Weekly data: CCS barely denting the emissions of ExxonMobil
Emissions data shows that carbon capture and storage has a long way to go if energy companies are serious about using the technology to decarbonise.
Tech / Carbon removal
Carbon removal
Opinion: Why the energy transition will fail without technology and trees
Research suggests little conflict between stemming biodiversity loss and a massive buildout of renewables, but opinions differ widely over the use of forests, and over-simplistic decisions about the role of wood in the energy transition must be avoided.
Why Drax is pushing CO2 removal as a key climate tool
Drax is out to prove that applying carbon capture and storage technologies to biomass-fired energy production is vital to get to net zero. Energy Monitor spoke to the UK power company's CEO Will Gardiner.
HeidelbergCement: Link net-zero goals to take-home pay
Board member Jon Morrish explains how the world’s number two cement maker intends to eliminate its CO2 emissions. Carbon capture, use and storage will be key.
Corporate investors circle climate tech pioneers
Venture capitalists are pouring money into the next climate tech pioneers – with corporate venture arms in the vanguard.
White Papers
CCU: Dangerous distraction or essential for the energy transition?
Carbon capture and use can reduce, recycle or even remove emissions from the atmosphere, but its role in climate action depends on the carbon’s origin and destination.
The business case for CO2 removal in a net-zero world
The question is not whether trees, CCS and direct air capture are needed, but what will deliver carbon removal at scale.
CCS plant aims to slash emissions and waste
A waste-to-energy plant in Oslo, Norway, plans to use carbon capture and storage technology to reduce emissions by 90%.
After the Ten Point Plan: Next steps to net zero
The UK government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution sketches out a map to a net-zero economy, but much still needs to be filled in.
Clean energy investors are betting on Biden
US clean energy stocks appear to have priced in a Biden win. But with policy details hazy and progress uncertain, the sector isn’t home and dry.
Renewables: more popular, cheaper and create more jobs than fossils
Renewable power is not generating more electricity than fossil fuels in Europe. Will this phenomenon disappear in the Covid recovery?
How carbon offsets can help solve climate change
What are carbon offsets, and can they really help avert the climate crisis? Or do they risk making it worse?
CCS in the UK depends on far more policy support
There is broad consensus that carbon capture and storage is a key factor in reducing industrial emissions, but a lack of decisive government action is stalling development.
