carbon removal and sequestration

U.S. DOE Announces $1.2 Million To Accelerate America’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry

May 31, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, carbon removal, carbon removal and sequestration, direct air capture, direct air capture (dac), green economy, investing in america, investment, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 23:28:26 +0000

Twenty-four Semifinalists Selected for DOE Historic Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Prize Will Create a Just and Sustainable Framework for Scalable Carbon Management and Help Develop a Carbon Dioxide Purchasing Market to Encourage Technology Innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of … [continued]

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Cotierra’s Biochar Tech Aims to Enrich Colombia’s Coffee Industry

April 18, 2024 admin Agriculture, biochar, carbon removal and sequestration, coffee, Colombia, regenerative agriculture

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:40:26 +0000

Reversing climate change and safeguarding your morning cup of coffee in a one-two punch? That’s what Cotierra, a Swiss-Colombian carbon removal and AgTech startup aim to do with the $1 million in pre-seed funding they just received from a consortium of environmental and climate-focused investors. The investment will support the … [continued]

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Climeworks Wins Funding For Direct Air Capture & Storage In Norway

April 18, 2024 admin carbon removal and sequestration, climeworks, direct air capture (dac), enova, green economy, ICELAND, Norway

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:10:23 +0000

Climeworks, the company responsible for the world’s first and largest Direct Air Capture and Storage (DAC+S) plant in Iceland, has been awarded €2.3 million by Enova, a state enterprise owned by Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment. The multi-million euro boon for the world leader in DAC facilities will fund … [continued]

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Can Ocean Energy Power Carbon Removal?

February 5, 2024 admin carbon removal, carbon removal and sequestration, climate change, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE, seaweed, Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:26:42 +0000

Study Finds Offshore Energy Could Help the World Reach Critical Carbon Removal Goals (And a Bubbly, Soda-Like Method Might Be … [continued]

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6 Ways to Remove Carbon Pollution from the Atmosphere

March 21, 2023 admin carbon removal, carbon removal and sequestration, carbon sequestration, climate change, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:32:25 +0000

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have emitted more than 2,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. (A gigaton is one billion metric tons.) This concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the air causes the climate change impacts we’re experiencing today, from forest fires to stifling heat waves and damaging sea level rise […]

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Fervo Energy Plans Direct Air Capture Facility Powered By Geothermal Heat & Electricity

March 2, 2023 admin carbon capture (ccs), carbon removal and sequestration, clean power, direct air capture (dac), fervo energy, geothermal energy, green economy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:35:07 +0000

Fervo Energy will build a direct air capture demonstration plant to test its geothermal and carbon removal technology.

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Carbon Sequestration (For Dummies)

January 31, 2023 admin carbon removal and sequestration, carbon sequestration, climate change, climeworks, direct air capture, reforestation, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Naomi Cole & Joe Wachunas| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:00:17 +0000

A number of organizations have charted a path to a decarbonized world by 2050 and broken down required action into four areas or “pathways.” In recent posts, we discussed the first three pathways — decarbonizing electricity, electrifying everything, and using energy efficiently. We also discussed how individuals can take part in, and move the needle on, […]