Trump’s Department of Energy is planning to terminate awards for the two major Direct Air Capture Hubs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Louisiana and Texas, Heatmap has learned. An internal agency project list shared with Heatmap names nearly $24 billion worth of grants with their status designated as “terminated,” including the Occidental Petroleum’s South Texas DAC Hub as well as Project Cypress, a joint venture between DAC startups Heirloom and Climeworks. Christoph G...| Heatmap News
A University of Waterloo Engineering research team is exploring how to transform carbon dioxide (CO₂) into sustainable fuel capable of powering aircraft with net-zero carbon emissions, a goal that could address the aviation sector’s dependence on fossil fuels. Led by UWaterloo’s Dr. Eric Croiset, professor of chemical engineering, the study proposes capturing CO₂ directly from […] The post UWaterloo researchers explore turning captured CO2 into net-zero aviation fuel appeared first ...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Houston-based Occidental Petroleum is gearing up to start removing CO2 from the atmosphere at its $1.3 billion direct air capture (DAC) project in the Midland-Odessa area. Vicki Hollub, president and CEO of Occidental, said during the company’s recent second-quarter earnings call that the Stratos project — being developed by carbon capture and sequestration subsidiary 1PointFive — is on track to begin capturing CO2 later this year. “We are immensely proud of the achievements to date a...| InnovationMap
Houston-based Occidental Petroleum is gearing up to start removing CO2 from the atmosphere at its $1.3 billion direct air capture (DAC) project in the Midland-Odessa area. Vicki Hollub, president and CEO of Occidental, said during the company’s recent second-quarter earnings call that the Stratos project — being developed by carbon capture and sequestration subsidiary 1PointFive — is on track to begin capturing CO2 later this year. “We are immensely proud of the achievements to date a...| Energy Capital
16-year-old Varin Sikka's invention, the AirCat direct air capture device, earned him a 2024 Gloria Barron Young Hero Award. Hear his inspiring story.| Earth911