WEEKLY SUMMARY (15 MAY-21 MAY 2023)-WEEK#13
Recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts and videos etc.) on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
CONSULTATION REQUIRED
New Carbon Dioxide Removal Methodology Launched for Consultation | 09 June 2023
COMMERCIAL NEWS
Frontier buyers sign first $53M in offtake agreements with Charm Industrial
Ørsted awarded contract – will capture and store 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2
DOE Selects Four National Laboratory-led Teams to Accelerate Commercialization of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies with $15 Million in Funding
RESEARCH PAPERS
Carbon Farming: Nature-Based Solutions in Brazil
Electrochemical direct CO2 capture technology using redox-active organic molecules to achieve carbon-neutrality
Developing a Portfolio of Negative Emissions Technologies- From Point-Source to Direct Air Capture
Response of ocean acidification to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal
Complications in drilling operations in basalt for CO2 sequestration: An overview
Humidity sensitivity reducing of moisture swing adsorbents by hydrophobic carrier doping for CO2 direct air capture
Synthesis of stable single-crystalline carbon dioxide clathrate powder by pressure swing crystallization
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO2 equilibration for marine CO2 removal
Direct air capture of CO2 by metal cation‐exchanged LTA zeolites: Effect of the charge‐to‐size ratio of cations
Releasing global forests from human management: How much more carbon could be stored?
Can ocean carbon sink trading achieve economic and environmental benefits? Simulation based on DICE-DSGE model
Global Warming in the Pipeline
Symbiotic and Asymmetric Causality of The Soil Tillage System and Biochar Application on Soil Carbon Sequestration and Crop Production
Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation
Marine macroalgae cultivation: Average annual net carbon sink of Gracilaria cultivation in China from 2021 to 2030 may double last decade's
The Role of Direct Air Capture in EU’s Decarbonisation and Associated Carbon Intensity for Synthetic Fuels Production
Encapsulation of Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials within Electrospun Hydrophobic Polymer/Ceramic Fibers for Enhanced CO2 Capture
Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery in Australia – techno-economic evaluation, carbon dioxide source/sink networks and current policy landscape
Biochar in cementitious material—A review on physical, chemical, mechanical, and durability properties
WEB POSTS
Restoring Seabird Populations Can Help Repair the Climate
Cautiously optimistic removers
Challenges for Carbon Removal under the UN Standard
NEW RESOURCE: Defining Carbon Removal
Top 20 Direct Air Capture Companies In 2023
"Magic dust" to reverse climate change
WORKING PAPER
Monitoring CO₂ Concentrations in Soil Gas: A Novel MRV Approach for Cropland-Based ERW?
REPORTS
Strengthening MRV standards for greenhouse gas removals to improve climate change governance
Advancing Equitable Deployment of Regional DAC Hubs
PROJECTS
Converting carbon dioxide into the permanent rock beneath the Earth’s ocean floor: a potential global-scale negative emissions technology
DISCUSSIONS
Restoring Seabird Populations Can Help Repair the Climate
Monitoring CO₂ Concentrations in Soil Gas: A Novel MRV Approach for Cropland-Based ERW? By Carbon Drawdown Initiative
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO2 equilibration for marine CO2 removal
NEW RESOURCE: Defining Carbon Removal
James Hansen's “Global Warming in the Pipeline”
New Ocean Biochar corporation
CDR FIRMS
Carbon Kapture
Vy-Carb
ebb carbon
UPCOMING EVENTS
Double Nature Summit by Climate Cleanup | 22-25 May 2023
Biochar x Concrete with ecoLocked by OpenAir | 23 May 2023
(NEW) Direct Air Capture Innovations: The Future of Climate Action by Patch | 25 May 2023
(NEW) Removing Carbon and Empowering Local Communities: The Win-Win of Artisanal Biochar Projects for CDR Buyers by Carbonfuture | 25 May 2023
Living Blue Carbon Road Map: Community Sessions by Ocean Visions | 25 & 30 May, 1 June 2023
Direct Air Capture Event by Zenon Research, CarbonCapture, and Carbonx | 1 June 2023
Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit | 6 June 2023
Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2023:Ocean x Climate | 6-8 June 2023
(NEW) Running Tide: Ocean-Based CDR Research & Development Roadmap by Ocean Visions | 07 June 2023
Carbon Removal Summit: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future by Negative Emissions Platform | 8 June 2023
OCB2023 Summer Workshop | June 12-15, 2023
Frontier: Introducing Offtakes by OpenAir | 20 June 2023
The 12th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage by CCS Research Centre (NCCS) | June 19 - 21, 2023
Negative CO2 Emissions, 3rd International Conference 2024 by CO₂RE, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub | 18th - Friday 21st June 2024
A Symposium For Carbon Removal Deployment Washington DC by Carbon Business Council | June 21 & June 22, 2023
(NEW) The Carbon Removal Business Summit Comes to London by Carbon Unbound London | 03 & 04 October 2023
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Open Positions at Climate Vault:
“Climate Vault is working to reduce carbon emissions and support carbon removal technologies.”
Electrolysis Test Engineer at Homeostasis | Seattle, Washington, United States
“Homeostasis is a climate tech startup developing a system that captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into marketable carbon materials. We are on a mission to directly combat the climate crisis by reaching hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 removal per year by the mid 2040s.”
Business Development Manager - Climate Solutions at Riverse | Paris, Lyon, Remote
“Riverse enables manufacturing greentech companies in Europe to issue and sell carbon credits in weeks; and unlock significant revenue."
They currently target four greentech verticals:
- bio energies,
-low carbon construction materials,
- recycling & reconditioning of CO2 intensive waste,
- Carbon Removal technologies."
Climate Change Communications Consultant at International Biochar Initiative
“IBI provides a platform for fostering stakeholder collaboration, good industry practices, and environmental and ethical standards to support biochar systems that are safe and economically viable.”
Asset Management Lead, Carbon Removal at Microsoft | Redmond, Washington, United States
PODCASTS
“Following 2015’s UN Paris Agreement, each signatory country submitted a strategy indicating how they intend to decarbonize their economy. While much of the work comes from cutting emissions, plans can also include a ‘residual emissions’ category- that’s where carbon removal comes in. But recent research from our panelist Holly Buck and her colleagues found no standard definition of residual emissions.
Residual emissions are significant; most come from agriculture, industry, and mobility. Crucially, land-use sinks won’t offset all residual emissions by 2050- meaning many countries hope new CDR technologies are reliable. For the world to meet climate goals, countries must achieve the ambitions set out in their plans. If those plans are not well-defined, it is unlikely they will achieve success.
Also on this episode, the panel discusses Climeworks’ call to differentiate CDR from emissions cuts, as well as Stanford’s new CDR program and some controversy surrounding it. One of the authors, Holly Buck, joins us today to talk about this important research. And returning to our policy panel is another leading expert in the legalities of CDR- Wil Burns, the Co-Director at the Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy at American University.”
Mike Kelland of Planetary Technologies on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Policy and Community Engagement | PLAN SEA: OCEAN INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
“Mike Kelland, CEO and co-founder of Planetary Technologies, an ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) startup from Canada, joins Plan Sea on this new episode. Mike, Anna and Wil discuss the basics, science and challenges surrounding ocean alkalinity enhancement — a method whereby the capacity of ocean water to draw down additional CO2 from the atmosphere is increased by increasing the alkalinity of this water.
The better part of this episode focuses on the most recent challenges of Planetary around their community engagement and their first planned pilot site in Cornwall, UK. Mike shares learnings, insights and future outlook on the research needed for OAE to reduce uncertainties.”
How CO2 in the atmosphere becomes biochar
“Biochar Carbon Removal: This is a technology that can be used to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it over the long term. In a new innovation challenge of the next incubator of Energie Steiermark, entrepreneurs and researchers are wanted who want to make it big. That’s what we’re talking about today’s podcast Christian Orthofer, Innovations-Manager im next incubator. The topics:
-Why Energie Steiermark relies on Biochar Carbon Removal
-How pyrolytic or pyrogenic carbon capture and storage works
-The Innovation Challenge of Energie Steiermark on Biochar Carbon Removal
-Which startups and companies can take part in the challenge
-How tradable CORC certificates (CO2 Removal Certificate) can be generated.”
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YOUTUBE VIDEOS
This Is CDR Ep. 67: XPRIZE update with Nikki Batchelor | OpenAir
“This week on This Is CDR we are pleased to welcome XPRIZE Carbon Removal Executive Director Nikki Batchelor who will provide an update on the contest's current status and next phase; give an overview of the recently released Circular Carbon Network 2022 Market Report; and discuss XPRIZE's excellent recent collaboration with Carbon180 "From the Ground Up."
Luxembourg: Future Carbon Removal Capital? | OpenAir
“In this one hour action webinar OpenAir advocates: - Present core CDR concepts, and the case for Luxembourg carbon removal leadership; and Provide an overview the LUX-TEN, newly introduced state legislation that aims to establish Luxembourg's global leadership in the CDR field.”
LuxTen Negative Emissions Tariff: Policy Overview | OpenAir
Fifth Annual Climate Restoration Forum | Foundation for Climate Restoration
“The movement to restore a safe and healthy climate by 2050 is growing. Increasingly, our global community recognizes that mainstream climate goals like limiting warming to 1.5°C and reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century are insuficient to ensure the flourishing of today’s youth and future generations. At the Fifth Annual Climate Restoration Forum, we will hear from young people about their hopes for the future and what actions we need to take today. Key leaders from fields including climate policy, solutions, and climate justice will update our audience on the progress we’ve seen over the past year and the hurdles that remain. Throughout the event, youth voices and stories will take center stage. Participants will have the opportunity to learn, engage, get re-inspired, and take on concrete actions.”
DEADLINES
Applications Now Open for Ocean Visions' Launchpad Program | Deadline: 08 June 2023
Research Topic- Carbon dioxide removal: Perspectives from the social sciences and humanities (Call for submission of abstract and manuscript) | Abstract Submission Deadline 10 April 2023 and Manuscript Submission Deadline 28 August 2023
