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September

08

Decarbon Daily - Rice Events, $6B Investment, and Renewable Boost

Toyota to Spend $9 Billion on Electric Car Battery Plants

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Toyota Motor Corp. said it would spend $9 billion over the next decade to build factories for electric-car batteries as it gears up to se...

Phillips 66 Invests in Battery Tech, Analytics Software

 www.bizjournals.com
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), Houston's largest publicly traded company, recently made new investments into firms in lithium-ion battery techn...

BLM Plans Legislation to Boost Renewable Energy on Public Lands

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Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it started a process related to public lands’ permitting. Accordingly, the B...

Houston-based Hyco1 Launches Industrial Decarbonization Tech

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A Houston company is developing technology to convert carbon dioxide emissions into sustainable products, from food-grade waxes to fertil...

Eaton’s Vehicle Group Partners With Ballard Fuel Cell Systems and National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Develop Heavy-Duty Truck Fuel Cell Technology

www.businesswire.com
Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group has partnered with leading fuel system manufacturer Ballard Fuel Cell Sy...

Schlumberger New Energy Enters into Agreement with EnerVenue for Metal-Hydrogen Stationary Energy Storage Solutions

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Schlumberger New Energy announced today an investment and collaboration agreement to deploy EnerVenue’s uniquely differentiated nickel-hy...
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September

07

Decarbon Daily - US Electricity Mix, EV Demand, and Net-zero

Priority Power Announces Investment by Oaktree Capital

 www.businesswire.com
Priority Power Management, LLC (“Priority Power”), an independent energy services provider offering smart energy solutions and streamline...

Net-zero Living: How Your Day Will Look in a Carbon-Neutral World

 www.newscientist.com
We fast-forward to 2050 and imagine what an average day will be like when we have slashed our carbon emissions – a picture informed by th...

An Introduction to Net-Zero Carbon Real Estate

 www.pinsentmasons.com
A series of reports from non-governmental organisations have warned about the catastrophic effects for society if efforts to combat clima...

Net-Zero Will Leave the Middle East 75% Poorer

 www.energylivenews.com
A new report argues that oil-producing countries must be helped in the clean energy transition or risk becoming heavily poverty-stricken ...

On-site Power Plants are Essential for Decarbonization of Industry

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Within the efforts to decarbonize the economy and reach global carbon neutrality, industrial production is the most difficult segment, Lu...
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September

02

Decarbon Daily - Decarbonization Themes Part 1

Sodium-Ion Batteries May Power Profits Of Manganese Miners

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Over recent decades, batteries for many of the electric devices we take for granted have driven demand for Lithium. And these days, with ...

BHP partners with Caterpillar to develop zero-emission mining trucks

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Mining juggernaut BHP says it will partner with American machinery and equipment company Caterpillar to develop and deploy zero-emission ...

Major miners are missing energy-transition boat, industry veteran warns

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As much of the world aims to move toward a greener economy, some companies are trying to position themselves to deliver the resources nee...

Value of battery metals in new electric cars already beyond 2020 total

 www.mining.com
MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index set a new monthly record in June despite seasonal factors, jumping 36% in value from the previous month to ed...

Electric vehicle revolution to underpin metals demand

 www.miningreview.com
As several countries have committed to bring in cleaner fueled cars in a bid to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, the demand for electri...

Global EV Sales Rose 160% In First Half, Overcoming Component Shortages And Covid

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Global sales of electric vehicles increased by 160% in the first half of 2021 from a year earlier to 2.6 million units, according to rese...
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September

01

Decarbon Daily - Oil Views, $2B Valuation, Carbon Tax

Lotus Cars Finishes Funding Round at $2 Billion Valuation

 www.bloomberg.com
Units of Lotus and electric-vehicle upstart Nio Inc. signed an investment pact as the Chinese owner of the iconic maker of British sports...

Gatik Raises $85 Million in Series B Funding Led by Koch Disruptive Technologies

 www.globenewswire.com
Gatik today announced a new investment of $85 million in Series B funding to significantly expand North America’s first autonomous Middle...

Granite Publishes Annual Sustainability Report Unveiling New ESG Priorities

 www.graniteconstruction.com
Today, Granite (NYSE:GVA) published its 2020 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s advancement on environmental, social, ...

Twelve Partners with LanzaTech to Transform CO2 into Polypropylene

 www.twelve.co
Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech have partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a ...

ADM Announces Industry’s First Net Carbon Neutral Milling Operations

 www.adm.com
ADM (NYSE: ADM) announced today that the company has achieved net carbon neutral status for its U.S. flour milling operations. This accom...

OPIS Expands Carbon Market Report

 www.opisnet.com
Ever-evolving carbon policies such as Cap and Trade, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Renewable Fuel Standard and...
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August

31

Decarbon Daily - ESG, Carbon Offsets, & Opportunities

The Blind Spot: How ESG Matters Can Affect Current Accounting and Financial Reporting

 www.financialexecutives.org
There have been some questions about whether a company needs to incorporate ESG considerations when preparing its current financial state...

Kevala Raises $21M to Improve Tools for Managing Energy Grid Infrastructure

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Kevala, the startup that collects and analyzes energy grid infrastructure data for utility companies, renewable energy providers, EV char...

Carbon Offsets: A License to Pollute or a Path to Net-zero Emissions?

 www.ft.com
Can planting trees in Guizhou province cancel out emissions from natural gas burned for energy in offices and homes across China? That’s ...

International Oil And Gas Industry – Role In Achieving Net-Zero Emissions

 www.forbes.com
A Society of Petroleum Engineers live webinar discusses the energy transition. The transition needs to be done responsibly: no-one should...

SoCalGas to Use Gas-Mapping Lidar to Reduce Methane Emissions

 www.photonics.com
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) signed an agreement for $12 million with high-tech laser company Bridger Photonics. The company wi...

Ideanomics in Transformative Deal, to Acquire VIA Motors Valued at Up to $630MM

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Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) ("Ideanomics" or the "Company"), a global company focused on driving the adoption of commercial electric vehicl...
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August

30

Decarbon Daily - Money Monday, IPOs, Funding

Rivian Confidentially Files For IPO, Seeks $80 Billion Valuation

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The automaker is reportedly targeting an $80 billion valuation, which would make it the world's sixth-most valuable car company.

Solaris Oilfield Prices IPO at $12, Below the Range

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Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, which provides mobile frac sand storage silos used in oil and gas production, raised $121 million by off...

LevelTen Energy Lands $35M

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LevelTen Energy has raised a $35 million Series C led by NGP Energy Technology Partners. The Seattle-based company is the developer of a ...

NV5 Acquires Sage Renewable Energy Consulting

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NV5 Global, Inc. (the “Company” or “NV5”) (Nasdaq: NVEE), a provider of compliance, technology, engineering, and environmental consulting...

Terabase Energy Acquires PlantPredict Solar Energy Modeling Tool

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Solar digital solutions startup Terabase Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlantPredict, a predictive solar energy mode...

NextEra Energy Partners Completes Acquisitions of Four Wind Assets

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NextEra Energy Partners, LP completed its acquisition of a 391-megawatt (MW) portfolio of four operating wind assets located in Californi...
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August

27

Decarbon Daily - Inconvenient Truth 2, CO2 Pipes, and SPAC Merger

Who Owns the Most CO2 Pipelines in the US?

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Who owns the most CO2 pipelines in the US? Looking for both volume and miles for public and private companies. $DEN $OXY $CVX $KMI and an...

LevelTen Energy Raises $35mm in Series C Funding

 www.privateequitywire.co.uk
LevelTen Energy, a provider of renewable transaction infrastructure, has raised USD35 million in a Series C funding round led by NGP ETP,...

Invest Green Democratizes Cleantech Venture Capital

 www.businesswire.com
Invest Green, Inc. (IGI) has launched with a mission of providing all investors access to institutional quality Cleantech opportunities m...

EO Charging Goes Public Via Merger with First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp

 www.spacalpha.com
Juuce Limited, which trades as EO Charging, a leading provider of technology-enabled turnkey solutions for electric vehicle ("EV") fleets...
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August

26

Decarbon Daily - RNG, New Permits, BP to Sell RNG

Gevo Files for Environmental Permits in South Dakota for the Net-Zero 1 Project

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Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce that the air quality and wastewater permit applications for the company’s Net-Zero 1 pro...

The Case for RNG

 www.natlawreview.com
Growing interest in Renewable Natural Gas plays has our team taking a closer look at the profitability and sustainability merits of makin...

BP to Sell Renewable Natural Gas Derived From Poultry Litter

 www.csnews.com
BP is partnering with CleanBay Renewables on a 15-year agreement through which BP will purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) processed fro...

Montauk Renewables Awarded Patent for Near-Zero-Emissions Renewable Energy Technology

 www.globenewswire.com
Montauk Renewables, Inc. (“Montauk” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MNTK), a renewable energy company specializing in the management, recovery...
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August

25

Decarbon Daily - Cash Cools, Energy Vault $100mm, Carbon Removal

Blackrock's Former Sustainable Investing Chief Now Thinks ESG is a 'Dangerous Placebo'

 www.cnbc.com
A former BlackRock executive has outlined why he now thinks that sustainable investing is a “dangerous placebo that harms the public inte...

Swiss Re in Carbon Removal Agreement with Climeworks

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Reinsurer Swiss Re has signed a ten-year purchase agreement with Climeworks, a specialist in carbon dioxide air capture technology, to ta...

EVgo Named by GM as a Preferred Provider for EV Fleets

 www.evgo.com
EVgo Inc., (NASDAQ: EVGO), the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewa...

Cash Cools Everything Around Me. - Lowercarbon Capital

 lowercarboncapital.com
Well, Lowercarbon now has another $800 million, in fiat, to keep unfucking the planet. It turns out that raising for a climate fund in th...

Energy Vault Announces $100 Million Series C Funding

 www.businesswire.com
Energy Vault the creator of gravity-based, grid-scale energy storage solutions with its proprietary technology, today announced $100 mill...

Energy Storage Appears to be Fully Charged for Exponential Growth

 www.pv-magazine.com
Lithium-based energy storage volumes are expected to grow by multiple orders of magnitude in the coming years, with a 1,000% capacity inc...
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August

24

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 24, 2021

Carbon Capture Attracting Investment - Denbury Leading The Charge

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With more industrial carbon capture projects to be announced this year, Denbury is poised to lead the way.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $24 Million to Capture Carbon Emissions Directly From Air

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $24 million in funding for nine research projects to explore and develop new methods ...

Anheuser-Busch’s $64M Investment Will Build Largest US Brewery Solar Installation

 www.environmentalleader.com
Anheuser-Busch is investing $64 million at its Los Angeles brewery to install new solar panels as well as emissions-reduction technology....

Union Pacific and Progress Rail Partner to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Union Pacific locomotives will be getting a boost of biodiesel fuel. Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, approved the use of up to 20% ...
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August

23

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 23, 2021

Kinder Morgan Closes Kinetrex Energy Acquisition

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Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) today closed on its previously announced acquisition of Kinetrex Energy. The $310 million acquisition inc...

GM Expands Battery Recall to ALL 2017-2022 Chevy Bolt EVs, Blames Supplier LG

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GM Friday afternoon announced it would expand its Bolt recall to ALL Chevy Bolts including ones manufactured in the US and including the ...

Nickel Is Becoming a Battleground for Bets on Battery Future

 www.bloomberg.com
The race to supply automakers with nickel to power their batteries is pitting two of the biggest names in mining against each other.

Regology Snares $8M Series A to Help Navigate Maze of Global Regulations

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Every country has its own bundle of laws, rules and regulations, and they change on a regular basis, making it an enormous challenge to k...
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August

20

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 20, 2021

Estimated $1 trillion oil and gas windfall could speed decarbonisation

 www.upstreamonline.com
Oil and gas companies should be making hay while the sun shines and use their current record cash flow windfalls to speed up their decarb...

Is there an investment opportunity for 'bad' ESG assets?

www.internationalinvestment.net
The past 18 months have seen an acceleration of the Environment Social and Governance (ESG) agenda, and this is a positive development. H...

Climate tech: How ESG investing is evolving into ‘a profitable endeavor’

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As economies across the globe square up to the challenge of slowing human-caused global warming, venture capital firms hope to tackle cli...

Investing in low-emissions energy is the key to the climate crisis

 thehill.com
Last week’s release of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report highlights once again the imperativ...

Ample raises $160M to scale its battery swapping service

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San Francisco-based Ample has raised a $160 million Series C to scale its battery swapping service, the largest round yet for the 8-year-...

BMW secures funding for EV battery aiming to rival range of a traditional engine

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A BMW project centered around the development of a long-distance electric vehicle battery has been awarded £26.2 million ($36.07 million)...
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August

19

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 19, 2021

National Oilwell Varco, inc (NOV) Q2 2021 Earnings Call Transcript

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During the second quarter of 2021, NOV's consolidated revenue increased 8% sequentially, and EBITDA improved to $47 million, excluding th...

Congress Pushes New Offshore Wind Supply Chain Tax Breaks

 www.enr.com
To support offshore wind projects gearing up in their states and elsewhere along the U.S. East Coast, Senate Democrats Edward Markey and ...

Petronas delivers first carbon neutral LNG cargo to Japan's Shikoku Electric

 www.spglobal.com
Malaysia's national oil company Petronas has completed the delivery of its maiden carbon neutral liquefied natural gas cargo on Aug. 17, ...

Danish carbon capture project presses ahead

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Ineos, Wintershall and their consortium partners have decided to move ahead with the Greensand carbon capture and storage pilot project i...
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August

18

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 18, 2021

Rivian Closes $2.5 Billion Funding Round

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Rivian has closed a $2.5 billion private funding round. The financing was led by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, D1 Capital Partners, Ford ...

Houston tech firm Cemvita Factory raises Series A capital

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A Houston-based company using biotechnology processes to decarbonize industrial sectors closed a Series A funding round.

Regrow Raise $17 million Series A for Carbon Market Monitoring and Verification

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Regrow, a pioneering software company that is transforming the sustainable agri-food supply chain industry, announces the close of its $1...

HV System Raises £5 Million from Beehive Equity

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Hydrogen truckmaker HV Systems raised £5.0M (~$6.9M) in venture funding from Beehive Equity Limited, a subsidiary of EG Group. The startu...
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August

17

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 17, 2021

2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Survey - MIT Sustainable Supply Chains

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The goal of this survey is to gain a better understanding of the state of sustainable supply chains year by year. This is the 2nd year of...

Sustainability and Clean Tech Meet the ‘Perfect Storm’ as Sector Surges

 huntscanlon.com
A revealing report from the United Nations Global Compact and Russell Reynolds Associates is pointing the way for businesses to help meet...

Pfizer Prices $1B Sustainability Bond

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Pfizer Inc. on Monday said it priced a sustainability bond of $1 billion of 1.750% senior notes due 2031. The company said net proceeds w...

Industry Leaders Co-Creating Groundbreaking Framework to Evolve Packaging Recyclability

 sustainablebrands.com
Designing a package to be recyclable is currently complex and ambiguous, with no transparent national framework or guidelines in place. T...

Diverse Strategies Needed To Decarbonise India’s Transport Sector

 www.moneycontrol.com
Decarbonisation of the transport sector by mid-century will require a holistic and integrated approach. Leveraging technology to create a...

Carbon Capture Technology Won’t Solve our Emissions Problems

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The world is processing the dire warnings in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report: We are on a path to see ...
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August

16

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 16, 2021

The Carbon Estimation Platform - An API for Emissions

 www.carboninterface.com
Measure carbon emissions with an API. Develop internal custom tools to estimate your company's annual emissions.

2.5 Tips for Calculating Emissions From an Engine

 www.enveraconsulting.com
Plug and chug versus bottoms-up data approach to calculating emissions.

44.01 Secures $5M to Turn Billions of Tons of Carbon Dioxide to Stone

 techcrunch.com
Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions is an important goal, but another challenge awaits: lowering the levels of CO2 and other substan...

This Startup Uses the Cooling Towers on Buildings as Carbon Capture Devices

 www.fastcompany.com
On top of a nondescript industrial building in the Bay Area city of San Leandro, a company is pioneering a new way to fight climate chang...

Climate Crisis Drives Impact Investing

 www.themiddlemarket.com
With severe wildfires scorching Montana and California and a new climate report from the U.N. pointing to devastating consequences if act...

Carbon Capture Tech Becoming Cost-effective as Emissions Price Soars

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Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “code red” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to a technology th...
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August

13

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 13, 2021

Landfill Gas Extraction Systems & Methods

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Described herein are embodiments of a control system that automatically (1) determines whether a gas extraction system is in a state in w...

Compound for Capturing CO2 and Improving Soil Arability

 worldwide.espacenet.com
Disclosed is a compound for capturing carbon dioxide and improving the arability of soil. The compound includes a quantity of calcium hyd...

Selective Lithium Extraction from Brines

 worldwide.espacenet.com
Processes are provided for the selective recovery of lithium from brines using aqueous redox reactions, involving lithium extraction into...

Repair of Structures Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Methods and apparatus for performing repair operations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (2). The methods are enabled by equipping the UAV...
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August

12

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 12, 2021

Planet's Space Data SPAC is Bigger Than Suborbital Tourism

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Planet is the most mature space company to come to market—it had more than $114 million in revenue last year, which is more than comparab...

Sourcewater Launches GPS Analytics and Satellite Intel for Upstream Energy

 www.sourcewater.com
Join Sourcewater and Hart Energy for the launch of FracScape™, a new geospatial intelligence platform that analyzes satellite imagery, mo...

GHGsat Completes $45 Million Series B Funding

 www.ghgsat.com
GHGSat, the global leader in high resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has completed the second tranche of a funding round in...

Permian Pulse: Using Satellite Imagery Analytics To Track the World’s Busiest Oil Play

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Companies are bringing satellite monitoring to the unconventional oilfield—namely the Permian Basin—where they are training machine learn...
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August

11

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 11, 2021

Diligent Acquires ESG Leader Accuvio to Enhance Climate Reporting Capabilities

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Diligent the global leader in SaaS governance, risk and compliance (GRC), today announced that it has acquired Accuvio, a leading environ...

ChargePoint acquires Amsterdam-based electric fleet manager ViriCiti

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ChargePoint has made its second acquisition since going public in March, purchasing European electric fleet management company ViriCiti f...

SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, a company that designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things se...

Chesapeake Energy acquires Vine Energy in $2.2 billion deal

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Vine Energy Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Chesape...

CleanSpark Acquires Second Data Center to Increase Bitcoin Mining Capacity

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CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK) (the "Company" or "CleanSpark"), a clean Bitcoin mining and diversified software and services company, to...

Argus acquires renewable chemicals specialist Oleochem Analytics

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Energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has acquired Oleochem Analytics, a provider of renewable chemicals market information. ...
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August

10

Decarbon Daily - Issue for August 10, 2021

Oxy Looks to Ramp Permian Carbon Capture by Early 2024

 www.naturalgasintel.com
The world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) facility, designed to zap up to 1 million metric tons/year of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions...

7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal Markets

www.greenbiz.com
Fifteen years ago, the idea of sucking carbon dioxide out of the air and storing it underground was an anathema to many in the climate mo...

U. S. Steel to Work with Equinor to Assess Hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage Development

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United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (“U. S. Steel”) today announced execution of a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”...

Denbury Inc. (DEN) Q2 2021 Earnings Call Transcript

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According to Chris Kendal, Denbury's President and CEO, CCUS utilizes technology that exists today. It can be massively scaled, and it is...
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