What’s the deal with 'carbon-negative' biomethane?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Companies such as Chevron are making big investments into biodigesters, but is this really where the money should be spent?
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GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Companies such as Chevron are making big investments into biodigesters, but is this really where the money should be spent?
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 11, 2024
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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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
Big name corporations Chevron and Microsoft are joining Schlumberger on a plan to develop a bioenergy project that will include carbon capture and sequestration. As a result, the energy produced would be carbon negative. The project will be located in Mendota, California and will use an idled bioenergy plant.
Business Green
AUGUST 25, 2020
Office furniture giant Steelcase has set its sights on becoming a 'carbon negative' organisation within the next decade, yesterday unveiling plans to ramp up its use of renewable energy, slash carbon emissions, and finance carbon offset efforts that deliver "external emissions reductions with social benefits".
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 24, 2020
The technology company promised to remove all of the carbon that it’s ever put in the atmosphere -- going back to when it was founded in an Albuquerque garage in 1975. That includes $1 billion in carbon removal technologies and methods. Microsoft is setting a new standard for corporate climate targets. AP: U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 19, 2024
Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The aims of the pilot is to demonstrate the use of carbon capture technology at EfW facilities.
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.
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.
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Their asset values and prospects will be damaged by sudden negative shifts in both consumer and investor sentiment as a result. . Ian Kearney. Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. Holly Secon. Tue, 11/03/2020 - 00:30.
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
E8 Cleantech Angels
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A new partnership may pave the way for more than £400 million to be invested in recycling facilities across the UK. With this investment, we have the ability to make a significant environmental and social impact across the UK.”.
Global Renewable News
APRIL 17, 2024
Highlights The first-ever EIB project in Bhutan, one of just three net carbon-negative countries in the world, supports new solar photovoltaic and hydropower schemes under the EU's Global G.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Companies such as Chevron are making big investments into biodigesters, but is this really where the money should be spent? Here is the original: What’s the deal with ‘carbon-negative’ biomethane?
Business Green
OCTOBER 3, 2022
BeZero Carbon research points to growing commercial interest in carbon removals such as direct air capture, enhanced weathering and biochar. Over the last year, we have seen the market for carbon dioxide removal jump-started from relative obscurity to one of the highest potential growth industries in the world," he said.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2022
In an investment said to be worth tens of millions of pounds, a storage facility for the temporary storage of liquid CO2 will be constructed by anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developer and operator Future Biogas by the end of 2024 on a dedicated site at Saltend, comprising up to 32 CO2 storage tanks. How is it carbon negative?
The Environmental Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In most cases, you’ll find investing being referenced to profit generation. As concerns continue to grow about the sustainability of some business practices, some groups prioritize the environment’s well-being vis-à-vis profit when investing. This is called Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing.
Green Business Bureau
APRIL 12, 2022
The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature.
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
Company is going all-electric and funding a new Yale center for applied research focused on carbon-negative technologies. announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. Key steps toward reaching the FedEx carbon neutral goal include: Vehicle Electrification. FedEx Corp.
Business Green
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Shopify and Stripe announce latest $11m investment round through Frontier negative emissions fund. Ecommerce tech giants Shopify and Stripe have announced the latest round of investment as part of the Frontier negative emissions technology initiative, securing $11m worth of carbon removal credits through six new deals.
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 enables better investment decisions to maximize energy savings.
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. Award amount: $2,407,390.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 12, 2022
UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. But campaign groups continue to insist that the maths behind biomass doesn’t add up.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts.
Business Green
JANUARY 16, 2023
Negative emissions pioneer delivers first third party certified carbon removals to corporate clients, as Frontier expands negative emissions offer. The pioneering Orca plant removes carbon directly from the air and sequesters it underground to mineralise into rock.
Business Green
JANUARY 30, 2023
But they also stressed that the Voluntary Carbon Market was driving much needed investment into forest protection projects that were delivering significant environmental benefits. Signatories include leaders at BeZero Carbon, Earthshot Labs, Ecosphere +, Ecologi, EcoAct, and the REDD+ Business Initiative, among others.
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.
Business Green
JANUARY 12, 2023
Businesses committed to decarbonisation look to carbon credits to accelerate their climate action but concerns remain over responsible engagement. The report found that 92 per cent of business leaders see long-term decarbonisation as a priority, with 89 per cent adding that responsible use of carbon credits is important to this strategy.
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 13, 2020
“The argument that has often been put forward is that they can't invest in renewables because renewable projects offer much lower returns than oil and gas projects. The oil and gas sector currently accounts for just 2 percent of investment in renewables, according to Wood Mackenzie. Will the current market storm change that?
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts.
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.
Business Green
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Lack of guidance, standards, and regulations underpinning carbon offsetting risks slowing net zero transition, the Climate Change Committee has today warned. Moreover, it warns that owing to weak standards, regulation and oversight, there is a shortage of high integrity carbon credits.
Andrew Winston
MAY 4, 2022
This is another in the realm of the “business case” for sustainability (within a corporation for its own capital and investment decisions, not as an investment thesis for investors). Raising the price on carbon or other inputs drives different capital and investment decisions. They shouldn’t.
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.
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. If successfully commercialized, Modvion’s solution would solve the transport problem, while also replacing carbon intensive-steel with what could be a carbon-negative alternative.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Drax CEO argues deal will play 'pivotal role' in the development of voluntary carbon markets. Respira would then sell on these credits on the voluntary carbon market to corporations and financial institutions looking to achieve carbon neutrality and net zero emission targets.
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