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Japanese utilities are exploring the case for retrofitting their existing coal power plants to enable co-firing of coal with ammonia to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, ammonia-coal co-firing is unlikely to become an economically viable path for Japan to reduce power sector emissions, according to a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF […]
A sustainable future is everyone’s responsibility. As a leading integrated facilities management (IFM) provider, ESFM recognizes the importance of its role in helping clients reduce their carbon footprint, meet their net-zero goals, and, ultimately, contribute to a cleaner, healthier future. ESFM recently assembled a team of in-house experts to lead a self-performed solution that solves their clients’ […]
Mantel, the developer of a novel solution to carbon capture, announced a $2 million investment led by The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies. New Climate Ventures also participated in the seed round. Mantel’s solution is the first high-temperature, liquid-phase carbon capture system. Designed to operate at the high […]
ABB has been contracted by engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor Aker Solutions, a leader in sustainable energy solutions, to deliver the leading electrical, automation, and safety systems for Norway’s Northern Lights project. A joint venture between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, Northern Lights is the first industrial carbon capture and storage project to develop an […]
CRIN is announcing one additional project identified for funding in its Low Emission Fuels and Products technology competition. Burlington, Ontario-based Universal Matter Inc. (UMI) has been identified for up to $5.8 million in support of its Conversion of Carbon Waste Streams to High-Value Graphene via the Flash Joule Heating Process project. In the project, UMI will implement […]
Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced that the State of Louisiana recently enhanced its nation-leading carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) legislation with provisions that provide additional carbon dioxide (CO2) reservoir storage security for projects in Caldwell Parish, the site of Strategic Biofuels’ Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) Project. The […]
Lafarge Canada is proudly co-funding a low-carbon concrete design research project at Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) and providing the company’s specially designed concrete to the initiative. The project, which aligns with the company’s decarbonization strategy and brings together a number of industry partners, is led by Dr. Neil Hoult, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering […]
The Government of Alberta is investing over $40 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) in 11 projects focused on advancing the province’s global leadership in carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS). If successful, these projects could lead to over $20 billion in capital expenditures, create thousands of jobs, and reduce about 24 million tonnes of […]
Global stock markets are financing companies that are sitting on three times more coal, oil and gas reserves than can be burned without breaking the 1.5°C Paris climate target, a report from the financial think tank Carbon Tracker released. It also reveals that the “embedded emissions” in the fossil fuel reserves of companies listed on […]
Canadian carbon capture and removal technology provider, Svante, hosted its ground-breaking ceremony this week in Burnaby, BC to launch the construction of its new world headquarters that it’s calling “The Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture & Removal.” Provincial and Federal government officials attended and spoke at the event, including the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister […]
