CCS and CCUS
The four-horse race to decarbonise steel
The steel industry accounts for roughly 8% of global CO2 emissions. The sector is considered critical to the world’s net-zero…
Opinion: Europe can lead the world on CCS
The European Commission will lay out a strategic vision for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in Europe in 2023,…
Can BECCS be saved from the net-zero scrapheap?
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, or BECCS, sounds like the perfect net-zero solution: grow some form of plant material,…
Global CCS capacity grows 44% in a year
The world’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity grew by 44% over the past year, according to new figures released…
Weekly data: Hydrogen demand back to above pre-pandemic levels in 2021
Global hydrogen demand grew by 5% in 2021, recovering to above pre-pandemic 2019 levels, according to the International Energy Agency…
Puro.earth launches ‘Pre-CORCs’ to validate future CO2 removals
Puro.earth, the Finnish carbon removals marketplace, standard-setter and registry, recently unveiled ‘Pre-CORC’ certificates that let companies prepay for projected CO2…
Dutch students develop car that actually captures CO2
A team of students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a sustainable electric passenger car…
Carbon capture rate overstated – IEEFA
The efficacy of industrial carbon capture technology is being overstated, according to new research from US think tank the Institute…
North-west Europe primed for CCUS, but where’s the investment?
The Port of Antwerp in Belgium, Europe’s second-busiest container port, has long been identified as a site with great potential…
Opinion: Record profits give oil majors an opportunity to invest in the energy transition. They’re blowing it.
Like a lot of people, I was horrified when Shell’s second-quarter results hit my inbox last week – $11.5bn in…