{"id":51143,"date":"2018-03-19T07:26:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=51143"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:34:37","slug":"climeworks-contracts-mark-first-time-a-company-is-commissioned-to-permanently-remove-co2-directly-from-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/climeworks-contracts-mark-first-time-a-company-is-commissioned-to-permanently-remove-co2-directly-from-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Climeworks contracts mark first time a company is commissioned to permanently remove CO<sub>2<\/sub> directly from atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Climeworks establishes new market mechanism to help achieve climate goals <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses unique Carbon Dioxide Removal technology to reverse customer emissions <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>South Pole Energy Challenge and ClimateWorks Foundation first customers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-51141\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Swans-at-South-Pole-with-CW-flag-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"Swans-at-South-Pole-with-CW-flag-768x576\" width=\"501\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2018\/03\/Swans-at-South-Pole-with-CW-flag-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2018\/03\/Swans-at-South-Pole-with-CW-flag-768x576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2018\/03\/Swans-at-South-Pole-with-CW-flag-768x576-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Swiss firm Climeworks has signed several historic contracts for its new Carbon Dioxide Removal solution, marking the first time a company is commissioned to permanently remove the carbon dioxide of its customers from the atmosphere. During last year\u2019s international climate talks in Bonn, Climeworks announced the creation of a new market mechanism using Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to help achieve the world\u2019s climate goals. Customers can now reverse the effect of unavoidable emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, through Climeworks removing an equivalent amount of CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground via the CarbFix process in Iceland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first customers to sign up for the Carbon Dioxide Removal solution are Robert Charles Swan and his son Barney, who recently completed the South Pole Energy Challenge &#8211; the first polar expedition using only renewable energies. The pair skied 965km using a NASA designed ice melter, passive solar vacuum flasks, and advanced biofuels for survival. The expedition signed up with Climeworks to reverse emissions stemming from flights and associated logistics to make the expedition net positive. Robert and Barney comment: \u201cOur expedition is committed to showing the world how important reducing carbon emissions is for the future of our planet. The answers are simple: tangibly remove CO<sub>2<\/sub> through emission solutions like Climeworks technology, reforestation projects, and carbon policy. Through engaging with big and small commitments surrounding sustainability, we intend to clean up 326 million tons of CO<sub>2<\/sub> over the next 6 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second customer is ClimateWorks Foundation, an NGO that works globally to strengthen the philanthropic sector\u2019s response to climate change. Program manager Jess Lam said, \u201cInvesting in diversified portfolios of clean energy technologies today will create new markets and opportunities that accelerate decarbonization and help the world meet its climate goals.\u201d ClimateWorks signed up to the Climeworks solution to reverse the impact of so-called Scope Two and Three emissions, which according to carbon accounting standards, are the indirect emissions created by services and products purchased by an organization, including office electricity use, business travel, and employee commuting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Climeworks<\/h3>\n<p>Founded by engineers Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher, Climeworks\u2019 technology involves scalable DAC plants that capture atmospheric CO<sub>2<\/sub> with a filter, using mainly low- grade heat as an energy source. Last May, Climeworks made history by opening the world\u2019s first commercial DAC plant in Hinwil, Switzerland which supplies captured CO<sub>2<\/sub> to a nearby greenhouse to help grow vegetables. Last October the company also announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climeworks establishes new market mechanism to help achieve climate goals Uses unique Carbon Dioxide Removal technology to reverse customer emissions South Pole Energy Challenge and ClimateWorks Foundation first customers Swiss firm Climeworks has signed several historic contracts for its new Carbon Dioxide Removal solution, marking the first time a company is commissioned to permanently remove [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,5571],"tags":[10744],"supplier":[14295,5419],"class_list":["post-51143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","category-co2-based","tag-carboncapture","supplier-climateworks-foundation","supplier-climeworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51143"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=51143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}