CARBON REMOVAL WEEKLY SUMMARY (29 APRIL - 05 MAY 2024)-WEEK#18
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc. on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
💸COMMERCIAL NEWS
Frontier buyers sign $58.3M in offtake agreements with Vaulted Deep (Frontier)
Enfinium Announces £1.7b Net-Zero Transition Plan (Resource.co)
US DOE announced $500M in funding to support transporting captured CO2 from industrial operations, power generation and directly from the atmosphere to permanent storage locations or for conversion to useful products (Energy.gov)
Meadow Lake Tribal Council to collaborate with Carbon Alpha on Carbon Dioxide Removal in Canada (Canadian Graphic)
Smog Armor unveils plan for Monarch direct air capture concrete facility (gas world)
Nori Announces Partnership With Perennial (Nori)
Skyscanner partners with Watershed to remove carbon emissions (Skyscanner)
Solidaridad Network and Planboo join forces to steer the cotton sector in Zambia towards climate resilience (Planboo)
Colt partners with CDR firm Supercritical to invest in vetted CDR initiatives (Colt)
Klarna boosts climate fund with $2m as it unveils new CO2 removal innovators to receive funding and doubles its internal carbon tax (PR Newswire)
Honda Plants 85,000 Trees to Capture Carbon and Enhance Biodiversity Near its Ohio Operations (PR Newswire)
Verra Gets ICVCM Approval For Its Verified Carbon Standard Program (Carbon Herald)
📝RESEARCH PAPERS
Forerunner city or net-zero opportunist? Carbon dioxide removal in Stockholm, residual emissions and risks of mitigation deterrence
Olsson, A., Rodriguez, E., Hansson, A., Jansson, S., & Fridahl, M. (2024). Forerunner city or net-zero opportunist? Carbon dioxide removal in Stockholm, residual emissions and risks of mitigation deterrence. Energy Research & Social Science, 113, 103567.
Passive direct air capture using calcium oxide powder: The importance of water vapor
Dostie, L., Rausis, K., & Power, I. M. (2024). Passive direct air capture using calcium oxide powder: The importance of water vapor. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142394.
Biochar dispersion in a tropical soil and its effects on native soil organic carbon
Obia, A., Lyu, J., Mulder, J., Martinsen, V., Cornelissen, G., Smebye, A. B., & Zimmerman, A. R. (2024). Biochar dispersion in a tropical soil and its effects on native soil organic carbon. Plos one, 19(4), e0300387.
Limited terrestrial carbon sinks and increasing carbon emissions from the Hu Line spatial pattern perspective in China
Lou, H., Shi, X., Ren, X., Yang, S., Cai, M., Pan, Z., ... & Zhou, B. (2024). Limited terrestrial carbon sinks and increasing carbon emissions from the Hu Line spatial pattern perspective in China. Ecological Indicators, 162, 112035.
The Open DAC 2023 Dataset and Challenges for Sorbent Discovery in Direct Air Capture
Sriram, A., Choi, S., Yu, X., Brabson, L. M., Das, A., Ulissi, Z., ... & Sholl, D. S. (2023). The Open DAC 2023 dataset and challenges for sorbent discovery in direct air capture.
Ambitious efforts on residual emissions can reduce CO2 removal and lower peak temperatures in a net-zero future
Fuhrman, J., Speizer, S., O'Rourke, P., Peters, G. P., McJeon, H., Monteith, S., ... & Wang, F. M. (2024). Ambitious efforts on residual emissions can reduce CO2 removal and lower peak temperatures in a net-zero future. Environmental Research Letters.
Soil acidification enhanced soil carbon sequestration through increased mineral protection
Yu, M., Wang, Y. P., Deng, Q., Jiang, J., Cao, N., Tang, X., ... & Yan, J. (2024). Soil acidification enhanced soil carbon sequestration through increased mineral protection. Plant and Soil, 1-16.
Effect of zeolite and bamboo biochar as CO2 absorbant in concrete
Revathi, S., Alice Elizabeth Tania, D., Ancy Shadin, S., & Keerthana, J. (2024). Effect of zeolite and bamboo biochar as CO2 absorbant in concrete. Carbon Research, 3(1), 1-15.
Long-term cultivation reduces soil carbon storage by altering microbial network complexity and metabolism activity in macroaggregates
Zhang, S., Hu, W., Zhang, J., Yu, G., Liu, Y., Kong, Z., & Wu, L. (2024). Long-term cultivation reduces soil carbon storage by altering microbial network complexity and metabolism activity in macroaggregates. Science of The Total Environment, 172788.
Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains
Buffi, M., Hurtig, O., Prussi, M., Scarlat, N., & Chiaramonti, D. (2024). Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains. Energy Conversion and Management, 309, 118450.
Directing CO2 electroreduction pathways for selective C2 product formation using single-site doped copper catalysts
Li, Z., Wang, P., Lyu, X., Kondapalli, V. K. R., Xiang, S., Jimenez, J. D., ... & Wu, J. (2024). Directing CO2 electroreduction pathways for selective C2 product formation using single-site doped copper catalysts. Nature Chemical Engineering, 1(2), 159-169.
Tidally driven porewater exchange and diel cycles control CO2 fluxes in mangroves on local and global scales
Cabral, A., Yau, Y. Y., Reithmaier, G. M., Cotovicz Jr, L. C., Barreira, J., Broström, G., ... & Santos, I. R. (2024). Tidally driven porewater exchange and diel cycles control CO2 fluxes in mangroves on local and global scales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Integration of Genome-Scale Metabolic Model with Biorefinery Process Model Reveals Market-Competitive Carbon-Negative Sustainable Aviation Fuel Utilizing Microbial Cell Mass Lipids and Biogenic CO2
Baral, N. R., Banerjee, D., Mukhopadhyay, A., Simmons, B. A., Singer, S. W., & Scown, C. D. (2024). Integration of Genome-Scale Metabolic Model with Biorefinery Process Model Reveals Market-Competitive Carbon-Negative Sustainable Aviation Fuel Utilizing Microbial Cell Mass Lipids and Biogenic CO2. BioResources, 19(3), 4056-4086.
Investigating the socio-political acceptance of negative emission technologies: A group model building approach
Gaspers, A., d'Oliveira, R. T. V. L., Oftebro, T. L., & Palmer, E. (2024). Investigating the socio-political acceptance of negative emission technologies: A group model building approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption.
Computationally guided synthesis of a hierarchical [4[2+3]+6] porous organic ‘cage of cages’
Zhu, Q., Qu, H., Avci, G., Hafizi, R., Zhao, C., Day, G. M., ... & Cooper, A. I. (2024). Computationally guided synthesis of a hierarchical [4 [2+ 3]+ 6] porous organic ‘cage of cages’. Nature Synthesis, 1-10.
Agriculture models for restoring degraded land to enhance CO2 biosequestration and carbon credits in the Vindhyan region of India
Meena, R. S., Pradhan, G., Singh, K., Kumar, S., Singh, A. K., Shashidhar, K. S., ... & Rao, C. S. (2024). Agriculture models for restoring degraded land to enhance CO2 biosequestration and carbon credits in the Vindhyan region of India. Science of The Total Environment, 172661.
Impact of Rice Husk Biochar on Soil Carbon Sequestration, Methane Emission, and Rice Yield in Wetland Soil (Ultisol)
Rajalekshmi, K., Bastin, B., & Sasidharan, S. (2024). Impact of Rice Husk Biochar on Soil Carbon Sequestration, Methane Emission, and Rice Yield in Wetland Soil (Ultisol).
📰WEB POSTS
Scientists discover a new type of porous material that can store greenhouse gases (Phys.Org)
Sergey Brin-Backed Carbon Removal Startup Nears Firing Up Its New Plant (Bloomberg)
A New Use for Old Concrete Could Revolutionize Carbon Capture (Popular Mechanics)
Navigating Environmental Safety: Insights from NIVA’s Evaluation of mCDR in the Norwegian Sea (Running Tide)
Does Carbon Removal Need to Be Dumb To Work? (Heatmap)
With Project Cypress, community benefits plans begin to take shape (Carbon180)
Accounting for carbon removals in the EU: Highlights from the 4th meeting of the Carbon Removals Expert Group (Clean Air Task Force)
Carbon-negative cement can be made with a mineral that helps catch CO2 (New Scientist)
SBTi’s announcement could be a win for optimism, pragmatism, and action (Illuminem)
What happens if one of the world’s largest offsets projects collapses? We might find out (Carbon plan)
Expanding carbon removal horizons - Milkywire selects thirteen new cutting-edge projects (Milkywire)
Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits (Financial Times)
NIST Develops New Testing System for Carbon Capture in Fight Against Global Warming (Nist)
Biochar: what it is and why it matters (Terraform Now)
📒THESIS
Scaling Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Beyond Carbon Markets
📃REPORTS
2024 Q1 Durable CDR Market Update - Blossoming Biochar (cdr.fyi)
Ashes to ashes, carbon to soil (Allianz)
The Global Market for Carbon Dioxide Removal 2024-2045 (Research & Markets)
From Bold Ideas to Exponential Impact (BCG)
Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Size And Booming Worldwide From 2024-2032 As Revealed In New Report (Whatech)
CDR Accounting— Transparently structuring cooperate claims to reconcile with national goals (Microsoft)
📚BOOKS
Race to Zero by Benedict Probst, Marian Krüger
The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal by Kelpie Wilson
🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS
International Colloquium of Microalgae and Diatom Research by Liquid Trees | 08 May 2024
East Africa Carbon Markets Forum | Unlocking Opportunities for Sustainable Development | 10 May 2024
Carbon Finance Bootcamp by CSU’s Soil Carbon Solutions Center | 13 May 2024
Biomass Innovations Asia 2024 | 14 May 2024
(NEW) Enhancing the Intrinsic Value of CDR Credits by Carbon Business Council, Capture6, Terraset, Elemental Accelerator | 16 May 2024
SSN seminar: "Climate Politics when it's too late" with Wim Carton by Deakin Science and Society Network | 21 May 2024
CO2GeoNet Open Forum | 21-22 May 2024
The Leading Carbon Removal Business Summit by Carbon UnboundUSA | 21-24 May 2024
(NEW) New and Advanced Materials: Net Zero Project Planning, Design and Construction | 23 May 2024
(NEW) Exploring macroalgae cultivation as a potential carbon dioxide removal and climate mitigation strategy by California Ocean Science Trust | 24 May 2024
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report- Launch of 2nd Edition by Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment | 04 June 2024
Climeworks Carbon Removal Summit | 4-6 June 2024
Carbonfuture Carbon Removal Summit 2024 by Carbonfuture | 13 June 2024
Negative CO₂ Emissions hosted at the University of Oxford by CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, with financial support from UKRI | 18-21 June 2024
Goodbye Greenhouse Gas @ The Old Fire Station by CO2RE | 20 June 2024
Negative Emissions Summit 2024 | 20 June 2024
Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America | 26-27 June 2024
Driving Development of Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Technologies with Innovations in MRV, Oceanographic Modelling & New Policy Frameworks to Reduce Global CO2 Emissions | 9-11 July 2024
2nd Biochar Malaysia Association International Conference 2024 by International Biochar Initiative | August 13-14, 2024
Goldschmidt 2024 conference, Chicago | 18-23 August 2024
Carbon Unbound Europe | 11-12 September 2024
Carbfix Mineralization Summit 2024 | 12-13 September 2024
How to apply biochar in sustainability management and accounting | German Biochar Forum | 18 November 2024
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💼JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Postdoctoral Research Scholar—Negative Emission Fellow at The Sabin Center | Deadline to apply: 30 May 2024
"The Sabin Center seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to contribute to its initiative on carbon management and negative emissions technologies. The incumbent will work with the Center’s Executive Director and Deputy Director, as well as other staff, to conduct applied research on the international and domestic laws governing the use of negative emissions technologies and possible options for legal reform to advance safe, responsible, and just outcomes. Successful performance will require generating original research, communicating research findings clearly and through a variety of media and formats to a range of audiences in a manner that maximizes impact."
Director of Engineering at BeZero Carbon | London
"BeZero Carbon’s Mission is to scale investment in environmental markets that deliver a sustainable future. We are a carbon ratings agency. We equip world-leading organisations with the knowledge, tools and confidence to make better climate decisions. BeZero Carbon is the largest global ratings agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. We are driving climate action through carbon ratings."
Carbon Removal Business Developer Manager at Holcim | Zug, Switzerland
"As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less."
Low Carbon Concrete Expert at Holcim | Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
"As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less."
Field & Lab Technician at Hudson Carbon | Hudson, NY, USA
"Hudson Carbon is an on-farm research institute and soil lab based at Old Mud Creek Farm & The Churchtown Dairy, in Hudson, New York. Our work is focused on developing and implementing research projects that are aimed at better understanding the dynamics of soil & biomass carbon, and greenhouse gas cycling in regenerative, organic agricultural systems & regenerative forest management."
Data Engineer, Carbon Credits at South pole | New Delhi
"South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities."
DAC Project Manager – Carbon Capture – Kenya at AltGen | Lenana, Nairobi County, Kenya
"AltGen is a group of companies focused on Recruitment within the Renewable Energy, Climate-Change and Cleantech industries."
🎙️PODCASTS
SBTi, Scope 3, and Carbon Removal | Nori
"The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) recently came out and announced they would be issuing guidance for how some carbon offsets may be used to address Scope 3 emissions (activities beyond direct business operations and energy). This set off a firestorm of protest within and outside of SBTi, as well as some calls of support.
It was essentially a tabula rasa one could project one's carbon hopes and fears onto: would this lead to increased financing of sustainability efforts, or result in a race to the bottom of low-quality credits finding a new market? Something in-between, or just too early to tell?
In today's episode of Carbon Removal Newsroom, host Radhika Moolgavkar, Nori's VP of Supply and Methodology, is joined by her business panelists Susan Su, a venture capitalist at Toba Capital, and Na'im Merchant, the Co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, to make sense of this news.
They also cover other CDR industry headlines from April, including sustainable aviation fuel, biochar in the global south, and significant subsidy announcements from Denmark and Canada for carbon removal projects."
Carbon Gap and CDR Policy in Europe | Carbon Removal Newsroom
"Europe has a lot happening for carbon removal, and on several different levels. What is the state of CDR policy and industry?
Today's episode has Nori's VP of Supply and Methodology, Radhika Moolgavkar, on hosting duties, and Sylvain Delerce, the Associate Research Direct of Carbon Gap, joining the show to catch listeners up on Carbon Gap and the latest on European carbon removal news.
Sylvain highlights the European Union's efforts to structure and fund the industry amidst broader regulatory efforts, and how Carbon Gap fits into the ecosystem.
The conversation also covers the importance of distinguishing carbon removal from carbon capture and storage (CCS) in policy texts, the need for a clear EU vision on CDR, and the potential impact of the Net-Zero Industry Act and the Carbon Removal Certification Framework on the industry. Sylvain also discusses the role of individual European countries in advancing CDR and the potential for France to deploy significant carbon removal solutions by 2050."
CO2 utilization—The crazy (and not so crazy) options for using captured carbon dioxide | Catalyst with Shayle Kann
The IPCC says that we likely need to capture hundreds of gigatons of carbon dioxide if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. So what are we going to do with all that carbon?
In this episode, Shayle talks to Julio Friedmann, chief scientist at Carbon Direct. Julio says we will store the vast majority of that carbon dioxide. But the markets for using it in things like concrete, fizzy water, and chemicals will play an important role in developing the carbon management economy. Shayle and Julio cover topics like:
-The roughly 50 carbon capture facilities operating today and how much carbon they capture
-Why we should recycle carbon at all when we could just store it
-Current uses for CO2, like fizzy water, enhanced oil recovery, and concrete
-Emerging chemical uses, like jet fuel, ethanol, urea, and methanol
-Substituting glass and metal with products that use recycled carbon, like polycarbonate and carbon fiber
-The “over the horizon” stuff, like making space elevators from graphene
-Solving the challenge of local opposition to carbon infrastructure
-Who will pay the green premium for products made with recycled carbon"
🎥YOUTUBE VIDEOS
A response to Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis David Gelles NYT March 31 2024 | Rethinking Removals
"In this short dialogue Rethinking Removals Impact Director Chris Neidl and Carbon Gap Chief Science and Advocacy Officer Eli Mitchell-Larson share their takes on the March 31, 2004 New York Times article "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis" by David Gelles.
A better way to describe the carbon removal industry | Tito - AirMiners
Methane Matter: Strategic Communications For Climate Action | Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
"Cutting methane pollution is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming. The climate movement needs smart, strategic communications and grassroots organizing campaigns to win the policies to phase out dirty, expensive gas and boost cleaner, all electric alternatives. On April 26th, 2024, the Yale Center for Environmental Communication hosted a conversation with Sonal Jessel, former Director of Policy at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Sarah Lazarovic, Vice President, Communications and Creative Strategy at Rewiring America, and Phoebe Sweet, Founder & President - Acadia Strategies, and co-founder of the Gas Leaks Project. Joshua Low, Partnerships Director at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication moderated the webinar."
The Revised Oxford Offsetting Principles | CUR8 - Carbon Removals
"What we'll be covering:
- Why the principles were updated and what has changed
- What impact does this have on corporate climate action
- Why organisations need to start investing in carbon removals starting now
- Live Q&A"
Epiphyte Weekly Stream: Opensource Direct Air Capture | OpenAir
"Epiphyte is a miniature, stand-alone, open source direct air capture machine that removes CO2 from the air, designed by OpenAir volunteers. Join us for our weekly zoom in which our members troubleshoot, tinker and plan improvements to the design."
Weekly Carbon Removal Updates from 29 April - 05 May 2024 | Carbon Removal Updates
🚨DEADLINES
Deadline Extended-CO2REhub announced image competition to create a visual archive for Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) methods, technologies, and practices | Deadline: 08 May 2024
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Intent to Launch Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchasing Challenge | Written comments are required on this challenge by 15 May 2024
The U.S DOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management invites graduate students and early career professionals who are interested in CCUS to apply for the 2024 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program, which will be held July 21-30, 2024 in Colorado and Wyoming | Apply by 15 May 2024
Environmental Research Letter (ERL) - Focus Issue on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) | Article Submission Deadline: 24 May 2024
Ocean Reporting Network Fellowship 2024 | Deadline to apply: 26 May 2024
The Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund (CIEIF) announced another round of three grants for the first half of 2024 with increased award amounts of $65,000 each | Application Deadline: 01 June 2024
Spark Climate Solutions requests research proposals to advance scientific understanding of existing CH4 sinks & potential atmospheric methane removal approaches | Proposal Submission Deadline: 02 June 2024
The Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP) is providing funding (~$12000) for a standardized OAE experiment with microcosms | Deadline to apply: 15 June 2024
The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions will be hosted at the University of Oxford by CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, with financial support from UKRI | 18 - 21 June 2024
Carbon2Value's Initiative is now accepting applications for its 4th Cohort | Deadline: 21 June 2024
The European Commission has announced a $30 million (€28.5 million) call for proposals to provide funding for carbon dioxide removal projects in the EU | Deadline: 17 September 2024
👥CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED
NEP is launching the public consultation phase for the Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry Commitments | Feedback is required by 08 May 2024
Nori is developing a Direct Air Capture + Storage methodology | Submit comments through 09 May 2024
(NEW) Puro Standard Biochar Methodology 2024 Revision | Provide feedback by 10 May 2024