WEEKLY SUMMARY (27 MARCH - 2 APRIL 2023)-WEEK#6
Recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts and videos etc.) on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
COMMERCIAL NEWS
Agreena Lands $50M to Expand Regen Ag and Carbon Credits
AirSeed Looking To Raise Up To $15 Million In Series A Round
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Biohybrid CO2 electrolysis for the direct synthesis of polyesters from CO2 (using bacteria to convert CO2 in the air into a polyester)
Geochemical modeling of CO2 sequestration in ultramafic mine wastes from Australia, Canada, and South Africa: Implications for carbon accounting and monitoring
Cementing CO2 into C-S-H: A step toward concrete carbon neutrality
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions
Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
Considerations for hypothetical carbon dioxide removal via alkalinity addition in the Amazon River watershed (Preprint)
Coastal El Niño triggers rapid marine silicate alteration on the seafloor
Converting Coastal Silt into Subgrade Soil with Biochar as Reinforcing Agent, Co2 Adsorbent, and Carbon Sequestrating Material (Preprint)
Carbon additionality: an illustration by southern pine plantations
Direct capture of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using bricks of calcium hydroxide
Comparison of the carbon cycle and climate response to artificial ocean alkalinization and solar radiation modification
Biochar soil amendment as carbon farming practice in a Mediterranean environment
Feedbacks of CaCO3 dissolution effect on ocean carbon sink and seawater acidification: a model study
Simulated carbon cycle and Earth system response to atmospheric CO2 removal
Response of macrophyte litter decomposition in global blue carbon ecosystems to climate change
Techno-economic evaluation of buffered accelerated weathering of limestone as a CO2 capture and storage option
Insights into the mechanochemical interfacial interaction between calcite and serpentine: Implications for ambient CO2 capture
Ocean Networks Canada: Long-term ocean observing on a Northeast Pacific cabled ocean observatory
Chemical Feedback in the Self-Assembly and Function of Air–Liquid Interfaces: Insight into the Bottlenecks of CO2 Direct Air Capture
A Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide Monitoring System for Coastal and Estuarine Sensor Networks
Funding Bonanza Lifts CO2 Removal Technology to Demonstration Phase
Scenario assessment of introducing carbon utilization and carbon removal technologies considering future technological transition based on renewable energy and direct air capture
Climate-driven tradeoffs between landscape connectivity and the maintenance of the coastal carbon sink
Integrating climate change into projections of soil carbon sequestration from regenerative agriculture
No relationship between biodiversity and forest carbon sink across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Improving nitrogen cycling in a land surface model (CLM5) to quantify soil N2O, NO and NH3 emissions from enhanced rock weathering with crop lands (Preprint)
WEB POSTS
Conserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks
Speeding up rock weathering can help decarbonise the atmosphere
A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
REPORTS
The three pillars of integrity in the carbon removal market
DISCUSSIONS
Potential Role of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Carbon Dioxide Removal?
Temple, James: 'These startups hope to spray iron particles above the ocean to fight climate change'
CDR FIRMS
TREEO
ARCA
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ocean-Based Contributions to Carbon Dioxide Removal by AGU | 4-5 April 2023
(NEW) Key criteria for VCM quality credits by NetZero | 5 April 2023
(NEW) Taking climate action through partnerships by Ocean Frontier Institute | 5 April 2023
Scrubbing the Skies: Transitioning to a Sustainable Carbon Economy by Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy | 06 April 2023
Carbon Removal Basal 2023 | 13 April 2023
(NEW) Is Carbon Finance immune to today’s credit liquidity environment? Open Forum discussion with WSGR by AirMiners | 13 April 2023
(NEW) IEAGHG Technical Report: 2022-11, Applying ISO Standards to Geologic Storage and EOR Projects | 19 April 2023
(NEW) Carbon Removal Challenge Finalist Showcase by OpenAir | 21 April 2023
Agricultural Biochar Knowledge Exchange Event by The GWCT Allerton Project and Nottingham University | 4 May 2023
THE Carbon Removal Business Summit of 2023 by Carbon Unbound | 11-12 May 2023
(NEW) Double Nature Summit by Climate Cleanup | 22-25 May 2023
TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments by The Global CO2 Initiative | 17-18 May 2023
Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit | 6 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
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Research Assistant on Business Models for Carbon Removal at The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE), School of Geography and the Environment | Project team: CO2RE, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub
“CO2RE is a new multi-centre, multi-disciplinary national research hub, focussed on the emerging topic of greenhouse gas removal. It began operation in May 2021 and is funded for 4.5 years by a £6.1m UKRI grant.”
Scientist with a focus on Biogeochemical modelling (m/f/d) at Alfred Wegener Institute | 19 April 2023
"The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals."
Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Scientist at (carbon)plan | San Francisco, California, United States
"A core part of (carbon)plan mission is to create public resources on climate solutions based on the best available science and data. As developments in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) accelerate, (Carbon)plan want to grow their capacity to share relevant research, tools, and insights around emerging CDR approaches. (Carbon)plan is particularly interested in “open system” approaches like ocean alkalinity enhancement and enhanced weathering that require expertise in geochemistry to understand and model."
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."
Various Job Openings at Capture6:
"Capture6 develops and commercializes highly-scalable approaches to permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a way that is easy to verify and audit."
Current Openings at Carbfix:
"Carbfix provides a natural and permanent storage solution by turning CO2 into stone underground in less than two years."
Vacant positions at CO2 Capsol:
"CapsolEoP™ is the technology of choice for Stockholm Exergi's large-scale Bio-energy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project at Värtaverket - a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the heart of Stockholm. When operational in 2026, this plant will be capturing 800.000 tonnes of CO2 per year, making Stockholms Exergi's CHP plant Europe’s first large-scale negative emissions plant."
Development Lead (M/W/D) at Treeo | Kampala, Uganda
"Treeo aims at binding carbon in trees, durable wood products and biochar in the long term."
Environmental & Climate Justice Strategist at Carbon Direct | Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area
"At Carbon Direct, we dedicate our scientific, software, and business expertise to empower organizations around the world to take climate action."
Vacant positions at cella:
"Cella minerals' approach is to accelerates Earth’s natural, geologic process that turns carbon dioxide into a mineral. They inject captured atmospheric CO2 into volcanic rocks, where mineralization permanently locks it underground."
Post Doctoral Research Assistant (Environmental Social Science) at SRUC | Edinburgh | 10 April 2023
“SRUC’s Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre on the Greenhouse Gas Removals from Peat project (funded by the UKRI Greenhouse Gas Removals Programme), seeking to understand the social acceptability of innovations that could sequester and store carbon in lowland and upland peatlands.”
PODCASTS
The role of carbon dioxide removal in climate action | Tyndall Talks
"To talk to us about the role of carbon dioxide removal in national climate strategies, is the author and co-author of the paper, Harry Smith and Nem Vaughan. Harry Smith is a PhD Researcher on the climate governance of carbon dioxide removal, and part of the Critical Decade for Climate Change Programme with the Leverhulme Trust at UEA. Dr Nem Vaughan is an Associate Professor of Climate Change whose research is focussed on carbon dioxide removal and its role in mitigating climate change."
Better Carbon Sequestration With AI | IEEE Spectrum
"This podcast addresses Microsoft Research's Philip Witte who is using machine learning to find the best places to store CO2."
IB Green Minds #17: Carbon dioxide removal Series 1/2 with Caroline de Bossart and Robert Höglund
"In this week's episode, Desiree speaks with Caroline de Bossart and Robert Höglund on a variety of topics related to carbon dioxide removal, including research gaps, role of government and venture capital investors in supporting market development, and supplier and buyer dynamics."
Climate Fix: California Looks to Remove Massive Amounts of Carbon from Atmosphere to Meet Climate Goals | Live Radio
"There are many approaches to carbon removal, but also many questions: who will pay for it, how will the carbon be stored, how can companies scale up? For this next installment of Climate Fix, our monthly series on climate change solutions, we’ll talk about the promises – and challenges – of the burgeoning carbon removal industry."
Ted Christie-Miller from BeZero on assessing the scalability of carbon removal | The Carbon Curve
Liming the Amazon - Mu & Palter | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
“Linquan Mu and Jamie Palter explain the limitations of adding quicklime to rivers. Preprint paper: Considerations for hypothetical carbon dioxide removal via alkalinity addition in the Amazon River.”
VIDEOS
Avoid Emissions, Use Biochar and Support Regenerative Agriculture | Thor Kallestad, Myno Carbon | Foundation for Climate Restoration
“Thor Kallestad, Co-founder and CEO of Myno Carbon shared about his Biochar company, the economic model for avoiding emissions, reducing wildfire risks, removing carbon by biochar and supporting regenerative agriculture.”
Brandon McMurtry, Energy & Environmental Legislative Fellow to Senator Coons | Guest Speaker | Foundation for Climate Restoration
“Brandon McMurtry is a Fellow to Senator Chris Coons speaks on S4280, FCDRLA or Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act.”
Sponsored Content: Treeo - A pioneer in nature-based carbon dioxide removals | Business Reporter
"Treeo aims at binding carbon in trees, durable wood products and biochar in the long term."
Scrubbing the Skies: Soil Carbon Removals | Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
“In this webinar, two German-based researchers, Anne Siemons (Öko-Institut) and Hugh McDonald (Ecologic Institute) introduced and critically assessed the EU’s latest carbon removal policy proposal. In particular, they evaluated whether the policy proposal will lead to high-quality soil carbon removals that are long-lasting, additional, robustly quantified, and sustainable.”
Scrubbing the Skies - Kenya: Africa's Great Carbon Valley | Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
“James Irungu Mwangi, the founder of the Climate Action Platform for Africa and TED speaker, spoke about Kenya's unique opportunity for CDR. Additionally, Dr. Claire Nelson, co-founder, and Chief Science Officer at Cella discussed the potential for geologic carbon storage in the East African Rift.”
This is Mammoth - the upcoming newest and largest direct air capture plant | Climeworks
“This facility will remove up to 36’000 tons of CO₂ per year when fully operational. Climeworks' already has the only direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant in operation. And is currently building this facility, called Mammoth. It is their newest and largest direct air capture and storage plant. The United Nations' body for assessing the science related to climate change (IPCC) says to fight global warming, the world needs to drastically reduce emissions, as well as remove billion tons of CO₂ from the atmosphere.”
Global Status of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, BECCS | International Centre for Sustainable Carbon Webinars
“This webinar will review the global status of BECCS and its role in mitigating the climate emergency. It examines the potential GGR of BECCS in future energy landscapes, the current status, the technologies, their TRL and performance, and the research and development (R&D) priorities particular to BECCS systems.”
DEADLINES
(NEW) PhD position: Carbon dioxide removal technologies in deep mitigation pathways | The Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group at ETH Zürich | 31 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