WEEKLY SUMMARY (24 JULY-30 JULY 2023)-WEEK#23
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc. on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
CONSULTATIONS
Call for input 2023 -Structured public consultation: Further input - Removal activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism | Deadline: 1st August 2023
Call for input: Industrial Removal Certification Methodologies | Deadline: 15 September 2023
DEADLINES
(NEW) Call for Abstract Submission | GC028 - Climate Intervention, Mitigation, Adaptation and Restoration Solutions: Interdisciplinary Development and Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy | Deadline: 02 August 2023
Call for Abstract | CM003 - Marine Based Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)- the science, engineering, ethics, social and governance needs | Deadline: 2 August 2023
Call for Abstract | B067 - Science-based Carbon Removal: Strategies, Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting and Verification across Terrestrial, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Societal Dimensions | Deadline: 2 August 2023
Call for Abstract Submission—V002 - Advancing Carbon Mineral Storage | Deadline: 2 August 2023
Call for Abstract Submission—Session ID 65255: Toward a Unified Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) Framework for GHG Mitigation and Carbon Removal | Deadline 24 Aug 2023
COMMERCIAL NEWS
More Than $60 Million in Funding for Alberta’s Industrial Sector
Abu Dhabi Asset Management Firm to Build $250M Carbon Fund
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has unveiled a $15 billion investment plan as it steps up the drive to decarbonize its operations
PepsiCo announced a 7-year collaboration with Walmart to pursue $120M worth of investments, aims to advance Regenerative Agriculture practices
RESEARCH PAPERS
Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses
Fate and Migration of Enhanced Rock Weathering Products Through Soil Horizons; Implications for Climate Change Via Wollastonite Amendment
A new approach to CO2 capture and sequestration: A novel carbon capture artificial aggregates made from biochar and municipal waste incineration bottom ash
A critique of the effectiveness of biochar for managing soil health and soil biota
Hemispherically asymmetric Hadley cell response to CO2 removal
Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink
Basalt addition improves the performance of young grassland monocultures under more persistent weather featuring longer dry and wet spells
Reply to: Ocean afforestation is a potentially effective way to remove carbon dioxide
Canada's marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps
Quantifying land carbon cycle feedbacks under negative CO2 emissions
Biome-scale temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration revealed by atmospheric CO2 observations
Preliminary Design and Analysis of a Photovoltaic-Powered Direct Air Capture System for a Residential Building
Soil carbon sequestration in global working lands as a gateway for negative emission technologies
Biochar application in remediating salt-affected soil to achieve carbon neutrality and abate climate change
Grab and gone: expert perspectives on innovation to the diffusion of direct air carbon capture and storage technology
CDR DEALS / PARTNERSHIPS
Brilliant Planet Lands First Large-Scale Carbon Removal Deal Via Watershed Marketplace
Nestle announced a new partnership focusing on Regenerative Agriculture collaborating with Grassroots Carbon, a company that specializes in Carbon Removals in US grasslands
Puro.earth CORCs To Be Traded On Xpansiv Exchange Platform
Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Contract to Study Bioenergy With Carbon Capture Conversion For Michigan Coal Plant
Sweden: Saipem and Stockholm Exergi sign Letter of Intent for a large-scale CO2 capture project in Sweden
FIRSTS IN CDR
Capture6 Signs its First Carbon Removal Pre-Purchase Agreement
The Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE), Germany's first national Carbon Removal association, created with the purpose of making Germany the global leader in carbon removal
Andes Releases World’s First Microbial Carbon Mineralization Methodology
WEB POSTS
Great Lakes Biochar Network Research Brief Guidance
Enzymes: Could they speed up the storing of carbon in the Earth’s crust?
Announcing Running Tide’s Governance Principles for Responsible Climate Intervention
A new local startup wants to use carbon removal tech to enrich soil -- and save the environment.
Navigating clean energy procurement for carbon removal companies
THESIS
Counter-Sorption of Water and Carbon Dioxide in Moisture-Swing Direct Air Capture Sorbents
REPORTS
Carbon Direct and Microsoft released 2023 edition of the Criteria for High-Quality Carbon Dioxide Removal
Where will Europe store its CO2?
DISCUSSIONS
Sorry- CDR is imperfect solution?
Biochar and Salt
“DAC not …a climate solution but a way to continue producing petroleum”
CDR FIRMS
Sustainable Hudson Valley
Andes
UPCOMING EVENTS
(NEW) Carba: Biomass Torrefaction and Burial by OpenAir | 01 August 2023
AirMiners Kiloton Fund FAQ by Airminers | 01 August 2023
Ocean acidification indicators and NOAA’s Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal draft strategy by GOA-ON | 2 August 2023
(NEW) Equatic Update by OpenAir | 08 August 2023
(NEW) Octavia Carbon: DAC x Geothermal in Kenya by OpenAir | 22 August 2023
(NEW) CREW Carbon: Containerized Enhanced Weathering for Directly Verifiable CDR by OpenAir | 29 August 2023
(NEW) 2023 FECM / NETL Carbon Management Research Project Review Meeting | 28 August - 01 September 2023
[C]Worthy: Building Tools for Safe, Effective, and Verifiable Marine CDR by OpenAir | 05 September 2023
(NEW) Workshop: Connecting the Arts and Humanities with innovations in GGR by CO2RE | 13 September 2023
Meet Climeworks at Climate Week NYC 2023 | 17-24 September 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
Technical Subject Matter Direct Air Capture Hubs at DOE
“Management Solutions is proud to support DOE’s Office Of Clean Energy Demonstrations. OCED is a multi-technology office responsible for overseeing more than $27B of investment in large scale demonstrations in emerging technologies such as clean hydrogen, carbon capture, advanced nuclear reactors, grid-scale energy storage, industrial emissions reductions as well as demonstrations in rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged regions.
In support of OCED’s mission, Management Solutions is seeking a recognized Direct Air Capture (DAC) Subject Matter Expert (SME). This is either full- or part-time (~20 hours per week) that may include possible travel. The Direct Air Capture Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) should be knowledgeable and have medium to extensive understanding of Direct Air Capture (DAC) anchor and new emergent technologies that may/have been utilized for new and/or existing and operational DAC plants.”
Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) Future Leaders Network Secretary at CO2RE | Deadline: 24 August 2023
“CO2RE envision a cohort of multidisciplinary leaders who collaborate to drive forward an impactful GGR system within the UK and beyond.”
Assistant Professor in Soil Carbon Science at College Of Agricultural & Life Sciences/Soil Science-Gen | Madison, Wisconsin
The “Department of Soil Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking applications for an academic (9-month) tenure track assistant professor position in Soil Carbon Science. This position is funded through the Dairy Innovation Hub and will largely focus on soil carbon storage and cycling in the dairy production systems of Wisconsin. The Dairy Innovation Hub, which the state of Wisconsin is supporting to the tune of $7.8 million per year, harnesses research and development at UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls campuses to keep Wisconsin's $46 billion dairy community at the global forefront in producing nutritious dairy products in an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable manner.”
Postdoc in the field of earth system modeling and evaluation of CO2 removal measures at GEOMAR | Deadline: 06 August 2023
“The GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel is a public law foundation jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90%) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10%). It is one of the leading international institutions in the field of marine research.
Through our research and our commitment to the transfer of knowledge and technology, we make a significant contribution to preserving the function and protection of the ocean for future generations.”
Bioprocess Engineer at CyanoCapture | Oxford, UK
“CyanoCapture is a biotech company from the University of Oxford, using the forefront of bioengineering for carbon capture. The company is using a recently discovered fast-growing photosynthetic bacteria that can rapidly absorb CO2 and convert this into organic compounds of interest.”
Senior Project Engineer at Airhive | London, UK
“Airhive is a DAC company based in London, UK, building a hybrid geochemical-DAC technology that leverages fluidisation to deliver fast, low cost CO2 removal.”
Various job openings at Sirona Technologies:
“Sirona Tech's mission is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future by leveraging technology to support nature's carbon cycle through the removal of CO2 from the air and its return to the ground.”
Various job openings at Patch:
“Patch is building the infrastructure for a sustainable economy by enabling gigatonne scale carbon removal. With Patch, companies can embed climate action into their own products, neutralizing the carbon impact of everyday transactions like shipping, travel and financial services, or neutralize the unavoidable emissions within their operations and supply chain. From an API-integration to direct purchase, Patch is the carbon credit platform for businesses and consumers to seamlessly contribute to trusted removal and reduction projects at any scale.”
Various job openings at BeZero Carbon:
“BeZero Carbon is a global ratings agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Our carbon credit ratings allow all market participants to price and manage risk. BeZero’s carbon ratings and research tools support buyers, intermediaries, investors, and carbon project developers.
Founded in April 2020, our team combines climatic and earth sciences, sell-side financial research, earth observation, machine learning, data and technology, engineering, and public policy expertise. Our head office is in London, and our people work from five continents.”
Various job openings at Sublime Systems:
“Sublime Systems is commercializing a breakthrough process to make low-carbon cement that performs like the cement you’re used to, without the environmental cost.”
PODCASTS
Driving Market Integrity in Carbon Removal | My Climate Journey
“Giana Amador is Executive Director at Carbon Removal Alliance. Carbon Removal Alliance was announced earlier this year in February 2023 as a trade organization focused on advancing policies that support a diverse set of carbon removal technologies. Its membership consists of 20 plus companies in the carbon removal space, including technology startups like Charm Industrial, Heirloom, and Noya, as well as carbon removal purchasers and investors. Giana has been working on carbon removal since 2015 when she co-founded Carbon 180, a leading NGO focused on carbon removal.
In this episode, we trace Giana’s journey from university at UC Berkeley to founding Carbon 180, her leap to start Carbon Removal Alliance, why carbon removal matters, what Carbon Removal Alliance aims to achieve, and what policy pathways she hopes to see. Lastly, for the policy wonks in the house, we conclude with a conversation on four specific pieces of budding federal legislation and one state level item that Carbon Removal Alliance is engaging on at present.”
Southern Hemisphere's First DAC w/ Octavia | Carbon Removal Newsroom
“Last week Octavia Carbon announced they are planning to build a DAC plant in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, the first such plant in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Valley formed as a result of three tectonic plates meeting in one place. This phenomenon has created unique geology, which the entrepreneurs at Octavia feel could be an ideal place to capture and store CO2 underground.
An hour away in Nairobi, they are building commercial-scale DAC machines and planning to deploy their technology with plans to begin storing CO2 underground in 2024.
They want to leverage advantageous local renewable energy, geology, and personnel to attract global customers.
Today we’ll be talking with Octavia’s CEO, Martin Freimüller, about why Kenya is right for DAC, what they are working on now, and why the price of a DAC credit in Kenya will differ from one from the U.S.”
S3E48: Buy early & risky CDR credits; sell later for profit? The AirMiners Kiloton Fund—w/ Tito Jankowski | Reversing Climate Change
“How does it work to buy carbon removal credits from early-stage startups and resell them later for profit? What does it mean to support carbon removal startups without equity financing? Are alternatives available beyond conventional venture funding? Enter: the AirMiners Kiloton Fund.
Tune in this week as the great Tito Jankowski, CEO and cofounder of AirMiners, returns to the show to talk about all of those questions, the general state of carbon removal, and how two goofballs like us ended up at TED Countdown in Detroit.”
BeZero: ratings agencies & CDR careers - Harvey | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
“How do ratings agencies work? How can you get into the lucrative and rewarding commercial CDR sector? Victoria Harvey from BeZero makes @geoengineering1 jealous with her meteoric career ascent.
NB some technical gremlins ruined @geoengineering1's audio quality after about 30m. We don't know why. Sorry!
Read the CDR scaling report
Meet Victoria at Carbon Unbound”
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Carbon Removal & The Hudson Valley: Concepts and Local Developments | OpenAir
“This informational webinar hosted by Sustainable Hudson Valley, Tree Media, 4 Corners Carbon Coalition & OpenAir will provide an overview of carbon removal concepts and science within the context of New York State's Hudson Valley region.
We all know we have to get to 100% renewable energy, as fast as possible. But we also must remove C02 that's already in the atmosphere to maintain a livable climate. The 1.7 trillion tons of carbon dioxide already emitted into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution is destabilizing the climate system. As part of a diverse portfolio of existing and emerging solutions, that range from regenerative land management practices to technology enabled methods on both land and sea.”
Nori's Carbon Removal Blended Tonne with Radhika Moolgavkar & Rick Berg | OpenAir
“In The Carbon Removal Blended Tonne White Paper, Nori proposes combining temporary and long-term carbon storage to create a credible pathway to net zero. Tune in to this discussion with Radhika Moolgavkar and Rick Berg from Nori’s Supply team to learn how the blended tonne can contribute to the funding of future, more durable carbon removal solutions while enabling ecosystem restoration and temporary carbon storage to support proper carbon accounting and removal.”
AirMiners July 2023 Town Hall #2 | Airminers
We've got some exciting new things coming up in AirMiners - so much so that we're holding a Town Hall on July 19th to let you in on our direction and learn from you as a community!
Our AirMiners operating team will draw back the veil on how we have been doing, and also outline exciting new initiatives in store.”
Trustworthy and Inclusive Digital MRV | Airminers
“We have explored state-of-the-art MRV across a variety of methods - now in our July 26th event, we'll look at how digital MRV (dMRV) can accelerate carbon removal across all methods, inclusively!
Our panel will discuss the must-haves regarding the digital MRV financial incentive structure, auditability, quantification, IT system requirements, roles, and responsibilities of trustworthy dMRV.
A special focus will be on inclusivity: How can we make trustworthy, high-accountability MRV accessible to even the newest, smallest, and remotest CDR providers? Could inclusively designed digital MRV play a key role?”
SXSW 2023 Post Event Socials Marty | Clever Carbon
“When we're talking about carbon removal and getting to 280 ppm, you're talking about moving more mass than has ever been moved in the history of the world.”-Marty Odlin, Running Tide
Marty’s clip is 4 mins, then catch the full panel here: https://clevercarbon.io/sxsw2023/
At SXSW 2023, our panel on Climate Repair, Ocean Health, and Carbon Removal, brought an important message to attendees: we need to talk more about our oceans.
Our panelists included:
Michelle Li with clever carbon (moderator)
Brad Ack with Ocean Visions
Kate Moran with Ocean Networks Canada
Marty Odlin with Running Tide”
This is CDR Ep. 76: Dr. Holly Jean Buck - Residual Emissions and the Role of CDR | OpenAir
“This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Holly Jean Buck back to This Is CDR to discuss her recent paper (with colleagues) "Why Residual Emissions Matter Right Now," and the implications of this work on the climate role of CDR.”
How Scientists Are Liquifying and Burying CO2 to Fight the Climate Crisis | XPRIZE
“Carbon Down Under, a team of graduate students from the University of Southern Illinois - Carbondale, is liquifying and burying carbon dioxide to fight climate change.
Plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide - and it is still captured and stored within human-created waste of that plant material. Using a process called Oxidative Hydrothermal Dissolution (OHD), Carbon Down Under is able to convert that plant waste into a water-soluble liquid. This allows for long-term storage deep within the Earth, while also providing a potential nutrient source for essential microbial life.”