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📰 Breaking news!   Woodside Energy and Rice University have just announced a pivotal five-year collaboration, marking a significant stride towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing lower carbon solutions.   Woodside is investing a substantial $12.5 million to establish the Woodside-Rice Decarbonisation Accelerator. Using innovative cold plasma technology, the accelerator will transform captured carbon dioxide and methane into valuable products like advanced batteries and transistors.   This isn't just funding; it's a commitment to turn cutting-edge decarbonisation technology from Rice's labs into market-ready solutions and leverage the power of people, collaboration, and innovation to create a greener, more sustainable world.   #greentransition #sustainability #innovation #decarbonisation #netzero #energytransition #carboncapture

AiCarbon is pleased to announce that Rio Tinto is joining the company as a shareholder, having completed the acquisition of a 14.15% interest. The investment comes at an exciting time for Australian Integrated Carbon, as we see increasing demand for high-quality carbon credits in the Australian market. The investment will enable AiCarbon to execute its growth strategy to meet this growing demand, as we develop our pipeline of new carbon farming projects in partnership with local landholders, Traditional Owners, and the communities in which we operate. Rio Tinto joins AiCarbon alongside existing shareholders, Japan Integrated Carbon (a joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK Line) and Bentleys SA (Bentleys Carbon Fund), who both elected to reinvest as part of this competitive process. The AiCarbon Team is thrilled to receive this boost to its project development agenda, and we are already getting on with the business of delivering results for client landholders and shareholders alike, and the Australian landscape! #knowyourfootprint #carbon #carbonfarming #regenerativeagriculture #climatechange #climateaction #carbonneutral #netzero #carboncredits #carbonoffsets #safeguardmechanism #carbonabatement

RBC Capital Markets is pleased to have acted as exclusive financial adviser to Ardian Infrastructure on its acquisition of Attero, one of the largest waste treatment and recycling companies in the Netherlands. Attero owns two of the largest and most efficient energy-from-waste plants in Western Europe, anaerobic digestion plants for biomethane production, composting facilities, mineral recycling and depository locations, post-separation installations and plastic recycling capacity. Attero’s growth opportunities in Carbon Capture Storage, renewable energy and biomethane production drive decarbonization, as well as contribution to the Energy Transition and Circular Economy. Our involvement in this landmark transaction demonstrates the strength of RBC Capital Markets’ leading Utilities and Renewables franchise and support towards the Circular Economy. http://spr.ly/6043PpnXT

Here's a great explainer about #greenamonia co-written from Will Dabbar from Energy Capital Ventures via University of Chicago. Paul Dabbar, you must be proud! #energyinnovation #amonia #scienceandtechnology #chemicalmanufacturing

Sunlight Group keeps developing and growing its business footprint in the European energy market. We are thrilled to welcome to our enlarged team Ubatt GmbH, fully acquired by Sunlight Recycling. This acquisition reflects Sunlight’s focus on advancing the renewable energy landscape, as Ubatt is a key player in pioneering eco-friendly recycling practices. Sustainable investments will continue to be a strategic choice for Sunlight Group, leading the way for positive change as we transition to a future powered by clean energy! As the Group CEO Mr. Bisalas underlines: “We are confident that this acquisition will contribute to the realization of our vision for a more sustainable and environmentally conscious world, across all the geographies we operate, while it will fortify our supply chain by integrating additional and sustainable materials”. Read more here: https://loom.ly/_ElEqag #Recycling #Sustainability #Acquisition #Investments #ValueChain

MA’s Greatest Opportunity Jon Chesto of the Boston Globe reviews what seems to me to be the greatest commercial opportunity ever encountered in the storied, centuries long, history of Massachsuetts business. One that holds exponentionally greater opportunity for creating family and community supporting union jobs in MA than Life Sciences. MA is at the end of the energy pipeline and exports tens of billions of dollars annually for dirty power mostly extracted and trafficked through historically marginalized communities. Meanwhile, as that most Massachusetts-like genius - the father of public schools - Horace Mann observed: “lacking all other natural resources, Massachusetts has invested in the infinite resource of the human intellect and that has made all the difference.” Indeed, it has. As advanced by the MA constitution (the world’s oldest created by convention, still enforced & the blueprint for the US Consitition), Horace Mann and nation leading state laws, MA commitment to “mining the human intellect” included 8 years of public IEP Special Ed for the author of this post. As well as the development of the nation leading MassCEC that followed private capital through invested in Sustainability Roundtable Inc (“SR Inc.”), which I incorporated. SR Inc’s world-leading MA HQ’s member-clients like Akamai, Biogen, Teradyne, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Wayfair have all made MA home because of our collective commitment to helping to unlock human potential. These global leaders have also led in making the SR Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB) the leading platform for corporate aggregated procurement of #utilityscale #renewableenergy. Driving towards a Gigawatt of new utility scale renewable energy projects caused in the U.S. and Europe before YE 2024. This has all enabled the growing, Boston based, SR Inc to have a remarkable vantage point on the world-wide move to healthier, more reliable, lower cost power that is also far more sustainable. As we represent the world’s highest credit Buyers in designing & managing competitions for the world’s most accomplished Suppliers. Boston and MA are once again at the insitgating heart of a global revolution that up to 2024 has been year after year under appreciated. It’s a revolution from a “scarcity” based framework of Resource Economics to an abundance based framework of #ManufacturingEconomcs with its #LearningRates and #ExponentialAdoption curves. And it the Bay State’s greatest opportunity. As provides Bay Staters with chance to lead the world’s largest economy in the U.S. (with the federal government now providing tens of billions in relevant annual subsidies) “on the ground” through both innovation and implementation in MA. If you are interested in educational, non-profit, efforts to support MA’s move to leadership in the global move to healthier, more affordable and and more #sustainablepower, please see: https://lnkd.in/ecMKm_ka #mapoli

This week, Wolftank Group is participating in the 11th Hamburg Investor Days, hosted by Montega AG. Our Group Executive Board member, Simon Reckla, will be giving an overview presentation on Wolftank and engaging in numerous investor one-on-ones. These sessions are a cornerstone of the event, known for fostering meaningful connections between companies and investors. It is a perfect opportunity to outline our dedication to advancing environmental sustainability by developing the infrastructure necessary for zero-emission mobility and providing insights into our strategic approaches within the hydrogen market. This is a further step highlighting Wolftank Group’s contributions to the energy transition.   #HamburgerInvestorentage #montega #capitalmarkets #Energizingthefuture

#investments #resins&rawmaterials #sustainability- Cracker of an investment by Borealis- https://lnkd.in/exeeE-25 #plastics #packaging #sustainablepackaging #packagingdesign

We’re thrilled to be working with TLGY Acquisition Corporation and Verde, who are setting the new standard for the global plastics industry.    TLGY Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: TLGY) is a Hong Kong-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with deep roots in private equity and transformational operations.    Verde Bioresins is an innovative and sustainable materials science organization that has pioneered its flagship bioplastic, PolyEarthylene, an economically feasible, durable, and compostable alternative to traditional plastics.     With the potential to address nearly half of the $600B global plastics market, Verde’s products are well-positioned for market adoption at a significant scale. Providing distinct advantages to manufacturers, PolyEarthylene is one of the lowest-cost biodegradable bioplastics in the industry while being compatible with existing plastics manufacturing processes. For consumers, PolyEarthylene products are curbside recyclable and landfill biodegradable.    TLGY and Verde have entered into a definitive business combination agreement, and the combined company is expected to list its common stock on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VRDE.”     Last week, Jin-Goon Kim, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of TLGY Acquisition Corporation, and Brian D. Gordon, Chairman, President and COO of Verde, sat down with Nasdaq Listings Host Kristina Ayanian to discuss their upcoming business combination on the series Live From Nasdaq MarketSite.    Watch the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gE2cgA_5   NASDAQ: TLGY | #spac #bioplastics #sustainability #cleantech #innovation 

Very interesting presentation at the SmartPortRdam Summit by my TNO colleague Frank Wubbolts on the implications of the feedstock transformation from fossil to circular carbon for the fuels and chemicals industry in the Netherlands. Looking forward to the outcome of this study next year. SmartPortRdam VEMOBIN VNCI Fieldlab Industrial Electrification SmartPortRdam Port of Rotterdam #renewablecarbon #circularity #feedstocktransition #chemicalindustry #refining #carbon #energytransition #industrytransformation #systemchange