Microsoft Teams Up With 1PointFive For Carbon Capture Deal: Details
Microsoft Teams Up With 1PointFive For Carbon Capture Deal: Details
1PointFive, a carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) unit of Occidental Petroleum (NASDAQ:OXY), has announced a significant agreement with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) to sell 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over six years.
Occidental Petroleum（納斯達克股票代碼OXY）旗下的碳捕捉、利用和封存（CCUS）公司1PointFive宣佈與微軟公司（納斯達克股票代碼MSFT）達成重要協議，將在六年內出售50萬公噸二氧化碳清除（CDR）信用額度。
This agreement supports Microsoft's carbon removal strategy and marks the largest single purchase of CDR credits enabled by Direct Air Capture (DAC) to date.
此協議支持微軟的碳清除策略，並標誌着直接空氣捕集（DAC）所啓用的最大一筆CDR信用購買。
The CDR credits for Microsoft will be facilitated by STRATOS, 1PointFive's first industrial-scale DAC facility currently under construction in Texas.
1PointFive的第一個大型DAC設施STRATOS正在德克薩斯州建造，將促進微軟的CDR信用額度。
Microsoft, committed to becoming carbon negative by 2030, will have the captured carbon dioxide (CO2) securely stored through subsurface saline sequestration, ensuring it is not used for oil and gas production.
微軟承諾到2030年成爲碳負擔，將通過地下鹽水封存安全保管二氧化碳（CO2），確保不用於石油和天然氣開採。
Brian Marrs, Senior Director for Carbon Removal and Energy at Microsoft, noted, "We're very pleased to announce this deal with 1PointFive, a pioneer in the Direct Air Capture space, which is building the largest DAC project worldwide. To achieve the gigatons of removals needed this century, first-of-a-kind projects like STRATOS are essential to move from pilots to scale. DAC plays an important role in Microsoft's carbon removal portfolio supporting our broader goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030."
微軟碳清除和能源高級總監Brian Marrs表示："我們很高興與1PointFive達成這項協議，這是DAC領域的開拓者，正在建設全球最大的DAC項目。要實現本世紀所需的減排量，像STRATOS這樣的首創項目是從試點轉向規模化所必需的。DAC在微軟的碳清除組合中發揮重要作用，支持我們成爲2030年碳負擔的更廣泛目標。"
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The agreement with 1PointFive highlights the increasing adoption of DAC technology as a viable solution for achieving net-zero emissions.
與1PointFive的協議突顯DAC技術越來越受到採納，成爲實現零排放的可行解決方案。
STRATOS is set to become the largest DAC project globally, providing a transparent and durable way to address emissions, particularly from hard-to-abate industries.
STRATOS將成爲全球最大的DAC項目，爲解決尤其是難以減少的行業排放提供透明和持久的方式。
Earlier this year, AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) also agreed to purchase CDR credits from 1PointFive, as part of its commitment to reducing carbon emissions and becoming carbon neutral in its global operations by 2035.
今年早些時候，AT&T公司（紐交所股票代碼T）也同意從1PointFive購買CDR信用額度，作爲其減排和到2035年在全球運營中實現碳中和承諾的一部分。
Carbon credits are tradable permits that allow the owner to emit a specified amount of greenhouse gases. Reuters reported that each credit permits the emission of one metric ton of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases.
碳信用是可交易的許可證，允許持有人排放一定量的溫室氣體。路透社報道稱，每個信用額度允許排放一公噸二氧化碳或其他溫室氣體的等值。
Price Action: OXY shares are trading higher by 0.72% at $61.39 at last check Tuesday.
目前檢查時，OXY股價上漲0.72％，報61.39美元。
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