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Improved Direct Air Capture of CO2 Leads the Small Chemical Change to Reap Big Climate Reward

August 22, 2024 admin carbon dioxide, clean power, climate change, CO2, direct air capture, direct air capture (dac), oak ridge national laboratory, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:08:11 +0000

Research shows improved direct air capture of CO2 using charged molecule layers. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide. Amino acids, which react readily with CO2 and are environmentally friendly, … [continued]

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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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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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Interview With Greenlyte CDR Founder Flo Hildebrand

March 7, 2024 admin carbon capture (ccs), direct air capture (dac), green economy, INTERVIEWS

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:15:31 +0000

When was Greenlyte founded? Greenlyte was founded in September 2022 with the mission to develop a low-cost, robust Direct Air … [continued]

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New Direct Air Carbon Capture System Captures Water, Too

February 9, 2024 admin Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, direct air capture, direct air capture (dac), Energy, energy efficiency, green economy, naval research laboratory, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe), US Navy, usa, Water, water resources

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:04 +0000

The US Navy has expressed interest in a new energy-efficient, water-saving carbon capture system with a potential electrofuels angle.

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Nanofibers Pulled From Captured Carbon, With A Green Hydrogen Bonus

January 14, 2024 admin brookhaven national laboratory, Carbon Capture, carbon capture (ccs), carbon nanotubes, carbon sequestration, cement, cement emissions, clean power, Columbia University, concrete, direct air capture (dac), Energy, energy efficiency, green concrete, green economy, green hydrogen, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:05:19 +0000

Captured carbon can yield carbon nanofibers and green hydrogen, too, which could be a better solution than simply pushing it underground.

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Heirloom & AirLoom Prove that Cleantech Stupidity Often Repeats & Even Occasionally Rhymes

November 16, 2023 admin Bill Gates, carbon capture (ccs), carbon emissions, clean power, clean tech, climate change, direct air capture (dac), Energy, green economy, investment, renewable energy, Uncategorized, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:55:10 +0000

How much technological and economic idiocy can be jammed into a single week and why does it have to rhyme? … [continued]

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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 Capture Will Be Hard & Very Expensive, UK Scientists Say

June 1, 2022 admin Carbon Capture, climate change, direct air capture (dac), uk

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:15:27 +0000

Carbon capture sounds easy. It’s not.

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Direct Air Capture Startup Heirloom Raises $53M In Series A Funding

March 29, 2022 admin carbon removal, climate change, direct air capture (dac), green economy, heirloom carbon technologies, investment

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:05:26 +0000

Heirloom Carbon Technologies, a direct air capture (DAC) company, has just announced that it has successfully raised $53 million in equity financing. Notable investors participated in the round: Carbon Direct Capital Management, Ahren Innovation Capital, Carbon Removal Partners (CRP), and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), with the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund as an additional participant, and […]

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