WEEKLY SUMMARY (27 FEBRUARY - 5 MARCH 2023)- WEEK#2
Newsletter (recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts and videos etc.) on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
CONSULTATIONS
Reviewer Solicitation: 2023 marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Industry call for CDR Standards Initiative
DEADLINES
The Call for Abstracts for the 20th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization | 15 March 2023
Scouring the web to learn carbon removal? 6-week sprint to rapidly learn carbon removal by AirMiners | 20 March 2023
Competition: Carbon to Value Initiative (Year-3) | March 31st, 2023
- Technology areas include, but are not limited to:
Carbon Capture, such as atmospheric (e.g. DAC) or point source from flue gas (esp. from hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
Carbon Conversion to Added-Value Products, such as CO2 mineralization into building materials, CO2 conversion to fuels (e.g. SAF), and chemicals (and related feedstocks like syngas)
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), such as ocean alkalinity enhancement, enhanced rock weathering, etc.
Enabling Technologies, such as Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems for carbontech (software and/or hardware), financing and insurance, carbon markets
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
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunity: BIL Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs| Due Date: 13 March 2023
Direct Air Capture Prizes
DAC Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
DAC Pre-Commercial Technology Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
DAC Commercial Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $45 Million to Validate Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques through scalable Measurement, Reporting and Validation (MRV) technologies | Status: Active
RFP for Innovative Carbon Dioxide Removal Projects by Climate Vault | Due Date: 29 March 2023
Cost Share for Federal Clean Energy Funding Opportunities, Carbon Removal Innovation Support Program | Ongoing
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fish, Fisheries, and Carbon - 3-part international workshop by Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry | 6, 8, and 9 March 2023
Deep Tech + Climate (The frontiers of carbon removal and deep decarbonization) | 8 March 2023
The Role of Carbon Removal in Achieving Net Zero by Nasdaq and Puro.earth | 8 March 2023
How Direct Air Capture Hubs Succeed by Carbon180 | 8 March 2023
How To Register and Certify Carbon Removal Credits by AirMiners | 9 March 2023
The Power & Pitfalls of CDR by SJN Climate Primer | 10 March 2023
Climate Repair, Ocean Health, and Carbon Removal | 12 March 2023
Scrubbing the Skies: Certifying Soil Carbon Removals by Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy| 14 March 2023
CDR Swiss Webinar: Deep-Dive USA by Swiss Carbon Removal Platform | 16 March 2023
Nature-based Carbon Removal Methods by SJN Climate Primer | 17 March 2023
Net Zero Latest and the Role of Carbon Removal by Sustainable Business Network | 24 March 2023
Ocean-Based Contributions to Carbon Dioxide Removal by AGU| 4-5 April 2023
THE Carbon Removal Business Summit of 2023 by Carbon Unbound | 11-12 May 2023
TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments by The Global CO2 Initiative | 17-18 May 2023
The 12th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage by CCS Research Centre (NCCS) | June 19 - 21, 2023
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Job Openings at Loam Bio:
Administrative Assistant | Minnesota, Saint Paul
Agronomic Statistician | Minnesota, Saint Paul
Research Associate | Minnesota, Saint Paul
Research Associate - Internship | Minnesota, Saint Paul
Carbon Technical Officer | New South Wales, Orange
Corporate Affairs Specialist | New South Wales, Sydney
Quality Officer, Soils Laboratory | New South Wales, Orange
Geospatial Statistician | Alberta, Calgary
Modelling Specialist | Alberta, Calgary
Strategy and Operations Associate - Carbon Markets | Alberta, Calgary
“Microbial soil sequestration promises to be one of the most elegant carbon removal solutions, as it is quick, globally-scalable and provides huge benefits for growers. Here in Loam Bio, a farmer coats their seeds with the microbial inoculum before sowing and the plants and the microbes work together to build carbon in the soil and keep it there. Building soil carbon in this way has additional benefits, such as increased soil health, nutrient-rich crops and higher yields, which boost the bottom line for growers and provide a path for generating high quality carbon offsets.”
Job Openings at Brimstone:
Sr. Chemical Engineer (Pyro) | Oakland, CA ENGINEERING On-site
Internal Operations Lead | Oakland, CA OPERATIONS On-site
R&D Technician - Pyrometallurgy | Oakland, CA R&D On-site
“Brimstone is making the world's first carbon negative portland cement.”
Process engineer at Aerleum
“At Aerleum we want to create a better world for our the next generations by building a circular economy where giga-tons of carbon dioxide are removed from the air and transformed into clean alternatives for fossil based products.”
PhD position: Carbon dioxide removal technologies in deep mitigation pathways at ETH Zurich
“The project aims to improve the representation of CDR technologies within Integrated Assessment Models to investigate the role of negative emissions within transition scenarios. To this end, a wide range of CDR technologies is systematically assessed individually and within systems.”
Advisory Board Member at puro.earth | Worldwide, Remote
“Puro.earth world’s leading carbon crediting program for engineered carbon removal. Our mission is to mobilize the economy to reward carbon net-negative emissions.”
Program Officer: Ocean Visions – UN Decade Collaborative Center for Ocean-Climate Solutions & Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions
“Ocean Visions is a non-profit organization that catalyzes innovative solutions at the intersection of the ocean and climate crises by leading and facilitating multisector collaborations from within our Network and beyond. We work on interconnected ocean and climate issues with leading research institutions, the private sector, and public-interest organizations to more fully explore and advance responsible and effective ocean-based climate solutions that can help stabilize the climate and restore ocean health.”
COMMERCIAL NEWS
New Direct Air Capture Startup Removr Secures $3.51M Government Grant
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Assessment of the potential life-cycle environmental impacts of ocean alkalinity enhancement: from limestone extraction to slaked lime discharge in the sea, including carbon dioxide storage
Two Birds With One Stone: Artificially Enhanced Olivine Weathering for Sediment Management and CO2 Sequestration in the Port of Rotterdam
CO2 removal and 1.5 °C: what, when, where, and how?
Biochar in forestry. Status in the Nordic-Baltic countries
A precautionary approach to carbon dioxide removal needs
Solid Carbon: Safe and Durable Carbon Storage in Ocean Basalt - From Feasibility to Demonstration to Global Potential
Earth system impacts of a realistic ocean alkalinization deployment scenario
Experimental investigation of multiple industrial wastes for geochemical carbon dioxide removal strategies
Efficiency of carbon dioxide removal by ocean alkalinity enhancement via enhanced weathering of mine tailings
The response of marine pelagic calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement as a carbon dioxide removal technique
Does the assumption of biogenic carbon neutrality affect decarbonization pathways? Lessons learned from a techno-economic analysis
Preliminary findings from the comparison of in-situ measurements of enhanced weathering proxies with model predictions
Making mistakes in estimating the CO2 sequestration potential of UK croplands with enhanced weathering
Ecosystem impacts of Ocean Alkalization in an oligotrophic marine plankton community: A mesocosm study
Reconciling differences in CO2 emissions and removals from LULUCF by separating natural and land-use CO2 fluxes at the country level
Wollastonite addition stimulates soil organic carbon mineralization: Evidences from 12 land-use types in subtropical China
Atmospheric CO2 removal by alkalinity enhancement in the North Sea
A cropland application of Enhanced Weathering in the Mediterranean area to face climate change and preserve natural resources
Geochemical carbon dioxide removal potential of Spain
The potential of enhanced weathering as a CO2 removal technique in UK agricultural soils
A review of potential routes to zero and negative emission technologies via the integration of renewable energies with CO2 capture processes
WEB POSTS
What is the UN High Seas Treaty and why is it needed?
1PointFive Announces Plan to Develop a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Hub in Southeast Texas
Biochar carbon credits in WSJ
Billions and Billions Class VI Wells (Part II)
REPORTS
Atlas of Direct Air Capture, Opportunities for Negative Emissions in the United States
Into the Blue: The Role of the Ocean in Climate Policy (Europe needs to clarify the balance between protection and use)
Greenhouse gas removal in Australia: A report on the novel negative emissions approaches for Australia roundtable.
DISCUSSIONS
Artificial Upwelling—A false Narrative
Brines for carbon capture
Finally a voice for true CDR innovation
Sister industries/technologies to Direct Air Capture
Where dumped carbon goes
PODCASTS
Carbon Removal Challenges | Futurized Podcast
"In this episode of the Futurized podcast, we interview Claude Letourneau, CEO of Canadian scale-up company Svante about carbon removal challenges, the different technical approaches, who the players, startups, corporates, governments, and enablers are."
Opportunities and Risks of Scaling Up Carbon Dioxide Removal, with Gregory Nemet | Resources Radio
"In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Gregory Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about technologies and natural processes that can remove carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere. Nemet discusses efforts in the public and private sectors to deploy new technologies, benefits and costs of different methods of carbon dioxide removal, and the risks and challenges of using carbon dioxide removal to reach global climate goals."
The carbon removal revolution with Collaborative Fund & AirMiners, Ep #39 | Invested in Climate
"The world has started working to decarbonize virtually every sector of the economy. Yet, even if we had all the political and corporate will, investments and incentives one could imagine, this would still be an incredibly complex process that takes decades. And so, we’ll continue to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses for longer than we want. Essentially, the faucet will stay on, and we need other ways to reduce the amount of carbon in our atmosphere to slow and eventually reverse climate change. That’s where carbon removal and today’s conversation comes in."
Taking carbon out of the air and putting it into concrete | Volts
Cultivating and sinking sargassum for CO2 uptake | Plan Sea: Ocean Interventions to Address Climate Change
"Dr. Franziska Elmer and John Auckland join Wil Burns and new cohost Anna Madlener on the podcast to discuss the startup company for which they work called Seafields. Seafields uses compressed sargassum bales to function as natural “carbon batteries.” The bales are sunk into the abyssal plain of the ocean, which will local away the CO2 for millennia. Francisca and John tell you about their company and their process where they discuss how their company will work towards getting permitting, third-party impact assessments, and navigating the rules of regulation in order to accomplish their goals."
Pull to Refresh - a carbon reversal program | Plan Sea: Ocean Interventions to Address Climate Change
“Arin Crumley and Christian Robinson join Wil Burns and guest host (and producer), Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss their business called Pull to Refresh. The idea was borne out of a number of interactions on Clubhouse to help people and businesses reverse the effects of climate change. Hear more from Arin and Christian on how the business was started and the company's approach to seaweed sequestration.”
Building carbon in soil | The Dirt by Loam
Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Senior Carbon Agronomist Phil Peterson.
Dan chats to Phil about some of the common questions that they hear from growers when discussing soil carbon.
This episode covers:
* Whats the dirt on soil carbon?
* What is CO2e?
* Does tillage affect carbon stocks?
What does Loam's fungi actually do to improve soil? | The Dirt by Loam
Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Carbon Agronomists Guy Webb and Phil Peterson.
This episode covers:
* What does Loams endophyte fungi actually do to improve soil?
* How long does carbon last in the soil?
* How fast can I store carbon?
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
There's a playlist with more videos on the topic, you can check it out here.
Carbon Removal Challenges | Futurized Podcast
“In this episode of the Futurized podcast, we interview Claude Letourneau, CEO of Canadian scale-up company Svante about carbon removal challenges, the different technical approaches, who the players, startups, corporates, governments, and enablers are. Futurized goes beneath the trends to track the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics and the environment.”
Hybrid Direct Air Capture of CO2 – Water-Positive Carbon Dioxide Removal | Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
“SoCalGas® and Avnos invite you to a webinar about Avnos’ innovative Hybrid Direct Air Capture (HDAC) of CO2 technology, which produces water as it removes CO2 from the ambient air. The result is a highly resourceful and cost-efficient approach to DAC that can be deployed virtually anywhere in the world as both a decarbonization and water stress solution.”
A New Approach to Carbon Dioxide Removal | Clean Air Task Force
“Leading climate models have made clear that the deployment of carbon removal to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is likely to be unavoidable if economies are to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this, there is a considerable lack of high-quality carbon removal projects operating around the world, with many profiting from carbon offsets while removing little CO2 from the atmosphere. At COP27, we hosted a panel with carbon removal experts to discuss how a new approach to carbon removal can more effectively move us towards our climate goals — one which places emphasis on setting clear national targets for removals, effectively regulates CO2 offsets, and establishes clear financing mechanisms.”
Maddie Hall of Living Carbon | Techonomy Media
“Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.”
TCS Celebrates LECCLA with Senator Greenstein | Tri-county Sustainability
“Concrete is the most widely used substance on earth, and its production is extremely carbon intensive accounting for more than 7% of atmospheric carbon pollution. Tri-County Sustainability is joined by Senator Linda Greenstein (LD-14) to celebrate the New Jersey Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act being signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy. Tri-County Sustainability (TCS) is the Sustainable Jersey regional hub for the 101 towns, 1.2 million residents, and 10 legislative districts across Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. TCS is open to local elected officials, environmental commissions, green team members, public works employees and members of the general public looking to improve their communities and connect regionally. We frequently partner with environmentally focused organizations to achieve common goals for our municipalities and planet.”