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Tencent Announces Winners of Flagship CarbonX Program to Combat Climate Change

Tencent Announces Winners of Flagship CarbonX Program to Combat Climate Change

腾讯宣布应对气候变化的旗舰CarbonX计划的获胜者
PR Newswire ·  05/23 10:06

SHENZHEN, China, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent (00700.HK) is awarding 13 exceptional teams that won the first phase of its groundbreaking CarbonX Program, which is aimed at boosting promising new climate technologies. The winners, which emerged from a pool of 30 finalists and more than 300 initial applications, will receive a total of around RMB 100 million (US$14 million) in financial support from Tencent. It showcases the company's commitment to driving sustainable social innovations in the fight against climate change.

中国深圳,2024年5月23日 /PRNewswire/ — 腾讯(00700.HK)将奖励13支优秀团队,他们赢得了其开创性的CarbonX计划的第一阶段,该计划旨在促进有前途的新气候技术。获胜者从30名决赛入围者和300多份初始申请中脱颖而出,将获得腾讯总额约1亿元人民币(合1,400万美元)的资金支持。它展示了该公司致力于推动可持续社会创新的承诺,以应对气候变化。

CarbonX was launched in March 2023 to advance the next generation of low-carbon technologies. Tencent has committed RMB 200 million (US$28 million) in catalytic funding over the next three years to innovative ideas that might otherwise languish or fail to gain traction.

CarbonX 于 2023 年 3 月推出,旨在推进下一代低碳技术。腾讯已承诺在未来三年内提供2亿元人民币(合2800万美元)的催化资金,用于创新理念,否则这些想法可能会停滞不前或无法获得关注。

CarbonX's first phase focused on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), as well as technology-based carbon removal. These solutions were chosen for their unique ability to curb emissions from hard-to-abate industries such as steel and cement, mitigate the continued reliance on fossil fuels, and reduce legacy emissions created from decades of industrialization.

CarbonX 的第一阶段侧重于碳捕集、利用和储存 (CCUS),以及基于技术的碳去除。之所以选择这些解决方案,是因为它们具有独特的能力,能够遏制钢铁和水泥等难以减少的行业的排放,缓解对化石燃料的持续依赖,减少数十年工业化造成的遗留排放。

Backed by Tencent's mission of Tech for Good and an alliance of like-minded industry partners, CarbonX aims to help these cutting-edge technologies make the leap from the research or early startup stage to commercial scale. The ultimate goal is supporting them in making a significant impact toward the targets outlined in the Paris Agreement, which includes a 45 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

在腾讯的 “科技向善” 使命和志同道合的行业合作伙伴联盟的支持下,CarbonX旨在帮助这些尖端技术从研究或早期创业阶段向商业规模的飞跃。最终目标是支持他们对《巴黎协定》中概述的目标产生重大影响,其中包括到2030年将排放量减少45%,到2050年实现净零排放。

Dr. Hao Xu, Tencent's Vice President of Sustainable Social Value and Head of Tencent's Carbon Neutrality Lab, said: "Technology innovation serves as the driving force to accelerate our progress toward achieving carbon neutrality. CarbonX program is aimed at fostering the growth of these technologies, driving positive impact across society, and laying the groundwork for a more sustainable future."

腾讯可持续社会价值副总裁兼腾讯碳中和实验室负责人徐浩博士表示:“技术创新是加快我们实现碳中和的推动力。CarbonX计划旨在促进这些技术的发展,推动整个社会的积极影响,并为更可持续的未来奠定基础。”

Professor Jerry Yan, Chair Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Co-chairman of the CarbonX expert committee, said: "To pave the path for a greener economy, we must champion the development of cutting-edge low-carbon technologies. Just as solar and wind power were nurtured in their infancy, emerging solutions like CCUS and tech-based carbon removal demand our early support."

香港理工大学讲座教授、CarbonX专家委员会联席主席严杰瑞教授说:“要为绿色经济铺平道路,我们必须支持尖端低碳技术的发展。正如太阳能和风能在起步阶段培育起来一样,CCUS和基于技术的碳去除等新兴解决方案也需要我们的早期支持。”

The program assembled a panel of experts from academia, industries, and the investor community as the jury, and welcomed submissions from diverse participants across three distinct tracks:

该计划召集了来自学术界、行业和投资者界的专家小组作为评审团,并欢迎来自三个不同领域的不同参与者提交意见:

  • CarbonX Lab: Designed to incubate research institutions, universities, or labs that bring in game-changing climate solutions
  • CarbonX Accelerator: Designed to accelerate the growth of climate-tech startups that exhibit commercialization potential
  • CarbonX Infrastructure: Designed to support capacity building to facilitate industry development
  • CarbonX 实验室:旨在孵化引入改变游戏规则的气候解决方案的研究机构、大学或实验室
  • CarbonX Accelerator:旨在加速表现出商业化潜力的气候技术初创公司的发展
  • CarbonX 基础设施:旨在支持能力建设以促进行业发展

The finalists comprise four projects from the Lab track, six from the Accelerator track, and three from the Infrastructure track. These projects explore innovative solutions, such as using steel slag to capture and store carbon directly from furnace exhaust, converting CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel and valuable chemicals through electrochemical reactions or microorganisms, and employing new approaches to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere with the hope of slashing the cost to less than US$150 per ton.

决赛入围者包括实验室赛道的四个项目、加速器赛道的六个项目和基础设施赛道的三个项目。这些项目探索创新的解决方案,例如使用钢渣直接从熔炉尾气中捕获和储存碳,通过电化学反应或微生物将二氧化碳转化为可持续的航空燃料和有价值的化学品,以及采用新方法直接从大气中捕获二氧化碳,希望将成本削减至每吨不到150美元。

Meanwhile, Tencent is also collaborating with Tsinghua University to develop a comprehensive system of Measure, Reporting and Verification (MRV) tools to accurately gauge progress toward decarbonization.

同时,腾讯还与清华大学合作开发了一套全面的测量、报告和验证系统(MRV)工具,以准确评估脱碳进展情况。

Aside from receiving financial and advisory support, several projects will also have the opportunity to collaborate with industry partners and test their research beyond the laboratory setting.

除了获得财务和咨询支持外,一些项目还将有机会与行业合作伙伴合作,在实验室环境之外测试他们的研究。

Building upon the success of the first phase, Tencent is poised to launch the second iteration of CarbonX globally as early as later this year in pursuit of early-stage climate tech innovation.

在第一阶段成功的基础上,腾讯准备最早在今年晚些时候在全球推出CarbonX的第二次迭代,以追求早期的气候技术创新。

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