Rendering of the ocean-based carbon dioxide–removal demonstration plant in Singapore. // PHOTO: Charles Grace
March 6, 2024
BY UCLA
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Alt Carbon has made history as the first India-headquartered company to receive a prepurchase agreement from the prestigious Frontier, the advance market commitment for carbon removal. The purchase will help support the startup’s Darjeeling Revival Project, a breakthrough initiative that combines innovative carbon removal technologies with the revival of India’s historic tea estates.
The Washington State Department of Commerce announced 46 grants funded by the Washington Climate Commitment Act with additional state funding to boost clean energy technology innovation and support clean energy planning, design and construction projects throughout the state.
Worley has been working with VPI since 2022 to deliver the front-end engineering design for the carbon capture retrofit at the Immingham plant. Under this new contract Worley will support the engineering, procurement, and construction development phase. This will help to prepare for the EPC of the project, pending a final investment decision next year.
The Australian Government is supporting new ways to capture carbon dioxide and put it to use, to help reduce emissions from hard-to-abate industries and advance Australia’s net zero transformation. Through the Carbon Capture Technologies Program, the government is investing $65 million in 7 projects that will use emerging technologies to decarbonize hard-to-abate industrial processes and directly remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Synergia Energy Limited announced the commencement of a farm out process concerning its Medway Hub Camelot CCS project in the UK. Synergia and its partner, Wintershall Dea, each hold a 50% interest in the CS019 Camelot carbon storage license, with Synergia as designated operator.