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July

22

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 22, 2021

Net Zero Is Hard Work, So Companies Are Going ‘Carbon Neutral’

 www.bloomberg.com
There’s a debate about how companies should be recognized for buying carbon offsets based on avoiding emissions. Better to call them “car...

RPMI Railpen Commits to Net-Zero Portfolio by 2050

 www.pionline.com
RPMI Railpen, London, plans to deliver a net-zero portfolio by 2050, it said Wednesday. The goal for its portfolio is a 50% reduction in ...

Is 'Net Zero' Much Ado about Nothing?

www.ecosystemmarketplace.com
From definitions to offsets, and technologies to greenwashing, GreenBiz Chairman & Co-founder Joel Makower presents five questions about ...

Achieving Net-zero Carbon Emissions will be Eye-wateringly Expensive

 www.economist.com
Britain is one of 131 countries that have committed to reducing net carbon emissions to zero, or are discussing such a target—but one of ...
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July

21

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 21, 2021

Department of Energy Announces $52 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen

 www.energy.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $52.5 million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technolog...

UK Government Aims for 2040 to Eliminate Fossil Fuels

 www.visordown.com
UK Government releases the decarbonisation of transport plan with sights on banning fossil fuels by 2040, the days of combustion engines ...

Shell Appeals Ruling on Carbon Emissions

 www.theguardian.com
A court in The Hague reached the milestone verdict in May this year after Friends of the Earth and over 17,000 co-plaintiffs successfully...

Green Ammonia and Green Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Drive Zero Carbon Future

 www.theautochannel.com
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) convened a high-level workshop with 25 researchers and thought leaders from various facets of the global tra...
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July

20

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 20, 2021

General Atlantic Raises $4 Billion

 www.axios.com
Investment firm General Atlantic is raising $4 billion for a growth equity fund focused on climate technologies

Generate Capital Raises $2 Billion

 news.yahoo.com
Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure finance and development firm, this morning announced a $2 billion fundraise from major ins...

NY State Awards $4 Million to 20+ Projects

 www.nyserda.ny.gov
Governor Cuomo awarded the projects money to explore heat pump studies and clean energy options at disadvantaged communities

Biden's Climate Goals Clash with US Oil Production

 www.nationalgeographic.com
Although President Biden has cancelled Keystone XL and halted federal drilling, there are many other projects going forward to produce fo...
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July

19

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 19, 2021

Major Solar Projects in 2021 from SEI

 www.seia.org
The Major Solar Projects List is a database of all ground-mounted solar projects, 1 MW and above, that are either operating, under constr...

Azerbaijans State Oil Firm Plans Offshore Wind Pilot

 www.windpowermonthly.com
Azerbaijan’s state oil company is planning a single-turbine floating offshore wind pilot project to decarbonise upstream oil and gas acti...

EnLink Eyeing Carbon Storage in Louisiana

 www.naturalgasintel.com
Dallas-based EnLink Midstream LLC has increased its earnings guidance for 2021 amid strengthening natural gas and oil prices, with an eye...

Aker Explores Carbon Capture and Storage in Iceland

 news.cision.com
Norway’s Aker Carbon Capture has joined forces with Carbfix and Elkem Iceland in the groundbreaking work of reducing CO2 emissions of Elk...
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July

17

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 16, 2021

Indian Energy Tycoon to Invest $10 Billion into Clean Energy

 www.thenationalnews.com
Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy involving 750 billion rupees ($10.1bn) of investment over three ...

We Need To Take CO2 Out Of The Sky

 www.orbuch.com
To keep below two degrees, we'll need to dramatically reduce current emissions and simultaneously remove 10-15 gigatons of CO2/yr from th...

CO2 Sequestration - Federal Role

 fas.org
For several decades the federal government has funded efforts to explore the feasibility of mitigating the release of greenhouse gases (G...

NETL's Fossil Energy R&D Awards

 www.netl.doe.gov
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (part of DOE) is driving innovation and delivering solutions for an environmentally sustainable...
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July

15

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 15, 2021

Senegal Promotes Energy Diversification and Role of Natural Gas

 www.africanews.com
Backed by over 450 billion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves, Senegal is rapidly establishing itself as a leader in African gas...

Project Canary Certifies EQT Natural Gas

 www.bizjournals.com
When EQT Corp. announced it had started a pilot program of third-party environmental monitoring with Project Canary, it was tapping into ...

Chesapeake Plans to Certify Haynesville and Appalachia Gas

 www.naturalgasintel.com
Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Wednesday it is partnering with nonprofits MiQ and Equitable Origin to certify its Lower 48 natural gas prod...

Texas ERCOT Releases 60-Point Grid Reliability Roadmap

 www.ercot.com
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) presented the “Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability,” which details a variety of impro...
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July

14

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 14, 2021

States Adopt Renewable Portfolio Standards

 www.ncsl.org
States have been very active in the past year revising their Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), which require that a specified percenta...

SCF Partners Announces Investment in Hydrasun

 www.businesswire.com
Hydrasun is a recognised market leader in the provision of integrated fluid transfer, power and control solutions. We are focused on sup...

Utilities and Clean Energy Groups Battle for Southeast Market

 www.canarymedia.com
Why are clean energy groups and big corporate electricity buyers so opposed to a plan to create the first regional energy-trading market ...

Toms River Solar in NJ Goes Live Delivering 28 Megawatts

 www.edf-re.com
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and the Renewable Power business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) today announce...
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July

13

Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 13, 2021

Over 40 Carbon Capture Projects Announced in Europe

 www.catf.us
The Clean Air Task Force’s (CATF) Europe Carbon Capture Project and Activity Map shows more than 40 carbon capture projects have been ann...

TxDoT Estimates Texas Accounts for 0.48% of Global Emissions

 www.texasobserver.org
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) wants to fix the commute. In early 2020, after nearly three decades of planning, discussio...

Carbon Confused? Carbon-positive, Carbon-neutral, or Carbon-negative

 www.treehugger.com
I have never understood exactly what net-zero means. I don't even know how to type it: does it have a hyphen or not? I have mentioned thi...

$100M Prize for Carbon Removal

 www.xprize.org
Climate science is clear that in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change we need to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) e...

Is Venture Capital or Project Finance Key to Solving Climate Challenge?

 blog.terra.do
How can we best scale and deploy technologies that fight climate change? Where does climate finance fit it on the timeline of embracing c...

80+ Venture Firms Investing in Climate Tech

 climatetechvc.org
The word is out on climate tech investing. Every sector of the global economy needs to transform to be climate neutral over just two busi...
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July

12

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...

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 ...

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 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...
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July

10

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...

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...

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.

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...
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July

08

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...

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...

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...
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July

07

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...

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...

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...

$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...
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July

06

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...

$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 ...

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...
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July

02

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...

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...

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 ...

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...
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July

01

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...

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...

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...

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...
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June

30

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.

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...

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...
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June

30

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 ...

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...

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...
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June

29

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...

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....

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...

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...
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June

28

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.

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...

Datarade: ESG Data Marketplace

 datarade.ai
Financial market data for ESG investors and funds.
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June

23

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...

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

Toyota Ventures

 techcrunch.com
Clean, emerging technology from the company that brought us the Camry, Land Cruiser, and Supra.
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