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April

20

$4 Trillion CCUS Market?

DOE Awards $2.5 Million for Direct Air Capture Study at Constellation Nuclear Plant In Illinois

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Battery recycling start-up Green Li-ion closes US$11.55 mil Series A round

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Battery rejuvenation start-up Green Li-ion has closed its US$11.55 million ($15.78 million) Series A funding round. Led by energy-tech...

Butler Concrete and Aggregate Reduces Emission with Hydrogen Fuel Enhancement System

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Located in the rapidly developing area of Vancouver Island, Butler Concrete and Aggregate Ltd. (Butler) has implemented a hydrogen and ox...

Exxon sees carbon capture market at $4 trillion by 2050

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Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM.N) estimates there will be a $4 trillion market by 2050 for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground, t...

Air Company Secures $30 million in Series A Funding to Further Scale its Carbon Conversion Technology

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Air Company, the world's leading carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and consumer products from CO2, has rais...

We Need a Carbon Market to Boost Green Energy Startups

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We are arriving at the juncture of crisis and opportunity in building our energy future. The war in Ukraine is underscoring the world's n...

April

19

CARB Certification, Exxon Circularity, & Sunscriptions

Allison Transmission Earns Certification from California Air Resources Board for eGen Flex™ Electric Hybrid Propulsion System

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Allison Transmission today announced it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the model year 2022...

SEE, ExxonMobil, and Ahold Delhaize USA Collaborate on Groundbreaking Circularity Initiative

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SEE (NYSE: SEE), ExxonMobil, and Ahold Delhaize USA announced today their collaboration on an advanced recycling initiative, the first of...

US Solar Announces Wells Fargo's 8 MW Sunscription to Community Solar Gardens in Colorado

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Today, US Solar announced Wells Fargo's 8 megawatt (MW) Sunscription℠ to five new US Solar Community Solar Gardens in Colorado, with enou...

Airgas Air Separation Unit in Cleburne, Texas Adds Wind Energy to Power Mix

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Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is purchasing wind power for an Air Separation Unit (ASU) in Cleburne, Texas, outside of Dallas, making i...

April

14

Acquisitions in Emissions + Solar Equipment

Cummins Completes Acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems

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Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems (JVS) from Altra Industrial Moti...

Delek Logistics Partners, LP Announces Acquisition of 3Bear Energy Increasing its Prominent Position in the Permian Basin

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Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced today that one of its subsidiaries has signed a definitive purchase agreement for the ...

SCF-backed Centurion acquires Trido Energy Services

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Centurion Group, majority owned by SCF Partners, has acquired Trido Energy Services, a Calgary-based provider of solar-powered production...

Comstock Acquires Industrial Battery Storage Property

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Comstock Mining Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) today announced it has a definitive agreement to acquire the Haywood qua...

April

13

Funding Climate & Energy Technology

Stripe, Shopify, Alphabet, Meta and McKinsey will spend almost $1 billion on carbon removal

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Some in the climate activist community — maybe many — abhor the investments and attention flowing into carbon capture and storage technol...

Kpler attracts over $200 million strategic growth investment led by Insight Partners & Five Arrows

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Kpler, a leading provider of technology-led data, analytics, and market insight, today announced it has agreed on a strategic growth inve...

Manifest Climate Raises CAD$30M in Series A Funding

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Manifest Climate, a Toronto, Canada-based climate intelligence SaaS+ (software as a service) platform for public and private organization...

Terradepth scores $20 million to map the earth’s oceans

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Austin-based Terradepth is building a map of the oceans to help governments, businesses and research organizations mitigate climate risk....

Energy Technology Firm ComboCurve Announces $50M Series B Financing

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ComboCurve, the cloud-based energy analytics and operating platform of choice for many of the world’s largest energy companies, announced...

This startup fights climate change by growing algae in the desert

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"In the Sahara Desert along the coastline in Morocco, more than 300 miles from the nearest city, a green pond now sits in the middle of t...

April

12

Low-carbon Fuel Standards & the Race for Climate Technology

Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Hit Snags Beyond West Coast States

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A low-carbon fuel standard to cut vehicle emissions is moving ahead in Washington state but running into roadblocks elsewhere, leading so...

Analysis: U.S. strategic oil sale speeds fuel-price fix, but at what cost?

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The Biden administration is selling a record amount of emergency oil from national reserves to tame soaring U.S. fuel prices as quickly a...

Reducing Methane and Flare Emissions: Time to Act—and Here’s How

www.slb.com
The oil and gas industry has a new and urgent imperative to address climate change while meeting growing demand for energy today and into...

McKinsey launches new climate technology effort to accelerate decarbonization

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Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the McKinsey Platform for Climate Technologies (MPCT) to help clients identify, develop, d...

Where is the carbon capture industry headed? An energy CEO discusses the future of technology.

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Along the Houston ship channel in La Porte, the startup Net Power is operating the world’s first zero-emissions natural gas power plant, ...

Voyager Ventures Raises a $100 Million Decarbonization Fund

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A new climate-focused firm, Voyager Ventures, has raised $100 million for its first fund, a vehicle to back startups working on technolog...

April

11

World Fuel Consumption Grows in 2022 & 2023

American Express Announces New Initiatives to Advance Climate Action and Support Low-Carbon Communities

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American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced plans to introduce new digital solutions to enable corporate clients to better understand an...

Ethane to outpace growth in all other U.S. petroleum product consumption through 2023

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Consumption of ethane has grown every year since 2010 in the United States, and more ethane is now consumed in the country than either je...

The Door Is Open to Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia

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Nothing is more central to hitting the goals of the Paris climate agreement than the use of green hydrogen and its derivative green ammon...

Rice University's student startup competition names 42 teams to compete for over $1 million in prizes

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The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business have announced the 42 student teams that ...

April

08

Clean Hydrogen Coming to a Station Near You?

Canada creates carbon-capture incentives, critical mineral plan to cut emissions

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Canada will offer a substantial incentive to companies that invest in carbon-capture technologies and will set aside as much as C$3.8 bil...

Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS): investor roadmap

www.gov.uk
The CCUS roadmap outlines joint government and industry commitments to the deployment of CCUS in the UK and sets out the approach to deli...

Climate Tech Firm Sweep Raises $73 Million in Series B Funding Led by Coatue

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Sweep, the leading carbon management platform for large enterprises, today announced it raised $73 million in Series B funding led by Coa...

e-Zinc Secures USD $25 Million in Series A Financing to Advance Long-Duration Energy Storage

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e-Zinc, the company enabling sustainable, long-duration energy storage with its zinc-air battery, announced today that it has raised USD ...

April

07

A Carbon Reserve and Carbon Capture Investments

ENGIE joins forces with SOLSTROEM to issue and sell verified and data-driven carbon credits

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The SOLSTROEM carbon avoidance programme, and its underlying Distributed Ledger infrastructure will be the basis for the partnership. Thr...

WA to preserve 10,000 acres of trees to sell as carbon credits to polluters

www.seattletimes.com
When it fell into this rich soil and sprouted, Washington was not yet a state. The seedling sank its root deep, and grew taller and talle...

J.B. Hunt launches program offering carbon offset credits

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services (CCJ Top 250, No. 3) announced the launch of Clean Transport, a new program that will allow its customers to...

Climeworks Raises $650 Million to Scale Up Carbon Capture Technology

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Swiss startup Climeworks AG has raised 600 million francs ($650 million) to scale up its technology that sucks carbon dioxide directly fr...

Enbridge looking at carbon capture and storage opportunities in Gulf Coast, Ontario

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Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge Inc (ENB.TO) is looking at carbon capture and storage opportunities in the U.S. Gulf Coas...

Tiger Infrastructure Partners invests in Summit Carbon Solutions

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On April 5, Summit Carbon Solutions, developer of the world's largest carbon capture and storage project, is pleased to announce an addit...

April

06

California's Emissions Credit Prices Jump in Q1'22

NuScale Power and Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. Announce $15 Million PIPE Investment from Nucor

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NuScale Power, LLC (“NuScale” or the “Company”), the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced nuclear small modul...

Lone Star Completes Acquisition of SPX FLOW

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SPX FLOW, Inc., a leading provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets, announced today the successful ...

Occidental is Eyeing California’s Clean Fuels Market to Fund Texas Carbon Removal Plant

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Occidental Petroleum is seeking to sell credits in California’s transportation carbon market to help finance the construction of what wou...

Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of contracts available to build world’s biggest carbon capture project at Drax

www.drax.com
Drax is teaming up with Worley, NOF, and the West & North Yorkshire and Hull & Humber Chambers of Commerce to deliver a series of events ...

April

05

Net-zero and Hydrogen Announcements

Panasonic Industry Takes Action in Driving Europe's Net-Zero Goals

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Panasonic has welcomed experts from across the sector to address key issues around the future of electric vehicle technology and its effe...

Port Houston outlines plan to become net-zero

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Port Houston has laid out its new plan to achieve a net-zero GHG footprint by 2050. In its roadmap to carbon neutrality, the port cite...

LocoSoco Group Plc in Discussions with Proton Technologies about Hydrogen Production that Utilises Existing Fossil Fuel

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LocoSoco Group Plc ('LocoSoco', 'LOCO'), the platform that profits from distributing products & technologies that contribute to sustainab...

CGG and Kent partner up for hydrogen and CCUS

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French geophysical services firm CGG and Dubai-based energy engineering company Kent will work together on CCUS development and hydrogen ...

April

04

Carbon Neutral Cement + Oil M&A Activity

These companies say their carbon pipelines would curb climate change. Farmers object

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Three companies want to build carbon capture pipelines through a large swatch of the Midwest they say will help curb climate change. Carb...

Chevron finalizes acquisition of NEXBASE™ brand, business from Neste Corporation

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Chevron Global Energy Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, announced today that it closed its previously announced agr...

Shell completes sale of Mobile refinery in Alabama to Vertex Energy

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Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US, Shell USA, Inc., and Shell Chemical LP, subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), has compl...

Q&A with Seattle investor Naynika Chaubey, whose clean tech firm just raised $150M

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The venture capital firm Evok Innovations this week announced that it raised $150 million of a $300 million fund to invest in clean-tech ...

Air Liquide and EQIOM Project in Northern France Selected by the European Innovation Fund

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Air Liquide (Paris:AI) and EQIOM are joining forces in a project named 'K6' with the aim to transform EQIOM's Lumbres plant into one of t...

Modern society has been built using cement and concrete

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So foundational are these materials to our daily lives, it is important for cement and concrete to shape our future as well. From mitigat...

April

01

Carbon Credits Critical to Energy Transition + Climate Change

Why the Demand Outlook for Carbon Credits Is Bright

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More than ever, carbon credits are playing a critical role in tackling climate change. Based on demand projections for carbon credits,...

Removals credits see high retirements despite low supply reflecting buyer preference in offsetting carbon emissions

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Issuances of natural carbon capture credits was much lower than retirements across vintages, an analysis of data compiled by S&P Global C...

Geo-political tensions threaten global commitment to decarbonization

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As global attention has remained riveted on the ongoing battle between Russia and Ukraine, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch...

Alberta picks six proposals to develop Canada's first carbon storage hubs

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Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta on Thursday selected six proposals to move forward with developing Canada's first carbon sto...

March

31

Charging Stations, SPACs, + Oil Prices

O’Melveny Advises SK E&S in Acquisition of EverCharge

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O’Melveny advised Korea-based SK E&S, a global leader in clean energy solutions, in its acquisition of California-based EverCharge, a lea...

First 14.6MW installation for LS Energy Solutions’ all-in-one ESS

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LS Energy Solutions has delivered the first units of its new all-in-one energy storage system (ESS) solution, which will play into the PJ...

Oil prices dive as U.S. considers record reserves release

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Oil prices plunged on Thursday on news that the United States was considering the largest ever release from its Strategic Petroleum Reser...

Southwire Announces Acquisition of Novinium

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Southwire on Monday announced the acquisition of Novinium Holdings Inc., a cable rejuvenation solutions provider focused on electric util...

Volta Plunges After Founders of EV-Charging Company Resign

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Volta Inc. dropped sharply after the electric-vehicle charging company announced the abrupt departures of two top executives, both of the...

Ecopetrol greenlights green hydrogen production in Colombia

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The Ecopetrol Group announced the start of its first green hydrogen production pilot project in Colombia. The news followed the start of ...

March

30

Global CCS Spend to Reach $20 Billion?

David Energy Secures $20.5 Million Series A Financing to Scale Its Bundled Offering

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David Energy, a software-enabled retail electricity provider, today announced the closing of a $20.5 million Series A round of funding, c...

United Airlines Wants To Make Jet Fuel From Thin Air

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Today, United Airlines Ventures (UAV), along with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), announced a collaboration with Cemvita Factory. The pur...

EIA projects that renewable generation will supply 44% of U.S. electricity by 2050

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In our Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, we project that the share of U.S...

This startup’s novel tech promises to boost battery capacity for EVs

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Five years ago, Jonathan Tan and Roger Basu were on the hunt to find an industry where they could take their expertise in thin-film techn...

CarbiCrete secures $12 million upon venture capital phase arrival

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CarbiCrete, developer of a mix design and curing methodology capturing up to 150 kg (330 lbs.) of carbon dioxide emissions for every metr...

Carbon capture and storage service spending to total more than $50 billion globally by 2025

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Service sector spending on carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments is set to skyrocket this decade, quadrupling from 2022 to 2025, ...

March

29

Air Products, Xebec, & McDermott Advance Clean Energy Projects

Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Rincon lithium project

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Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina for $825 million, following approval from Australia’s ...

Air Products announces new Arizona green liquid hydrogen plant McDermott's CB&I to Build Spheres for Largest Green Hydrogen Production Facility in North America

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Trexlertown, Pennsylvania-based Air Products has announced that it will be building and operating its own 10 metric ton green liquid hydr...

McDermott's CB&I to Build Spheres for Largest Green Hydrogen Production Facility in North America

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McDermott's storage business, CB&I, will design and build two 500,000-gallon double-wall liquid hydrogen spheres for Plug Power Inc.'s (N...

SWM and Neenah to Combine in All-Stock Transaction to Create a ~$3 Billion Global Leader in Specialty Materials

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Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) ('SWM') and Neenah, Inc. (NYSE: NP) ('Neenah'), two leading global manufacturers of sp...

Xebec Announces MOU for CO2 Capture and Sequestration Equipment with Summit Carbon Solutions

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Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSX: XBC) (“Xebec”), a global provider of sustainable gas technologies, is pleased to announce today that it has s...

Tellurian's Driftwood LNG Begins Construction

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Tellurian Inc. (Tellurian) (NYSE American: TELL) announced today that it has issued a limited notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. (B...

March

24

China, Saudi Arabia, and the Hydrogen Race

China sets green hydrogen target for 2025, eyes widespread use

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China's top economic planner on Wednesday announced a target to produce up to 200,000 tonnes per year of carbon-free green hydrogen by 20...

A Gas Giant Maps Out Its Hydrogen Plan

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Air Liquide shows what a big hydrogen company looks like now. Maintaining its position as the gas becomes a key fuel for decarbonizing th...

Why Saudi Arabia is Primed to Become a Global Leader in Hydrogen Supply

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When one thinks of Saudi Arabia as far as natural resources are concerned, one might be forgiven for thinking purely in terms of crude oi...

Aker Carbon Capture and Microsoft to scale up CCUS value-chain with power of tech

www.offshore-energy.biz
Norwegian company focused on capturing CO2 emissions, Aker Carbon Capture, has joined forces with Microsoft to combine their expertise in...

Australia’s Woodside embarks on CCUS venture

www.argusmedia.com
Australian independent Woodside Petroleum is studying the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions into synthetic gases a...

1PointFive announces agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 400,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits

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1PointFive, a subsidiary of Occidental's (NYSE: OXY) Oxy Low Carbon Ventures business, announced today the sale of 400,000 tonnes of carb...

March

23

Biomethane, ESG, & Clean Energy Value Chain

Ara Partners acquires FNX LNG to form European biomethane platform

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Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialised in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired Spanish company FNX Liquid Natura...

Paragon Acquires Greener Future and ESG-focused New Energy Risk

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Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC, a national MGA based in Avon, Connecticut, announces today the acquisition of New Energy Risk (NER), an ...

Saint-Gobain to Install Heat Recovery Technology at its Gypsum Plant in Vancouver, British Columbia, Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Energy Consumption

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Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Canada Inc., will invest approximately $4 Million CAD to install heat ...

Williams Acquires Trace Midstream Assets to Advance Clean Energy Value Chain Strategy

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Williams announced March 14 that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Haynesville gathering and processing assets of Trace Midstrea...

ACME Lithium Inc. Acquires New Lithium Project in McDermitt Caldera Region

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ACME Lithium Inc. is pleased to report that the Company has acquired by staking 340 placer mining claims encompassing approximately 6727 ...

ENEOS, Toyota, and Woven Planet Collaborate to Facilitate CO2-free Hydrogen Production and Usage for Woven City and Beyond

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ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have signed a joint agreement to explore CO2-free hydrogen production and...

March

22

SEC Proposal for Climate Disclosure

Direct Air Capture Startup Heirloom Raises $53MM Series A, Among the Largest Investments in New Carbon Removal Technologies

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Heirloom, a direct air capture company permanently removing CO2 from the atmosphere, announced today that it has raised $53MM in a Series...

Arborview Capital leads $7.2M Series A round for Perch Energy

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Arborview Capital, a Chevy Chase-based growth equity firm, led a $7.2 million round in Series A funding for Perch Energy, a clean energy ...

Shell commits $10M to UH for new Energy Transition Institute

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Shell USA Inc. and Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. has granted UH a $10 million gift to establish the Energy Transition Institute. Accor...

Saudi Aramco joins Rice University’s Carbon Hub; coproduction of hydrogen and advanced carbon materials from hydrocarbons

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The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) has joined Carbon Hub, a research initiative led by Rice University to develop sustainable uses of hyd...

West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Coalition Takes Next Step to Secure Hub in West Virginia

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Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.-01), and Governor J...

Two hydrogen plants expand with new partner

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ABB has been awarded two major contracts by Plug Power Inc. (PLUG), a leading provider of turnkey solutions for the global green hydrogen...

March

17

Emissions + Carbon Data for the Carbon Value Chain

This Timber Company Sold Millions of Dollars of Useless Carbon Offsets

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Jim Hourdequin is one of the planet’s biggest sellers of carbon offsets—the widely used instruments that are supposed to act as a balm fo...

The Carbon Catalogue, carbon footprints of 866 commercial products from 8 industry sectors and 5 continents

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Product carbon footprints (PCFs) are playing an increasing role in decisions around sustainability for companies and consumers. Using dat...

Cambium Carbon Raises $3M in Seed Funding To Reinvent the Wood Supply Chain and Radically Reduce Carbon Emissions

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Cambium Carbon PBC announced a $3.2M seed round investment this week led by MaC Venture Capital, and supported by Soma Capital, Joe Tsai ...

A Google-backed carbon footprint tracker could be a game-changer for small businesses

www.protocol.com
Tracking carbon emissions is hard, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. A Google-backed company is coming to their rescue, ...

Unique data platform brings transparency to global maritime trade, supports efforts to decarbonize sector

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Global Shipping Watch brings a new level of analytical depth, accountability and transparency to shipping and international supply chains...

SEC plans to force public companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

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The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to require all publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and the ...

March

16

Raising Capital for Emissions Solutions?

Boulder energy monitoring startup raises $5.5M with plans to double team

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Copper Labs, a Boulder startup that provides energy-monitoring technology for utilities and consumers, has secured $5.5 million in Series...

Oil and gas tech startup Validere closes $55 million CAD with Blackrock Backing

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Calgary-based Validere has raised $55 million CAD ($43 million USD) in its Series B financing round led by Swiss commodity trading group ...

Maritime tech firm Nautilus Labs scores investment from Microsoft in $34m funding round

www.tradewindsnews.com
Microsoft has played a key role in a $34m funding round by Nautilus Labs, a voyage and emissions optimisation platform for shipping. T...

Shell, Merck Animal Health back regenerative agtech Vence for carbon & traceability capabilities

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Vence, a US startup that offers ‘virtual fencing’ for ranchers using regenerative ag practices, has secured funding from the venture arms...

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