US: Oxy Low Carbon Ventures awarded Project Tundra carbon storage consulting services contract
15 Dec 2020
Occidental, has been awarded a contract to provide Carbon Storage Consulting Services for Project Tundra, an initiative led by Minnkota Power Cooperative, to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility at the Milton R. Young Station – a coal-fired power plant, near Center, North Dakota.
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures awarded Project Tundra carbon storage contract
A leader in the multi-disciplinary execution of carbon management, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures will advise Minnkota on the safe design and overall requirements of Project Tundra’s storage facility. Oxy Low Carbon Ventures leverages Occidental’s 40+ years of carbon management expertise, in which it safely processes, transports and stores approx. 20 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually in its operations.
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(United Airlines) United will meet this ambitious goal by making industry-leading investments in new technology and sustainable fuels – not from buying carbon offsets United Airlines today (December 10, 2020) is taking its most ambitious step yet in leading the fight against climate change: pledging to become 100% green by reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 100% by 2050. United, which in 2018 became the first U.S. airline to commit to reducing its GHG emissions by 50% by 2050, will advance towards carbon neutrality by committing to a multimillion-dollar investment in revolutionary atmospheric carbon capture technology known as Direct Air Capture – rather than indirect measures like carbon-offsetting – in addition to continuing to invest in the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With this unprecedented announcement, United becomes the first airline in the world to announce a commitment to invest in Direct Air Capture technology.
14 December 2020
United Airlines has pledged to remove 100 per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The carrier, which in 2018 became the first United States-based airline to commit to reducing its greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent by 2050, will advance towards carbon neutrality by committing to a multimillion-dollar investment in revolutionary atmospheric carbon capture technology known as direct air capture.
The airline said it would mean less focus on indirect measures like carbon-offsetting.
In addition, United said it was continuing to invest in the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel.
With the announcement, United becomes the first airline in the world to offer a commitment to invest in direct air capture technology.
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