WEEKLY SUMMARY (22 MAY-28 MAY 2023)-WEEK#14
Recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts and videos etc.) on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
DEADLINES
Applications Now Open for Ocean Visions' Launchpad Program | Deadline: 08 June 2023
(NEW) The IAMC solicits abstracts for oral and poster presentations on various research topics including Carbon Dioxide Removal and nature-based solution | Deadline: 30 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
COMMERCIAL NEWS
JPMorgan Chase Commits $200 Million To Carbon Removal Investments
Carbfix and Removr team up for Direct Air Capture and Storage in Iceland
UNDO Announces $12 Million Backing To Help Farmers Remove CO2
RESEARCH PAPERS
Direct air capture based on ionic liquids: From molecular design to process assessment
Effect of Biochar on Labile Organic Carbon Fractions and Soil Carbon Pool Management Index
Techno-economic analysis of a combined power plant CO2 capture and direct air capture concept for flexible power plant operation
Mind the gap: will slow progress on carbon dioxide storage undermine net zero by 2050?
Considerations for hypothetical carbon dioxide removal via alkalinity addition in the Amazon River watershed
A comparison of the climate and carbon cycle effects of carbon removal by afforestation and an equivalent reduction in fossil fuel emissions
In situ carbon storage potential in a buried volcano
Ammonia from solid fuels: A cost-effective route to energy security with negative CO2 emissions - ScienceDirect
Attributing the impacts of ecological engineering and climate change on carbon uptake in Northeastern China
Restoring particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon through regenerative agriculture
Releasing global forests from human management: How much more carbon could be stored?
WEB POSTS
Olivine weathering
‘Worthless’: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm, research says
Electric calcination is a key solution to decarbonizing industries and negative emissions
UNFCCC COP28: programmed to fail on CDR
The Ancient ‘Wonder Material’ Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere
Challenges for Carbon Removal under the UN Standard
Colorado Makes Policy Moves With an Eye Toward Regulating Carbon Sequestration
Navigator CO2, Puro.earth partner to generate CO2 removal credits
THESIS
Atmospheric carbon removal via industrial biochar systems: a techno-economic-environmental assessment
REPORTS
Being positive about Negative Emissions - Incorporating Carbon Removals into Net- Zero Strategies
Snapshot: the current carbon removal market in figures
EXPERIMENTS
Measuring plankton growth across the Pacific Ocean: On-Deck Incubation Experiments
DISCUSSIONS
Electric calcination is a key solution to decarbonizing industries and negative emissions
CDR FIRMS
CO280
Solugen
Tau Carbon
Carbon Sequestration
Fachverband Pflanzenkohle
UPCOMING EVENTS
(NEW) Noya Update with CEO Josh Santos by OpenAir | 30 May 2023
Living Blue Carbon Road Map: Community Sessions by Ocean Visions | 30 May, 1 June 2023
(NEW) Climate x Deep Tech Meetup by Marble | 31 May 2023
(NEW) The Future of Food USA by Innovation Forum | 31 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
Running Tide: Ocean-Based CDR Research & Development Roadmap by Ocean Visions | 07 June 2023
(NEW) MRV for Biomass Storage: Above & Below Ground and Marine by AirMiners | 7 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
(NEW) Condobolin Carbon Conference by Central West Farming Systems | 14 June 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
The Carbon Removal Business Summit Comes to London by Carbon Unbound London | 03 & 04 October 2023
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Mechanical Engineer at Ucaneo | Berlin, Germany
“Ucaneo develop the world’s first biomimetic Direct Air Capture technology leveraging a biocatalytic membrane to capture CO2 from the air.”
Senior Lecturer (Marine Science) / Researcher (NIWA) in Marine Carbonate Chemistry at the Department of Marine Science, University of Otago
“The Department of Marine Science Te Tari Pūtaiao Taimoana at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA, NZ) seek applications for a Researcher/Senior Lecturer position in marine biogeochemistry, with experience/expertise in carbonate chemistry (a confirmation-path [tenure track], permanent position).
This is a joint appointment across two institutions that have maintained a long-term productive partnership in marine research. Consequently, the position will have two independent employers (NIWA and Otago), each with respective performance expectations and employment conditions (as outlined in the Information for Candidates).”
Ph.D. Position on Integrated Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) (0.8 - 1.0 FTE) at Utrecht University
Research project for Ph.D. student—Identifying benthic impacts of OAE at the University of Tasmania | Hobart | Deadline: 1 July 2023
“Aim of this research project is to determine the benthic impacts and effectiveness of ocean alkalinity enhancement as a carbon dioxide removal tool ”
Academic Council Office, the field of agroecology at the University of Bayreuth | Application time: June 30, 2023 (image)
Student Trainee as Management Assistant at Fachverband Pflanzenkohle eV (FVPK)
“The Fachverband Pflanzenkohle eV (FVPK) was founded in 2017 with the aim of supporting the use of biochar and making a contribution to environmental and climate protection by removing and binding carbon from the atmosphere. With our more than 200 members, we advocate the sustainable production and material use of biochar through biomass pyrolysis. We see ourselves as a partner for science, industry and producers as well as political decision-makers. As a network of pioneers, we are driving forward an innovative key technology that will play a decisive role in meeting global climate targets.”
Full Stack Engineer, Climate at Stripe | United States
“The Climate team’s mission is to dramatically accelerate the world’s transition to a net zero economy. In 2021, Stripe launched Stripe<br>Climate enabling merchants to direct a fraction of their revenue to help scale emerging carbon removal technologies in just a few clicks. In 2022, they launched Frontier in collaboration with Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and McKinsey Sustainability. Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy $925M+ of permanent carbon removal by 2030. For their
next act, they want to help everyone easily purchase permanent carbon removal from the most innovative suppliers in Frontier’s portfolio.”
PODCASTS
Direct Air Capture | Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
“During the briefing on direct air capture, panelists explained what Congress needs to know about direct air capture, including the considerations, challenges, and opportunities involved in responsibly scaling it up.”
S3E42: Carbon removal funding and deal flow in the XPRIZE/Circular Carbon Network report—w/ Nikki Batchelor & Ongeleigh Underwood | Reversing Climate Change
“In this episode, Ross and Siobhan are joined by Ongeleigh Underwood and Nikki Batchelor to delve into the newly released report from the Circular Carbon Network, an initiative of XPRIZE. The report provides valuable insights into the state of the Circular Carbon Market, addressing crucial questions such as who is building Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects and who is funding them.
The conversation explores the role of XPRIZE in fostering market growth and collaboration, and examines how companies have evolved since the last carbon-focused XPRIZE, which is when the report started gathering data. Ongeleigh and Nikki shed light on the partnerships formed by companies to complete the carbon removal process and discuss whether Direct Air Capture (DAC) is having a moment.”
Startup Series: Arbor—Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage, BiCRS | MCJ Collective
“Brad Hartwig is CEO and founder of Arbor, and today’s topic is BiCRS. No, not the people in black leather jackets cruising down the highway, but rather the acronym for the process of biomass carbon removal and storage, BiCRS. Arbor is developing a process that transforms organic waste from forest thinning to prevent wildfires. The company’s process converts the carbon in the waste into stored CO2, while also producing clean energy and freshwater as byproducts. Specifically, Arbor's process runs wood waste through a light thermal treatment known as torrefaction, which is somewhat akin to roasting coffee beans. They take this torrefied biomass and gasify it into syngas and then combust it with pure oxygen to produce clean water and high purity CO2, which they then run through a highly dense turbine to create carbon negative electricity while injecting the CO2 into permanent sequestration.”
“The plants that they will build to operate this process end to end will be significantly smaller than existing biomass energy facilities. And Arbor has an audacious vision to own and operate these carbon capture plants in a distributed nature near carbon injection wells and sequestration facilities, selling the excess power that they generate back to the grid or to the facilities themselves.”
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YOUTUBE VIDEOS
This Is CDR Ep. 68: ecoLocked - Biochar x Concrete with Dr. Mario Schmitt | OpenAir
“On this episode of This Is CDR, OpenAir are pleased to welcome ecoLocked Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Mario Schmitt who will present and discuss the company's innovative solution for climate positive concrete via the incorporation of biochar.”
Methods of Methane Removal | AirMiners
Exploring Avenues of Carbon Dioxide Removal | Donald Addu, US Sales Manager of Climeworks | F4CR
“In this video, Donald Addu explores the avenues through which Climeworks removes excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.”
Carbon Mineralization | Dr. Greg Dipple, Professor at University of British Columbia | F4CR
“In this video, Dr. Greg Dipple discusses the process of carbon mineralization as an avenue for carbon dioxide capture.”
The Prospects for CDR in West Virginia | Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
“West Virginia's unique geology, abundant forests, and energy-centric economy provide a propitious environment for the development of a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector. West Virginia University’s (WVU) new policymaker guide, entitled "Carbon Dioxide Removal and West Virginia: A Science and Technology Perspective," analyzes CDR opportunities in the state including the potential for scaling up natural and technical CO2 removal and storage approaches, as well as the economic implications of CDR investments. Based on that analysis, the guide incorporates both WVU faculty knowledge as well as stakeholder priorities to recommend specific actions policymakers can take. The guide was developed under the auspices of WVU’s Bridge Initiative for Science and Technology Policy.”
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