WEEKLY SUMMARY (03 JULY-09 JULY 2023)-WEEK#20
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc.) on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
COMMERCIAL NEWS
Brilliant Planet Partners With WSP On Ground-breaking Carbon Capture Project In Morocco
North America’s Largest Biochar Plant Announced In Canada
RESEARCH PAPERS
Ocean iron fertilization may amplify climate change pressures on marine animal biomass for limited climate benefit
Sequestering carbon in the subsoil benefits crop transpiration at the onset of drought—Preprint
How will global carbon cycle respond to negative emissions?
Communicating carbon removal
Paths of Carbon Sequestration in Land Use (Literature Review)
An Effective Air-Liquid Contactor for CO2 Direct Air Capture Using Aqueous Solvents
Optimizing chemisorption-based direct air capture unit efficiency in HVAC systems: A study on the impact of DAC location and adsorption conditions as a response to the climate crisis and indoor air quality
Mesocosm experiments in ocean alkalinity enhancement research
Carbon removal: avoid selective analysis
Legal Considerations Relevant to the Research of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement—Preprint
Economic Analysis of Geothermal Energy combined with Direct and Biomass-based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Perspectives of Biogas Plants as BECCS Facilities: A Comparative Analysis of Biomethane vs. Biohydrogen Production with Carbon Capture and Storage or Use (CCS/CCU)
Relative benefits of allocating land to bioenergy crops and forests vary by region
WEB POSTS
Exxon To Advance Direct Air Capture With Its Own Pilot Project
NETL To Support Carbon Sequestration With Subsurface Data And Modeling Innovation
Open letter: strong support for developing an EU Industrial Carbon Management Strategy | Carbon Gap
Why we need to remove carbon from the air
Thinking of investing in Carbon Dioxide Removal? Think again.
Brinc launches new program for climate tech startups
Mammoth: construction update on preparatory works for Carbfix on-site storage of CO₂
THESIS
The BECCS Doughnut — A Strong Sustainability Framework for Assessing Implementation Strategies for Bioenergy with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Life-cycle assessment of carbon dioxide mineralization products
Production & Use of Biochar from Agricultural Plant Residues
Deployment of bioenergy and carbon capture and storage and biochar for the decarbonization of industries in France
REPORTS
Microsoft Carbon Removal—Observations from our third year
Second-Quarter 2023 Edition: Solving for Interconnected Sustainability Challenges
HANDBOOK
Blue Carbon Handbook-A guide to managing blue carbon ecosystems as a nature-based solution for supporting sustainable development.
UPCOMING EVENTS
(NEW) Webinar: Massachusetts & Carbon Removal - Concepts. Opportunity. Action. by OpenAir | 10 July 2023
(NEW) AgricaptureCO2 - Using BioChar to Meet Net Neutrality Goals (IN-PERSON) by Lancashire County Council | 11 July 2023
Holy Grail: Modular Electrochemical DAC with Mineral Storage by OpenAir | 11 July 2023
(NEW) How We Found A Job in Carbon Removal by Airminers | 13 July 2023
Mati: Enhanced Weathering with Smallholder Farmers in the Global South by OpenAir | 18 July 2023
(NEW) Nori's Carbon Removal Blended Tonne -- Radhika Moolgavkar and Rick Berg by OpenAir | 20 July 2023
Ideas, Needs, and Leads (on biochar, biomass storage, or BiCRS in a land or aquatic environment ) by Airminers | 20 July 2023
Dr. Holly Jean Buck: Residual Emissions and the Climate Role of CDR by OpenAir | 25 July 2023
(NEW) Ocean acidification indicators and NOAA’s marine Carbon Dioxide Removal draft strategy by GOA-ON | 2 August 2023
Third Annual Carbon Dioxide Removal Law & Policy Conference, Carbon Removal Deployment: Law and Policy from Planning to Project by the Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy | 26 September 2023
The Carbon Removal Business Summit Comes to London by Carbon Unbound London | 03 & 04 October 2023
First educational conference on CO₂ removal by CDRterra | 10-11 October 2023
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
CDR Research and Technology Advisor at Bellona | Brussels / Belgium | Deadline: 15 August 2023
“Bellona Europa is an international, independent, and non-profit organisation that meets environmental and climate challenges head on. We are solutions-oriented and have a comprehensive and cross-sectoral approach to assess the economics, climate impacts and technical feasibility of necessary climate actions. To do this, we work with civil society, academia, governments, institutions, and industries.”
Ph.D. position: Effects of zooplankton migrations on sinking organic carbon in a changing climate LEQUEREC_U23SCT at University of East Anglia | Deadline: 27 July 2023
“Marine ecosystems play a key role in regulating the Earth's climate. Their activities generate a flux of carbon between the surface and the deep ocean that helps lower the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in the long-term. Most organic material in the ocean ends up being grazed by zooplankton. The depth at which zooplankton excrete their faecal pellets is fundamental for regulating the return time of this carbon to the surface, where it can exchange again with the atmosphere (Boyd et al. 2019). Recent technological advances in imaging have revolutionised our understanding of the vertical structure of organic particles in the ocean (Lombard et al. 2019). This new knowledge now needs to be incorporated in computer models that represent the carbon cycle, to test the extent to which new ecosystem processes alter our understanding of the flux of carbon in the ocean.”
Various job openings at CarbonCure:
“CarbonCure is on a mission to make concrete a climate solution and reduce embodied carbon in the built environment by 500 million tonnes annually.”
PODCASTS
Olivier Reinaud (NetZero): extracting carbon from plants with biochar | Scaling Climate Tech
“Olivier Reinaud is Co-Founder & Managing Director at NetZero, a startup bringing carbon removal at scale in the tropics with biochar. Launched in 2021 with a diverse founding team, including the climatologist Jean Jouzel (IPCC vice chair), NetZero has rapidly demonstrated its technology in Cameroon and Brazil and has been selected in the prestigious Musk Foundation’s X Prize for Carbon Removal.
With $12M raised recently to scale up operations, Net Zero aims to remove 2 million tons of CO2 with biochar by 2030 with a mutually beneficial partnership between all biochar stakeholders:
-Agricultural cooperatives get to valorize cumbersome biomass residues into biochar
-Farmers get that biochar to improve yields and minimize fertilizer use
-Food companies finance biochar production to reduce their supply chain carbon emissions
In this episode, we talk with Olivier about:
-how is grandfather ventured into biochar when climate change was still doubted or ignored by most
-the key role of carbon credits in achieving a net zero world
-how biochar is produced, how does it capture carbon from plants, and what are the benefits for farmers
-Net Zero licensing model and how it will enable this startup to rapidly grow from 2 facilities to hundreds of biochar facilities”
Ambitious CDR Activism in California | Nori
“If you’ve been following the development of CDR policy, you’ve probably heard of the volunteer advocacy group OpenAir Collective. Just a few weeks ago our guest Sebastian Manhart said on this show “There’s no state that has policy movement that OpenAir collective didn’t have their fingers all over. I’m really impressed by the results of this kind of grassroots activism."
Now, OpenAir is working to pass SB308 in the U.S.’s largest economy: California. This proposed bill mandates that high-emitting facilities purchase "negative emissions credits" to offset their climate impact. It would be the first state-level legislation to create a compliance mechanism carbon removal. This legislation makes polluters pay to remove CO2, a statewide public-sector source of funds that would have a catalytic effect on the CDR industry.
On this episode we’re joined by one of the founders of OpenAir, a leader of the advocacy effort in California, and the Director of Initiatives at Rethinking Removals: Chris Neidl. Chris will help us understand the workings of SB308, its potential contribution towards California's climate targets, and share his personal experiences advocating for this important legislation.”
Ravenscraig, Mud Snails and Beach School | Scotland Outdoors
“Curious to hear more about the agronomic co-benefits of enhanced rock weathering?
Listen to Agronomist Jez Wardman on BBC Scotland Outdoors discussing the benefits of basalt rock for both crop health and yield, plus our work with James Hutton Institute.”
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Virtual Breakout: Ethics, Partnership, and Social Science in Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
“Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a rapidly developing field focused on capturing carbon and storing it in the ocean. Given the potential social and environmental risks, rewards, and responsibilities associated with ocean CDR strategies, multidisciplinary perspectives and local partnerships should guide the assessment and governance of these approaches. This panel bring together experts from different fields to discuss various social dimensions of ocean CDR and what it will take for these strategies to become an equitable climate intervention. Topics will include the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and local partnership; justice concerns that should guide the development of an ethical framework for ocean CDR research, governance, and potential deployment; and social science research needed to identify and engage the different actors involved.”
The Capture6 Direct Air Capture Process | Capture6
“Our direct air capture (DAC) and enhanced mineralization approach is one of the world’s leading solutions for permanent and irreversible carbon dioxide removal. No permanent carbon removal method has ever been applied at any scale close to the 20 billion tons that need to be removed annually to limit warming under 1.5°C. Our solution for direct air capture and carbon sequestration overcomes the dual challenges of cost and scalability.”
Hardware to Save a Planet (Capture6 Co-Founder and President, Luke Shors) | Capture6
“Capture6 Co-Founder and President Luke Shors, joins Dylan Garrett of Hardware to Save a Planet in a conversation about decarbonization through direct air capture (DAC). This episode covers the Capture6 process, challenges in the DAC space and the future of the DAC industry.”
The GST & Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal: opportunities, uncertainties, risks & future needs | UN Climate Change - Events
“Achieving warming of ~1.5oC by 2050 requires removal of atmospheric CO2 & massive cuts in CO2 emissions. Increasing ocean uptake & removal of carbon by intentionally enhancing natural biological & geochemical processes brings opportunities for the GST but has uncertainties & risks needing addressing.”
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