Climeworks Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:37:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Coca Cola Signs Deal to Use Captured CO2 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coca-cola-signs-deal-use-captured-co2-20181221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coca-cola-signs-deal-use-captured-co2-20181221/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:36:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67681 Coca Cola will be using carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere in their fizzy mineral water. Carbon capture has been a quite hot topic in the last couple of years. Numerous companies have been trying to make use of the unwanted atmospheric gas in various industries. Products range from mattresses, to jewelry, and even carbon […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coca-cola-signs-deal-use-captured-co2-20181221/feed/ 0 67681 Swiss Startup Climeworks Opens Facility in Italy, Turns CO2 into Natural Gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-startup-climeworks-opens-facility-in-italy-turns-co2-into-natural-gas-20181009/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-startup-climeworks-opens-facility-in-italy-turns-co2-into-natural-gas-20181009/#respond Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:05:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67348 Swiss startup Climeworks is championing new technology that helps in the fight against climate change. While many sectors are focusing on reducing future emissions by developing more effective fuels and technology, Climeworks is in the business of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide already released by human activity, even so far as creating ‘negative emissions’ […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swiss-startup-climeworks-opens-facility-in-italy-turns-co2-into-natural-gas-20181009/feed/ 0 67348 Climeworks has opened a third carbon dioxide capturing plant https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climeworks-plant-capturing-carbon-dioxide-20181005/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climeworks-plant-capturing-carbon-dioxide-20181005/#respond Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:21:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67304   Climeworks, a Swiss startup, opened its third plant in the world to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Because we have been delaying zero emissions, it’s likely that the upcoming report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will emphasize the need for techniques to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Without ‘negative […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climeworks-plant-capturing-carbon-dioxide-20181005/feed/ 0 67304 Climeworks: World’s First Carbon Capture Plant Turns CO2 Into Usable Fuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climeworks-plant-co2-usable-fuel/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climeworks-plant-co2-usable-fuel/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:48:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57645 Climeworks was founded in 2009 by Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher. These two young minds knew that CO₂ was harmful to the atmosphere and in turn the world needed to find a way to remove it from the air, or as much as they could. ETH Zurich and Swiss Federal Laboratories provided collaboration for the filtration process. […]

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