Conventional Energy

Verdox wins $1M XPRIZE carbon removal award along with partner Carbfix

BusinessWire    ·    April 22, 2022

Verdox, an electric carbon capture and removal startup spun out of MIT, was announced as a winner of the $1M XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone award. This XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition is the largest incentive prize in history and the XPRIZE Carbon Removal teams represent the largest collection of innovators working on carbon removal. Phase two of the competition will see an additional $80M distributed among three winners in 2025.

Podcast: What are the right (and wrong) ways to do carbon capture and storage?

The Economy, Land and Climate Podcast    ·    April 8, 2022

MITEI Senior Research Engineer Howard Herzog discusses the role that carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) can have in combatting climate change, the different forms of CCUS, and the challenges the technology has to overcome.

Can carbon capture reverse climate change?

Bloomberg Green    ·    March 23, 2022

MITEI Senior Research Engineer Howard Herzog explains the different facets of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) in a deep dive video by Bloomberg Green. He explores this suite of negative emissions technologies and how companies are using CCUS to combat climate change.