Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 12, 2021 Summary of Federal Programs for Renewable Energy crsreports.congress.gov The Department of Energy (DOE) operates the greatest number of efficiency and renewable energy incentive programs, including RDD&D grants... #hydrogen #policy #wind #solar Certarus & Caterpillar Sign MOU to Explore Hydrogen Solutions fuelcellsworks.com Certarus Ltd. (“Certarus” or the “Corporation”) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that they have entered a Memorandum of ... #hydrogen 3 Oilfield Service Stocks with Hydrogen Upside www.benzinga.com As the global energy sector transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy in the next several decades, the companies servicing the oil an... #hydrogen Hydrogen Technology VC Invests in Hydrogen And Decarbonization Sectors hytechvc.com Our investment strategy is predicated on the view that the cost of decarbonization technologies would decline sharply due to a combinatio... #venture-capital #hydrogen
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 9, 2021 EQT Aims for Net-Zero by 2025 www.post-gazette.com Toby Rice, CEO of the largest natural gas producer in the country, believes EQT Corp. could be the lowest-cost producer of hydrogen. T... #sustainability-goals Oil & Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 ogmpartnership.com The OGMP is a Climate and Clean Air Coalition initiative led by the UN Environment Programme, in partnership with the European Commission... #emissions Johnson Controls Launches OpenBlue Net Zero Buildings as a Service www.forconstructionpros.com Johnson Controls will provide a one-stop shop for companies looking to achieve net zero carbon and renewable energy goals. #construction #sustainability-goals Petronas Starts Solar Investment Push www.energyvoice.com Malaysia’s Petronas, which has yet to make a firm carbon-neutral pledge, will deploy solar energy at the group's assets across Malaysia t... #solar #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 8, 2021 The Pathway to Net-Zero for Miners www.woodmac.com Rising demand means metal production needs to grow while simultaneously reducing absolute emissions if the Paris Agreement goals are to b... #mining #sustainability-goals Why Natural Gas is a “Hand-in-Hand” Partner to Renewables news.ihsmarkit.com Joe Kang, president of the International Gas Union (IGU), whose members represent more than 95% of the global gas market, discusses why “... The green barrel: added confusion or a serious proposition for the transition? www.westwoodenergy.com Choosing the right path in the transition is not easy, and at times even confusing. In this edition of Westwood Energy Transition Insight... #sustainability-goals The electric vehicle market is getting increasingly reliant on China’s battery components www.rystadenergy.com The manufacturing of cathode, one of the most critical components for batteries, is currently dominated by Asian manufacturers, with Chin... #batteries
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 7, 2021 An Overview of Geothermal Resources www.thinkgeoenergy.com Geothermal energy can be harnessed for the use of its heat directly (direct use) or for electricity generation. Geothermal energy is ther... #geothermal Pivot 2021: Geothermal. Reimagined. geo.touchcast.com Over 165 speakers will be featured across 35 spirited sessions on a variety of contemporary geothermal topics. PIVOT2021 will be translat... #geothermal GM Taps Geothermal Lithium from Salton Sea www.thinkgeoenergy.com Controlled Thermal Resources Limited (“CTR”) has formed a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with General Motors (“GM”) to... #geothermal #batteries $40 Million Geothermal Investment from bp and Chevron www.power-technology.com Geothermal power is one of the world’s most high-potential, yet rarely delivered, energy sources. Could a new $40m investment from indust... #geothermal
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 6, 2021 Lean Thinking for Sustainability in Construction ascelibrary.org A circular economy concept aims to reduce, reuse, and recycle to more effectively address the volume of waste generated by the constructi... Companies’ Focus on ESG Is Shaping Our Future www.raymondjames.com From innovative, water-saving products to energy-efficient buildings, a focus on sustainability is creating ripples of change across indu... #esg $1 Trillion Dollar Pledge by Morgan Stanley www.morganstanley.com Morgan Stanley has pledged to mobilize at least $750 billion of low-carbon solutions, tripling our original commitment set in 2018. This ... #sustainability-goals Large Retail Firms Launch Climate Initiative racetozero.unfccc.int Retailers H&M Group, Ingka Group (IKEA), Kingfisher plc and Walmart today launched a new climate change initiative – the Race to Zero Bre... #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 2, 2021 $2.9B Green Mining SPAC Merger www.wsj.com Investors are pouring money into "green" companies, but what actually makes a company green? WSJ's Justin Scheck tells the story of The M... #mining #clean-energy #batteries ESG: Getting serious about decarbonization www2.deloitte.com Mining companies need to address decarbonization and meet their ESG commitments. Most need tools to improve their data on emissions throu... #research #esg #mining #emissions Rio Tinto and China Baowu Steel Invest in Low-Carbon Steelmaking www.greencarcongress.com Rio Tinto has committed to invest $10 million with the world’s largest steel producer China Baowu Steel Group over the next two years in ... #supply-chain #steel #sustainability-goals EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting on Metal Sector www.epa.gov The metals sector consists of metal production facilities that smelt, refine, and/or cast ferrous and nonferrous metals, including primar... #mining #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 1, 2021 FedEx Announces $2 Billion Carbon-Neutral Plan newsroom.fedex.com FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), home of the world’s largest cargo airline, announced today an ambitious goal to achieve carbon–neutral operation... #clean-energy #sustainability-goals Is Oil Demand Doomed With Or Without Climate Policy? www.bakerinstitute.org Many energy observers predict that new climate policies in the U.S. and around the world will drive global oil demand significantly lower... #research #environment APICORP's MENA Energy Outlook www.apicorp.org Potential long-term shortages due to the significant drop in investments in 2020. The entire energy value chain – particularly oil and ga... #research China Energy Outlook 2020 china.lbl.gov China is the world’s largest consumer and producer of primary energy as well as the world’s largest emitter of energy-related carbon diox... #research
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 30, 2021 CATL & China Dominate Battery Supply blog.evuniverse.io 📊 CATL & China are dominating the battery supply, ♻️ Redwood Materials is tripling its size... and much more. #electric-vehicles #batteries Piedmont Lithium Project Named as Lithium Mining Companies to Watch www.entrepreneur.com According to the company, its PLP is strategically positioned in one of the most ideal regions in the world. Piedmont cites favorable geo... Entergy + Mitsubishi Power Partner on Storage, Batteries, and More entergycorporation.gcs-web.com The two companies are collaborating on decarbonization efforts by combining the strengths of industry leaders to move towards net-zero. B... #clean-energy Q1 Solar & Wind Market Update www.spglobal.com The Permian Basin in Texas is home to the largest solar projects completed in the quarter. Transmission providers have been busy building... #wind #solar
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 24, 2021 Getting Rates Right for Public Charging Station Build Out www.greentechmedia.com For charging sites dominated by relatively rare, yet very power-intensive, bouts of fast charging, demand charges can add up to 90 percen... Schlumberger Partners on Lithium Production www.worldoil.com Schlumberger New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, have entered into a ... #supply-chain #mining US Hydropower Market Report www.energy.gov This report also updates the information about U.S. and global hydropower and PSH development pipeline, hydropower prices, and performanc... #research McKinsey's Global Energy Outlook 2021 www.mckinsey.com At the same time, the world’s energy systems are going through rapid transitions that are triggered by simultaneous shifts in technolo... #research
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 29, 2021 Tracking Emissions in US Electricity System www.pnas.org The environmental quality of the electricity flowing through electric grids varies by location, season, and time of day. Data from 3 publ... #emissions #clean-energy Get the Code: Tracking Emissions in US Electricity System github.com This repository contains the code to reproduce the results in the paper: "Tracking emissions in the US electricity system", by Jacques A.... #emissions #clean-energy S&P: 70% of Largest Utilities have Decarbonization Targets www.spglobal.com Most major U.S. electric and gas utilities now have net-zero emissions or equivalent targets, an indication that an increasing share of t... #emissions #clean-energy Investors Say Utilities Not on Track for Decarbonization www.energyandpolicy.org Electric utilities are failing to align their businesses with the Paris climate agreement goals and investors’ expectations, according to... #emissions #clean-energy
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 28, 2021 Net0: Helping companies achieve Net Zero Carbon net0.com Net0 is a software platform designed to comprehensively measure carbon emissions in real time. #emissions #sustainability-goals Sustainalytics: ESG Data for Investors www.sustainalytics.com Knowing how exposed and how well your portfolio companies manage their material ESG issues is now a critical part of making well-informed... #emissions #sustainability-goals Datarade: ESG Data Marketplace datarade.ai Financial market data for ESG investors and funds. #data #emissions #esg Evergreen: Recognition and Plant Trees in Slack www.evergreen.so Give recognition and plant trees inside Slack. #emissions #environment
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 23, 2021 The Dark Side of Solar hbr.org Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news for the environment. Unfortunately there’s a catch. The replacement... #solar #data #research Mixed Outlook for Refiners in US and China tanktransport.com Permanent refining capacity closures expected for 2020-2021 have risen to about 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) as the COVID-19 pandemi... Permian Basin Methane Emission Study data.permianmap.org An Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Methane Emission Study #emissions Toyota Ventures techcrunch.com Clean, emerging technology from the company that brought us the Camry, Land Cruiser, and Supra. #clean-energy #electric-vehicles
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 22, 2021 EVs Growing Faster in China and Europe Compared to US www.pewresearch.org A small but significant share of car owners in the United States have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of jo... Mixed Reception for EVs but Millenials Most Likely to Purchase www.pewresearch.org Americans are closely divided over the idea of phasing out combustion-engine vehicles by the year 2035, and many are on the fence about w... Albemarle Q1'21 Earnings Show Recovery for Lithium investors.albemarle.com FY 2021 volumes are expected to be higher year-over-year due to North American plant restarts, productivity improvements, and tolling. A... Cars, planes, trains: where do CO2 emissions from transport come from? ourworldindata.org Transport accounts for around one-fifth of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions [24% if we only consider CO2 emissions from energy].1 ...
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 21, 2021 Caterpillar Announces 2030 Sustainability Goals investors.caterpillar.com Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) illustrates how it continues to help its customers build a better, more sustainable world in its 2020 Sustai... #esg #emissions #sustainability-goals WEF Reports on Supply Chain Opportunity www3.weforum.org World Economic Forum and BCG partnered to create a report that quantifies and elaborates on the opportunities to decarbonize the supply c... #data #research Under the Radar Stocks Fighting Climate Change www.marketwatch.com To fight climate change, most investors think about renewable energy and electric vehicles. But there’s another big carbon-belching culpr... #supply-chain Clean Truck Market Sees Growth www.fleetowner.com According to GNA’s latest State of Sustainable Fleets report, 83% of fleets surveyed plan to increase their use of cleaner fuels and clea... #supply-chain Lithium Stocks to Keep EV Revolution Running investorplace.com Though it is used for various purposes, lithium is desired most for its effectiveness in rechargeable batteries. In fact, the soft metal ... #electric-vehicles Shipping Stocks to Watch as Supply Chain Decarbonized www.investopedia.com The shipping industry includes companies that transport cargo around the world, from grains to apparel to electronics to appliances. In s...
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 18, 2021 Green SPACS Struggle After Years of Success www.wsj.com Green SPACS continue to struggle to find success #esg #electric-vehicles 10 Best Battery Stocks to Buy Now www.yahoo.com Battery stocks are gaining investors’ attention worldwide as the world’s hunger for energy storage devices and a better battery technolog... #esg #electric-vehicles Nio Limited Pitches Battery-as-a-Service public.com Nio is one of the most famous EV and battery companies in the world. The China-based company is pitching itself as a Battery-as-a-Service... #research #electric-vehicles Top Battery Metals Stocks to Consider investingnews.com As the energy revolution continues to unfold, automakers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to secure these raw materials in ord... #electric-vehicles Tesla and Subaru Only Autos To Trust Cameras for Driver Assist www.cnn.com Tesla and Subaru suddenly have something in common, as the only automakers to exclusively trust cameras for driver-assist technology. Som... #electric-vehicles
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 17, 2021 Can These Startups Make Carbon Capture Profitable? pitchbook.com A growing number of startups have ambitions to turn carbon dioxide emissions into cold hard cash—with the hope of charting a course to cl... #clean-energy #data EV's Poised to Reshape Auto Industry pitchbook.com Valuations in the electric vehicle space have soared as governments and investors embrace the technology, with publicly traded companies ... #clean-energy #electric-vehicles Renewable energy SPAC Beard Energy Transition Acquisition files for a $250 million IPO www.renaissancecapital.com Beard Energy Transition Acquisition, a blank check company targeting electric power grid opportunities, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to ... #jobs Climate Real Impact Solutions III Acquisition Corp - SEC Filings www.sec.gov Former CEO of NRG leads blank-check company to decarbonization. #clean-energy Quioveo - Renewable Energy for All wefunder.com Quioveo is a startup raising capital through Wefunder to address the energy and climate crisis. #clean-energy #venture-capital
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 16, 2021 Clean Energy Act for America www.finance.senate.gov Document that outlines tax credits for various clean energy sources. #policy #clean-energy Senate Executive Session: Clean Energy Act www.finance.senate.gov Discussion from Senate regarding the clean energy act #policy American Jobs Plan www.whitehouse.gov Clean energy is at the forefront of US jobs #jobs #clean-energy Renewable Energy Job Stats whattobecome.com The continued growth of investment in renewable energy is causing an unprecedented creation of jobs in the sector. In fact, according to ... #clean-energy #jobs
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 15, 2021 Bloomberg Sustainable Finance www.bloomberg.com Environmental, Social, and Governance hub for Bloomberg #research #data Fisker EV: Carbon Neutral by 2027? techcrunch.com Electric vehicle startup Fisker Inc. has set a moonshot goal of creating its first climate-neutral car by 2027. Fisker has yet to brin... #supply-chain #research Climate Risks Hit Mansion Poitics www.linkedin.com How do the rich protect coastal mansions? Build them bigger! #clean-energy Japan's Big Bet on Hydrogen www.wsj.com Japan's hydrogen investments exceed other countries and now the country is unveiling the first liquified hydrogen carrier #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 14, 2021 BP Statistical Review of World Energy www.bp.com bp’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2020 reveals that growth in carbon emissions in 2019 slowed from the sharp increase seen in the p... #data #eia #emissions Total Energies Climate Roadmap www.totalenergies.com Total's roadmap in action #supply-chain #data Decarbonizing My Agenda energycentral.com Decarbonization themes across sectors #academic #data World Resources Institute: Countries Leading the Way www.wri.org Getting to a net-zero-carbon energy system is essential. It will be a major effort, one that requires significant investment in new low-c... #data Asset Managers feel the Heat www.bloomberg.com Asset managers may see demand for climate-change funds accelerate as the EU sustainable-activity catalog (the taxonomy) unfolds, with the...
Decarbon Daily - Issue for June 11, 2021 From Steel to Volts www.alleghenyfront.org Ohio's steel valley rebrands itself Voltage Valley from Steel Valley #steel #electric-grid #electric-vehicles Natgas Driving Economic Improvement www.vindy.com The economic impact of the oil and natural gas industry in Ohio has been immense over the past decade. Whether the result of the thousand... #research #clean-energy President Biden Responds to Global Threats www.whitehouse.gov Today President Biden and leaders from G7 will demonstrate that we are unified by our shared values and a collective resolve among major ... #supply-chain Canadian Producers Commit to Net-Zero www.canadaaction.ca Reminiscent of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) – a unique collaboration between competing producers who share innovations ... #emissions #esg #environment #sustainability-goals How to Reduce Emissions from Food Production? ourworldindata.org We have a number of options – some fall on the shoulders of consumers; some on producers. Importantly, the options on both sides can be i... #emissions #data