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📰 Here's your round-up of top Carbon Dioxide Removal News / Developments, Reports & Scientific Papers from this week (𝟏𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 - 𝟏𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒):

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Apple announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company & Japanese firm Murata Manufacturing are investing $50M & $30M respectively, in its Restore Fund - an investment fund aimed at generating high quality nature-based CO2 removal credits.

1/21
apple.com/newsroom/2024/…

DAC startup @CarbonCaptureUS raised $80M from investors including @Amazon, @aramco, @Siemens for the early deployment of the company’s modular DAC units.

“This major funding round represents 1 of the largest injections of private capital into DAC.”

2/20
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Google announced a new commitment to contract for at least $35M of CDR credits over the next 12 months, as part of an initiative by the US DOE (@ENERGY) aimed at helping to scale the CO2 removal sector by funding the sector’s innovations & tech.

3/20
blog.google/outreach-initi…

Cleantech startup Furno has raised $6.5 million in a seed funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the company’s solution to help decarbonize the #cement industry.

4/20
esgtoday.com/cleantech-star…

Swiss-Colombian carbon removal and agtech startup Cotierra secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round for its decentralized biochar production, aimed at decarbonizing coffee farming.

5/20
linkedin.com/posts/terra-pr…

@CarbonxClimate, a leading permanent CDR procurement & management platform, on behalf of their clients have purchased 3,000 metric tons of carbon removal from @Novocarbo, a biochar carbon removal firm.

6/20
linkedin.com/posts/carbonx-…

@1PointFiveCCUS, the DAC-focused subsidiary of energy giant Occidental (Oxy), announced an agreement with telecommunications company @ATTimpact for the purchase of carbon dioxide removal credits from 1PointFive’s Texas-based DAC facility, STRATOS.

7/20
globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company™, collaborated with Oregon Biochar Solutions & GECA Environment to bring world-first invalidation-insured biochar credits to the VCM. This partnership aims to set a new standard for high-quality biochar CDR credits.

8/20
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

@CarbonxClimate announced that it has facilitated a purchase deal for 3,000 tons of carbon removal between @BCG & Exomad Green - “the world largest supplier of biochar”.

9/20
carbonx.world/2024/03/carbon…

Planboo - a fast-developing biochar CO2 removal company and Sustainable Travel International (@STI_travel) - a sustainable tourism proclaimer, announced their new collaboration to boost carbon removals.

10/20
carbonherald.com/planboo-and-su…

@_Capture6 announced the initiation of a DAC pilot in New Zealand. Ara Ake, New Zealand’s Future Energy Centre, is supporting Capture6’s journey to develop this pilot project.

11/20
capture6.org/2024/03/11/cap…

DAC firm @skytreeco2 launched its newest decentralised DAC unit (Skytree Stratus) to capture larger volumes of CO2.

This Skytree Stratus uses a cyclic filtration system & produces up to 1,250kg of CO2/unit/day – ideal for larger-scale applications.

12/20
gasworld.com/story/skytree-…

@Climeworks announced its U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas, alongside increased presence in New York, California and Washington, D.C.

With these U.S. locations, Climeworks plans to triple its American team by the end of 2024.

13/20
climeworks.com/press-release/…

Data & tech firm AlliedOffsets & @DACCoalition have collaborated to create a “Global DAC Deployment Map.” It offers users an interactive overview of all the current DAC projects around the world.

14/20
daccoalition.org/global-dac-dep…

@ENERGY issued a NOI to launch a Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchasing Challenge. The challenge calls on external organizations to join DOE in purchasing high-quality CDR credits.

Written comments are required on this challenge by 15/05/2024

15/20
energy.gov/fecm/articles/…

The @_NetZeroPlus Flexible funding scheme is now open.

Small research projects are being invited to fill knowledge gaps in understanding the role of woodland creation and management in GHG removal in the UK.

Deadline: 24/04/2024

16/20
netzeroplus.ac.uk/funding-opport…

A new report by @Carbon_Direct outlines EU's 2040 goals and provides insights into essential carbon management solutions like CDR, clean fuels, and CCUS required to meet those goals.

17/20
carbon-direct.com/research-and-r…

EBI released a new report on biochar permanence & finds that Industrially produced, high-quality biochar (“inertinite biochar”) is permanent on geological timescales & there're now tools to calculate the exact % of any given biochar that is permanent.


18/ biochar-industry.com/2024/biochar-p…

Natural habitats created by new biodiversity rules could remove up to 650,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, the equivalent of nearly 200,000 round trip flights from London to New York, according to new research from biodiversity tech startup @joesblooms.

19/20
buildindigital.com/bng-developmen…

The Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP) is providing funding (~$12000) for a standardized OAE experiment with microcosms. This preprint provides a detailed manual about the experiment.

Deadline: 15/06/2024

20/20
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024…

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