Day: 30 September 2024

British Gas joins major consortium aspiring to decarbonise up to 1,000 social housing homes

Stuart Mitchell

British Gas has joined a consortium, alongside NatWest, Places for People, Sero and Tallarna, aimed at revolutionising the retrofitting of social housing. The trial, which will be desktop piloted on 1,000 homes owned by Places for People, will see a new financial model look to quantify the environmental, financial and health benefits for residents while acting as a real-world testbed for reducing the upfront cost of net zero for landlords.  The approach will potentially bring energy savings to social housing residents and reduce the upfront cost barrier by exploring alternative…

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RepAir Carbon US Inc. and C-Questra launch the EU’s first onshore carbon dioxide removal project

Stuart Mitchell

Partnership between two pioneering carbon tech startups on French soil gives new hope for Europe’s competitiveness in decarbonisation race. RepAir Carbon US Inc., developer of a uniquely energy-efficient Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, and C-Questra, an independent European carbon storage startup, recently announced a strategic partnership to develop the European Union’s first onshore Direct Air Capture and Storage (DACS) project in France. This project is promising for a number of reasons: it is the first onshore Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) project of its kind in the EU which eliminates the…

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DRIFT plans first green hydrogen producing vessel with close of seed round

Stuart Mitchell

DRIFT Energy, a British startup set to make green energy at sea using hi-tech sailing vessels, has announced the close of its seed funding round. Led by Octopus Ventures, one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, and with support from Blue Action Accelerator, the company has secured a total of £4.65 million, enabling it to scale and realise its ambition to start vessel production next year. DRIFT Energy is committed to driving the transition to clean energy worldwide by deploying a fleet…

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RAF using sustainable aviation fuel

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Air Force is ensuring Britain is secure in a more sustainable manner using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with normal jet fuel on routine operations for the first time. Aircraft including Typhoon and Poseidon submarine hunters, operating from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, have been using a blend of conventional and SAF in a first for the air force as they take to the skies to defend the UK and allies. During November 2023 to February 2024 four million litres of blended sustainable aviation fuel were delivered…

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Climeworks receives first ever AAA rating from BeZero Carbon

Stuart Mitchell

Climeworks has long been committed to high quality, durable and measurable carbon removal. As they wrote last year in “Why Third Party Verification Matters,” while it is critical to increase the supply of carbon removal on the market as fast as possible, reaching the gigaton target should not come at the expense of high-quality criteria. That’s why the company are particularly thrilled to share their Orca plant has achieved a groundbreaking BeZero Carbon Rating of AAA. Not only is this the highest rating in the industry, it is also the…

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