine

Energy-from-waste operator enfinium has announced (on 11 April) it is progressing plans to invest around £200 million in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Parc Adfer energy from waste facility in Deeside, North Wales. The project could capture up to 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, said the group.

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Maybe we don’t have to capture so much carbon, study suggests

The Verge: Energy

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge New technologies and changes in consumer habits could limit the use of controversial carbon capture to fight climate change, new research shows. To stop climate change and meet the goals of the Paris agreement, planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions need to reach net zero around 2050.

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Decarbonising local roads: Seven new programmes to start in 2023

Envirotec Magazine

Funded by the Department for Transport, the three-year, UK-wide programme has been developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) and follows an established programme, Live Labs 1. The decision panel of independent experts were drawn from the highways and transportation sector.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.