CCS

'Fundamental necessity': Report warns direct air capture essential to net zero goals

Energy

'Fundamental necessity': Report warns direct air capture essential to net zero goals

Study from Energy Systems Catapult sets out Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage deployment plan, as it warns that reaching net zero requires negative emissions projects

clock 27 September 2023 • 4 min read
'We need to seek every possible avenue to reduce CO2': Amazon unveils first direct air carbon capture investments

CCS

'We need to seek every possible avenue to reduce CO2': Amazon unveils first direct air carbon capture investments

US tech giant commits to purchasing 250,000 tonnes of CO2 removals over 10 years from 1PointFive's plant in Texas and confirms investment in DAC developer CarbonCapture Inc

clock 13 September 2023 • 4 min read
The IRA is a huge boost for CCS - but rockets need firing on all cylinders to deliver at scale

CCS

The IRA is a huge boost for CCS - but rockets need firing on all cylinders to deliver at scale

Aniruddha Sharma, chair and CEO of UK CCS developer Carbon Clean, assesses the positives and pitfalls of the USA's flagship clean tech legislation for carbon capture worldwide

clock 24 August 2023 • 5 min read
Occidental inks $1.1bn deal to snap up DAC specialist Carbon Engineering

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Occidental inks $1.1bn deal to snap up DAC specialist Carbon Engineering

US oil producer agrees to snap up all outstanding shares in Canadian carbon removals technology developer with ambition to scaling DAC technology worldwide

clock 16 August 2023 • 3 min read
Biomass Strategy: Energy industry urges government to deliver 'workable routes to market' for BECCS

Biomass

Biomass Strategy: Energy industry urges government to deliver 'workable routes to market' for BECCS

Seven energy trade bodies warn UK could be left 'without a crucial tool for tackling climate change' if government does not act rapidly to scale BECCS

clock 14 August 2023 • 4 min read
Study: US delivers 'multibillion dollar down-payment on decarbonisation'

Energy

Study: US delivers 'multibillion dollar down-payment on decarbonisation'

New BNEF analysis finds IRA has dangled 'very attractive carrots' to accelerate US decarbonisation drive - but warns a 'few more sticks' are needed to hit climate targets

clock 03 August 2023 • 4 min read
Eni and Enfinium eye CCS system for North Wales energy-from-waste plant

CCS

Eni and Enfinium eye CCS system for North Wales energy-from-waste plant

Firms developing proposals they claim could capture up to 100,000 tonnes of CO2 at the Parc Adfer facility

clock 03 August 2023 • 2 min read
Government launches £8.85m skills competition to build UK green home retrofit 'army'

Buildings

Government launches £8.85m skills competition to build UK green home retrofit 'army'

Government claims funding could help train as many as 8,000 installers and insulators to help make homes more energy efficient

clock 25 July 2023 • 5 min read
'Dispersed' industrial sites must also have the opportunity to decarbonise

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'Dispersed' industrial sites must also have the opportunity to decarbonise

The transportation of captured carbon across the country using freight can help fix the UK's 'lopsided' approach to CCS, writes Enfinium’s Mike Maudsley

clock 19 July 2023 • 4 min read
UK CCUS? How to build a 'homegrown' carbon capture and storage sector

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UK CCUS? How to build a 'homegrown' carbon capture and storage sector

A series of announcements from industry, developers, and land owners suggest the UK's carbon capture industry is on the march

clock 12 July 2023 • 8 min read