Curated in partnership with Global CO2 Initiative Director, Dr. Volker Sick, the CCUS Transformation Map is now live on the World Economic Forum’s Strategic Intelligence site. Legacy carbon dioxide emissions must be removed as a new, net-zero-carbon economy is being built. CO2 capture, utilization, and storage have the potential to both contribute to gigatonne-scale removal,…
“There is enormous procurement power that is not really being used very well. If governments specified buying carbon sequestered materials, they could use the same dollars they’re using now and have some sustainability progress to show for it.” This newsletter issue features Brent Constantz, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Blue PlaneA serial entrepreneur with expertise…
Today’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law provides a dramatic boost for efforts to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. The new law calls for major tax reductions for systems that sequester CO2 in geological formations as well as those that re-use CO2 by embedding it within products…
This summer the GCI welcomed a fantastic group of U-M students from a variety of academic disciplines on board. The summer intern student team is working on a research project in conjunction with the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, an organization composed of the governors of eight midwestern states and the premiers…
We are inviting emerging companies in our space to apply for Innovation for Impact – Climate Change. This company-in-residence program is offered through our Center for Entrepreneurship and offers emerging companies an opportunity to work with student teams for two semesters (January until December with a break during the summer) on a project defined by…
Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies By Barbara Olfe-Kräutlein, Katy Armstrong, Michele Mutchek, Lorenzo Cremonese, & Volker Sick To realize their full sustainability potential, carbon dioxide utilization technologies (carbon capture and utilization/CCU) presently require policy support. Consequently, they require acceptance among a variety of stakeholders in industry, policy making, and…
