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DIRECT AIR CAPTURE
Johnson Matthey partners with Noya to make sorbents

UK’s Johnson Matthey and US- carbon removal credits, which enable in road vehicles, Johnson Matthey is
based start-up Noya have established a companies to meet their ambitious uniquely positioned to support the ambi-
partnership to manufacture Noya’s sustainability goals – related to both tious scale up of Noya facilities over
proprietary sorbent, the fi lter at the heart of carbon and water. the next decade,” the company said.
its direct air capture (DAC) approach.
Noya is bringing its pilot facility Mr. Anish Taneja, Johnson Matthey,
DAC is a promising form of car- online in the San Francisco Bay Area Clean Air Chief Executive, said, “We
bon dioxide removal in which CO is and, in parallel, selecting the sites for are only at the foothills of what is pos-
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captured directly from the atmosphere its fi rst commercial facilities. sible in decarbonising through direct air
and permanently stored, usually under- capture projects. It’s an industry with
ground, or utilised as a feedstock for Johnson Matthey will leverage its a big future and our partnership with
decarbonised products. Unlike point source expertise to produce the sorbent with Noya can begin to shift the dial on this
carbon capture, which is performed a facility, equipment, and techniques young industry. Capturing CO from
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at the source of emissions, such as a that have been used to produce tens of the air is an immense challenge and one
steel plant, DAC can be performed in a millions of parts for the automotive we are committed to making a success
variety of locations around the world. industry. “As a leader in advanced of it with Noya. With their start-up out-
metals chemistry and clean air technology, look and our many years of expertise, I
Noya’s system provides clean water having pioneered the catalytic converter believe we can accelerate this market
and grid services alongside high-quality 50 years ago to remove pollutants and reduce costs for this new technology.”

Pearl Partners ropes in TotalEnergies to install solar

power systems at its three facilities in UAE

Pearl Group, a Dubai-based provider
of polyurethane (PU) insulation solu-
tions and other PU-based applications,
has partnered with France’s TotalEner-
gies to install solar photovoltaic (PV)
systems at three of its production faci-
lities in the UAE. This is part of Pearl’s
commitment to sustainability and reduc-
ing its carbon footprint by cutting its
annual CO emissions by 568-tonnes.
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In collaboration with TotalEnergies,
Pearl has installed a total of 1,653 solar
PV rooftop panels with a total installed
capacity of 821 kilowatt-peak (KWp).
Together, the three Dubai facilities will
produce 1,336-MWh of energy a year.

Mr. Hamady SY, Managing Director
of TotalEnergies Renewables Distribu- journey by solarization of these three key services that help solar energy add
ted Generation, Middle East and Africa, plants, which showcase the potential value to businesses, we are committed
said, “TotalEnergies is pleased to part- for renewable energy integration within to supporting our partners in achieving
ner with Pearl on its decarbonisation industrial operations. By providing turn- their sustainability goals.”

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