News24 | Biochar Boom? South Africa Bets on Super Charcoal for Green Jobs

News24 | Biochar boom? South Africa bets on super charcoal for green jobs

The biochar sector is seen as one answer to both job creation and carbon capture, but the young industry is struggling with a lack of South African data and funding support, experts say.

The £59m carbon-capture pipeline that could create hundreds of jobs

Hundreds of new jobs will be create by a scheme to build a pipeline to capture carbon emitted by factories in the Peak District and transfer it for storage below the Irish Sea, the Government has said.The Peak Cluster project is expected to support more than 2,000 existing jobs in the Derbyshire-Staffordshire region and create 1,200 construction roles to build the pipeline and capture plants.The carbon capture pipeline network would link five ma…

UK Fund Invests Millions in Carbon Capture Project

A government -backed fund is pledging more than £2 for a carbon capture project. Energy secretary Ed Miliband has said that workers in “Britain’s manufacturing heartlands” will benefit from the investment in the Peak Cluster works. Peak Cluster is working towards a pipeline that will take carbon emissions from cement and lime companies in the Peak District and store them below the Irish Sea. The £28.6 million is coming from the National Wealth F…

Reeves pours millions into Peak District carbon capture scheme

Chancellor’s National Wealth Fund backs plan to store cement and lime factory emissions underground

Peak Cluster carbon capture project 'could boost hundreds of jobs'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Peak Cluster project would modernise the cement and lime industry.

National Wealth Fund invests in major carbon capture project - UK Construction Online

Thousands of jobs could be created across Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the North West thanks to a £28.6 million National Wealth Fund investment in a major carbon capture project