GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

The related storage and computing operations rely on massive data centers around the world that are packed with computers that chug energy 24 hours a day. The two companies both backed Canada’s CarbonCure , a startup that removes carbon from the atmosphere and chemically traps it in concrete. Click to enlarge.

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Vox

AUGUST 7, 2023

Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. Better superconducting materials, then, or ones requiring much less cooling, could bring us closer to fusion reactors that generate net power.

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GeekWire

MAY 30, 2024

The team developed its own technology to capture the carbon with a filter that includes a solid, non-toxic sorbent material. But many of these technologies and markets are still being developed and there’s more carbon available than there is demand for it. Shane Johnson, co-founder, CEO and president of CarbonQuest.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory chemical engineer Dushyant Barpagaare is using a laboratory continuous flow system to study solvents that can capture carbon from the air. Here’s a roundup of some key Pacific Northwest efforts to develop and support new carbon capture technology: PNNL’s research innovation.

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