WEEKLY SUMMARY (13 FEBRUARY - 19 FEBRUARY 2023)
CONTENTS OF SUMMARY
1) Consultations
2) Deadlines
3) Funding Opportunities
4) Upcoming Events
5) Commercial News
6) Scientific Papers
7) Thesis
8) Reports
9) Job Opportunities
10) Posts
11) Podcasts
12) YouTube Videos
CONSULTATIONS
Reviewer Solicitation: 2023 marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQUKapwHmF0npOCYTFQab2RDRtolFEMoQATdHr0cOwaBtZiQ/viewform
Industry call for CDR Standards Initiative
DEADLINES
(NEW) Experiment Challenges Related to Negative Emission Technology (Request for Experiments) | 26 February 2023
https://experiment.com/grants/NET
Competition: Carbon to Value Initiative (Year-3) | March 31st, 2023
Technology areas include, but are not limited to:
https://www.c2vinitiative.com/year-3
Research Topic- Carbon dioxide removal: Perspectives from the social sciences and humanities (Call for submission of abstract and manuscript) | Abstract Submission Deadline 10 April 2023 and Manuscript Submission Deadline 28 August 2023
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
AgMission Request for Applications: Regenerative Agriculture for Climate Resilient Farms and Value Chains | 22 February 2023
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR): Research and Development for Assessing Large Scale Carbon Removal and Local Scale Ocean Acidification Mitigation, Department of Commerce, USA | Due Date: 28 February 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344632
Opportunity: BIL Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs| Due Date: 13 March 2023
https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx
Direct Air Capture Prizes
https://americanmadechallenges.org/challenges/direct-air-capture/
· DAC Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023 |https://www.herox.com/DAC-pre-commercial-EPIC/timeline
· DAC Pre-Commercial Technology Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023 |https://www.herox.com/DAC-pre-commercial-tech
· DAC Commercial Prize | Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023 | https://www.herox.com/DAC-commercial
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $45 Million to Validate Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques through scalable Measurement, Reporting and Validation (MRV) technologies | Status: Active
RFP for Innovative Carbon Dioxide Removal Projects by Climate Vault | Due Date: 29 March 2023
https://get.climatevault.org/cdr-rfp/
UPCOMING EVENTS
Building soil carbon in cropping systems by
Loam| 20 February 2023
https://events.humanitix.com/grower-workshop-building-soil-carbon-in-cropping-systems
Webinar: Mind the Gap! National climate pledges overstep on available land by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | 21 February 2023
https://www.iatp.org/event/mind-gap-national-climate-pledges-overstep-available-land
Science and Engineering of Negative Emissions Technologies | 21 February 2023
https://energy.utexas.edu/events/science-and-engineering-negative-emissions-technologies
Scrubbing the Skies: "Kenya: Africa's Great Carbon Valley" by Institute for Carbon Removal and Policy | 21 February 2023
(NEW) Carbon dioxide permanence: Are we being distracted by the quest for perfect by Carbon Markets | 21 February 2023
(NEW) Research seminar series: The sociotechnical dynamics of negative emissions, carbon removal, and solar geoengineering by MONASH Sustainable Development Institute | 23 February 2023
(NEW) Holding Companies Accountable on CDR by SJN Climate Primer | 24 February 2023
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DBXR-mhYQEiC-1xab3pALA
Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal: Landscape of approaches and governance considerations by OCTO | 28 February 2023
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7-LlspyDTJGKceZPfOhAww?t=1675715191325
Solution Series: Ocean Based Carbon Removal by Foundation for Climate Restoration | 28 February 2023
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solution-series-ocean-based-carbon-removal-tickets-437740412357
Funding novel research towards atmospheric CO2 removal by Carbon Technology Research Foundation | 28 February 2023
(NEW) Understanding the Carbon Removals Panorama by 3Degrees | 2 March 2023
https://thebestentrepreneurship.com/understanding-the-carbon-removals-panorama/
The business case for carbon removal by Climeworks | 3 March 2023
https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/08840f40-46a9-49a6-a4ff-b5291b80b9ab/summary
AirMiners Buyer Demo Day by AirMiners
| 3 March 2023
(NEW) The Power & Pitfalls of CDR by SJN Climate Primer | 10 March 2023
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fw3rFoZRQXuzbym7u380_g
(NEW) Nature-based Carbon Removal Methods by SJN Climate Primer | 17 March 2023
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2-o2jUt2Sr-zanjFhfupJQ
Ocean-Based Contributions to Carbon Dioxide Removal by AGU| 4-5 April 2023
https://www.agu.org/Ocean-Visions-Summit/Pages/Schedule
(NEW) THE Carbon Removal Business Summit of 2023 by Carbon Unbound | 11-12 May 2023
https://www.carbonunbound.com/
TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments by The Global CO2 Initiative | 17-18 May 2023
COMMERCIAL NEWS
ERL Focus on Methane Drawdown Special Issue Grant Opportunity
https://www.sparkclimate.org/article/erl-methane-grant-opportunity
Funga secures funding to lead first carbon removal project powered by fungal microbiome restoration
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Enhanced photosynthetic efficiency for increased carbon assimilation and woody biomass production in hybrid poplar INRA 717-1B4 (Preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.16.480797v2.full.pdf+html
Emerging trends in direct air capture of CO2: a review of technology options targeting net-zero emissions
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/ra/d2ra07940b
Potential long-term impacts of biochar impacts on soils
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344923000484
BECCS opportunities in Brazil: Comparison of pre and post-combustion capture in a typical sugarcane mill
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750583623000294
The climate benefit of sequestration in soils for warming mitigation
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-022-00981-1
Asymmetric chloride-mediated electrochemical process for CO 2 removal from oceanwater
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2023/EE/D2EE03804H
Reconciling the paradox of soil organic carbon erosion by water
https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/635/2023/
A new soil-based approach for empirical monitoring of enhanced rock weathering rates (Preprint)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.05004
Valid inferences about soil carbon in heterogeneous landscapes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706122006309
Potential accumulation of toxic trace elements in soils during enhanced rock weathering
https://bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejss.13343
Decadal Trends in the Oceanic Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon from 1994 to 2014
Adsorption-Based Carbon Capture Applications
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/126192
Development of Novel Materials for Direct Air Capture of CO2: MIL-101 (Cr)-Amine Sorbents Evaluation Under Realistic Direct Air Capture Conditions
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1907464
Carbon dioxide removal–What’s worth doing? A biophysical and public need perspective
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000124
Assessment Ameliorating Global Warming Though Direct Air Capture
https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/isemss-22/125982058
Direct Air Capture of CO2 over Amine-Modified Hierarchical Silica
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02268
Surrogate modelling-assisted comparison of reactor schemes for carbon dioxide removal by enhanced weathering of minerals using seawater
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894723005351?via%3Dihub
GCAM-CDR v1.0: enhancing the representation of carbon dioxide removal technologies and policies in an integrated assessment model
https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1105/2023/
Study on robust absorption performance of hydrophilic membrane contactor for direct air capture
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383586622025357
Localized governance of carbon dioxide removal in Small Island Developing States
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4114319
Effects of precipitation seasonality, irrigation, vegetation cycle and soil type on enhanced weathering – modeling of cropland case studies across four sites
https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/19/3877/2022/
Ultra-fast microwave regeneration of CO2 solid sorbents for energy-efficient direct air capture
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383586622026107
Governance Of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea
Direct Air Capture Technology: An Investigation of Net Carbon Impacts
Automated deep reinforcement learning for real-time scheduling strategy of multi-energy system integrated with post-carbon and direct-air carbon captured system
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261922018906
Size-Fractionated Weathering of Olivine, Its CO2-Sequestration Rate, and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Nickel Release
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/2/235
Parametric and laboratory aging studies of direct CO2 air capture simulating ambient capture conditions and desorption of CO2 on supported alkaline adsorbents
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772656822000641
Electrospun Poly(vinyl alcohol)- l -Arginine Nanofiber Composites for Direct Air Capture of CO2
The representation of alkalinity and the carbonate pump from CMIP5 to CMIP6 ESMs and implications for the ocean carbon cycle (Preprint)
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2022/egusphere-2022-1041/
Carbon Dioxide Removal from Humid Atmosphere by a Porous Hierarchical Silicoaluminophosphate/Carbon Composite Adsorbent
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaenm.2c00208
A review of in situ/Operando studies of heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol
THESIS
Carbon Emissions: Can they be Fixed? An Economic Analysis of Carbfix Technologies for Geochemical Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
REPORTS
Enhanced Rock Weathering in the Global South: Exploring Potential for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity and Carbon dioxide Drawdown
Comprehensive sustainability assessment of geoengineering and other NETPs
How to make carbon removals work for climate action in the EU
Deep Dive: Biochar (BeZero)
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Thermal Engineering Laboratory (TE), have an open postdoctoral position available in the research domain of CO2 capture from ambient air. The job includes the design, development, and testing of a novel, solid sorbent-based direct air capture reactor which is suitable for a medium-scale DAC system relevant to the Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) production process. It captures CO2 from the ambient air and releases it as a CO2-rich gas for applications such as carbonated soft drinks.
Research Analyst, Carbon Removal | BeZero | London
BeZero Carbon is a global rating agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Our ratings allow all market participants to price and manage risk.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/research-analyst-carbon-removal-evmsy
DevOps Engineer (AWS) | BeZero | London
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/devops-engineer-aws-klyju
Engineering Manager | Carbon Direct | San Francisco, CA
Carbon Direct work as a scientific advisor to leading companies like Microsoft and Shopify to develop and fulfill their carbon commitments. Investing. They make direct investments into leading carbon removal & utilization companies. Carbon Direct Capital Management manages capital for institutional investors.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/engineering-manager-tebib
Senior Technical Product Manager | Carbon Direct | San Francisco, CA
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/senior-technical-product-manager-howhd
Head of Deployment | Heirloom | Remote
Heirloom use the natural carbon capture properties of abundant minerals to pull CO2 from the air, and store it permanently underground. We come to work every day to slow climate change, and are united behind a single, common goal - to remove 1 billion tons of CO2 from the sky by 2035, and to not stop before we get there.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/head-of-deployment-oaotj
Open Call - Robotics Development | Aigen | Kirkland, WA
At Aigen, we are automating land regeneration and conservation agriculture with small edge based robots. Our platform eliminates the need for unnecessary infrastructure, improves soil health, and reduces costs for farmers.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/open-call---robotics-development-jxduv
Planning & Project Controls Manager | Brilliant Palnet | Harpenden
Brilliant Planet is unlocking the power of algae as an affordable method of permanently and quantifiably sequestering carbon at the gigaton scale. The company’s innovative process enables vast quantities of microalgae to grow in open-air pond-based systems on coastal desert land. This is achieved without using fresh water, by harnessing a natural process that contributes to the health of oceans and air.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/planning--project-controls-manager-qyve8
Proposal Manager | Carbon America | Arvada, CO
Carbon America is the first vertically integrated company in the industry – a one-stop-shop of engineers, project managers, developers, and financiers focused on capturing more CO2 in shorter amounts of time and at lower costs.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/proposal-manager-wnepz
Senior Membrane Engineer | Captura | Pasadena, CA
Captura is developing CO2 capture and sequestration technology for extracting CO2 from oceanwater that is scalable to Mton/year - Gton/year to meet the rapidly growing demand in the carbon credit market. Captura's approach leads capture of high-purity CO2 and restores pH balance in oceanwater.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/senior-membrane-engineer-stjcc
SolidWorks PDM Administrator (80-100%) | Climeworks | Zurich
Leader in Direct Air Capture. Climeworks captures CO₂ from the air to fight global warming and protect future generations to come. We develop, build and operate direct air capture (DAC) machines, which capture CO₂ directly from the air. The air-captured carbon dioxide can either be recycled and reused as a raw material or completely removed from the air by safely storing it underground, permanently.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/solidworks-pdm-administrator-80-100-mjbkm
Software Engineer Full Stack & Web-Focus (80-100%) | Climeworks | Zurich
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/software-engineer-full-stack--web-focus-80-100-bqzu2
Lab Operations Manager, Materials Laboratory R&D | Carbon Upcycling | Southern Tier, NY
Carbon Upcycling Technologies (CUT) is a Canadian clean-tech company that is changing how the world views CO2 from a costly waste to a profitable commodity. With our propriety technology that manufactures CO2-enriched nanomaterials, we are adding performance and value to industries like concrete, polymers and adhesives, energy storage, solar PV, and more. By improving the products and processes of these fields, CO2 is integrated within a profitable value-chain. This encourages companies that produce waste CO2 to invest in carbon capture technologies so their CO2 can be sold to CUT as a revenue generating asset.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/lab-operations-manager-materials-laboratory-rd-olckq
Climate Policy Manager | Neustark | Bern
Neustark removes CO2 from the atmosphere, permanently stores it in recycled concrete, and cuts new emissions by reducing the use of cement.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/climate-policy-manager-fe8ym
Founder - Methane Abatement | Marble | Remote
Marble partner with scientists, engineers and operators to build deeptech startups that slash emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and create climate resilience.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/founder---methane-abatement-ieee0
Head of Policy and Strategy | AirCapture Berkeley, CA
At AirCapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, or sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/head-of-policy-and-strategy-g01o5
Senior Scientist, Geochemistry | Vesta | Duck, NC
Vesta adds carbon-removing sand made of the mineral olivine to coastal protection projects. There, the sand gradually dissolves, countering ocean acidification and permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/senior-scientist-geochemistry-zszqo
Other CDR/Sustainable Job Platforms
Carbon Removal Jobs Site
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/
Nature Tech Jobs
Climate Jobs
Terra Do
POSTS
Temple, James: 'These startups hope to spray iron particles above the ocean to fight climate change'
How much carbon does seaweed really sequester?
https://thefishsite.com/articles/how-much-carbon-does-seaweed-really-sequester
For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest
Merger Between Spark Climate Solutions And Methane Action Combines Two Leading Actors In The Methane Removal Field
Hearts and Minds - Why did the Saami Council oppose Harvard’s SCoPEx experiment?
Top 10 Carbon Removal Marketplaces In 2023
https://carbonherald.com/top-10-carbon-removal-marketplaces-in-2023/
Carbon Removals: The Danger of Desperation
https://atmos.earth/carbon-dioxide-removal-technology-cons/
Negative emission cogeneration technology
https://www.ricardo.com/en/innovation/solution-innovation/negative-emission-cogeneration-technology
Quantifying the role of seaweed as a nature based carbon capture and storage solution to reach net zero emissions
https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/397d0073-8a48-48ce-b9ee-db259101c23a
Can clay capture carbon dioxide?
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-clay-capture-carbon-dioxide.html
https://myclimatejourney.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-carbon-dioxide-removal#details
This episode is a really detailed conversation about what could be one of the most important new technologies for addressing climate change. Here’s some context: The world has started working to decarbonize virtually every sector of the economy. Yet, even if we had all the political and corporate will, investments and incentives one could imagine, this would still be an incredibly complex process that takes decades. And so, we’ll continue to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses for longer than we want. Essentially, the faucet will stay on, and we need other ways to reduce the amount of carbon in our atmosphere to slow and eventually reverse climate change. That’s where carbon removal and today’s conversation comes in.
Building soil carbon can create another income stream with Jada Dormaier | Secrets of the Soil Podcast with Regen Ray
Digging deep into all parts of the soil and carbon and soil. So we started talking about carbon farming and carbon sequestration, a lot of people like. The company is focusing on those vintage ones. And its play in the markets all across the world.
Counting trees – Liang | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ivoox.com/counting-trees-liang-audios-mp3_rf_103299164_amp_1.html
What counts as a tree, and how do you count trees? What do you do when you're surprised by a grizzly bear? How do you get data from despots? Will AI replace humans, when it comes to analysing ecological data? Do ecologists hibernate in winter? Jingjing Liang from Purdue answers all these questions, and more.
Heavy metal from weathering – Dupla | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
Xavier Dupla discusses heavy metal contamination of soil and water, following enhanced weathering soil treatment. How much is too much? And what can we have to clean up toxic residues? Citation: Dupla, X., Möller, B., Baveye, P.C. and Grand, S. (2023), Potential accumulation of toxic trace elements in soils during enhanced rock weathering. Eur J Soil Sci. Accepted Author Manuscript e13343. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13343
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
There's a playlist with more videos on the topic, you can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8369A27273314D8
Scrubbing the Skies: Wood Harvesting and Storage with Wood Vault for Durable Carbon Sequestration | Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCHxiZnNrw
Wood Harvesting and Storage (WHS) is a novel hybrid Nature-engineering method for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and semi-permanent sequestration. In this method, sustainably sourced woody biomass is buried in Wood Vault, an engineering structure designed to maintain anaerobic conditions to prevent wood decomposition. The storage accumulates indefinitely as wood accumulates in a near-geological state. Several entities around the world have commenced work on biomass burial projects. Proponents argue that the process could facilitate gigaton-scale CO2 removal in the US with an order of magnitude less land than we currently use for landfills.
This Is CDR Ep. 63: Carbon To Stone with Dr. Greeshma Gadikota | OpenAir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u-Lr8Re38s
In this episode of This Is CDR Toby and Megha welcome Carbon To Stone Founder Dr. Greeshma Gadikota of Cornell Engineering who will present the startup's novel DAC approach that replaces conventional solvent regeneration using heat or pressure changes with direct mineralization of low-cost alkaline wastes such as steel slag, significantly reducing the energy, and thus the cost, required. The captured CO₂ is durably stored as solid carbonate materials that can be used for building materials and other industrial purposes.
Maddie Hall of Living Carbon | Techonomy Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBA_ec3p8iA
Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.
Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) - a ClimateWorks production | Ocean carbon dioxide removal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brl4-xa9DTY
4-min animated video introducing oceanic carbon pumps and highlighting potential approaches to accelarate the ocean's uptake of atmospheric CO2 to counteract climate change. Learn more at www.oceancdr.net
Carbon Dioxide Removal | University of California Television (UCTV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAEdFX8YhZw
In order to reach global net-zero emissions by 2050, we must remove CO2 from the atmosphere as well as prevent further emissions. Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) can be accomplished naturally -- through forests, soil sequestration, or mineralization -- and technologically. In fact, we will need both natural and technological CDR methods to get to net-zero. So what methods exist that remove carbon from the atmosphere? What are their respective costs, how do they compare, and which are already on the market?
Sparking solutions for hard-to-mitigate methane emissions | Methane Emissions Technology Alliance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-ye-OsEH4&t=6s
Spark is a new non-profit focused on accelerating progress in emerging climate fields, starting with a focus on methane removal and enteric methane. Come hear how they view the broader methane solution ecosystem and risks, and how they're approaching roadmapping and field-building in these spaces, in order to help accelerate overall progress towards solution development and policy support.\
Andy Reisinger: Managing the risk of climate change overshoot in the Asia-Pacific? | C2G Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAicmLxegIU
Andy Reisinger, Vice-Chair of IPCC, Visiting Fellow, Climate Change Institute, Fenner School of Environment and Society, College of Science, Australian National University, provided a keynote presentation, 'How to situate CarbonDioxide Removal and Solar Radiation Modification in the context of the global climate crisis and temperature overshoot' at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) hybrid event for the 7th session of the Committee on Environment and Development of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
Your Daily Scoop in CDR! | Foundation for Climate Restoration