Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal and Dual Accounting: Microsoft and Ørsted
Collaborative investments between the private and public sector are crucial for expanding large-scale carbon removal technologies. But these collaborations raise critical questions about who gets to claim the carbon removal benefits against climate targets.
In this report, the Relae science team explores dual accounting on national ledgers and organizational inventories in the context of the collaboration between Microsoft and the Danish government, on which Relae served as a technical advisor. The report explains the key differences between problematic double counting—when two private entities claim credit for the same emissions reduction or removal—and functional dual accounting—when a private entity’s reduction is reflected on a national inventory.
A.J. Simon
A.J. Simon
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A.J. Simon is a mechanical engineer and energy systems expert, whose passion for efficiency and insatiable curiosity has led to a 25+ year career spanning industry, academia and the US Department of Energy.
Prior to joining Relae, he managed the Energy Group at Lawrence Livermore National Lab where he led assessments of technologies as diverse as nuclear energy, carbon capture and removal, the energy-water nexus, hydrogen fuel, building energy efficiency, and soldier-portable power.
From 2003 to 2008, he helped to manage a large portfolio of university-led clean energy research at Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project. From 2001 to 2003, he developed combustion and emissions control technologies for General Electric's diesel and gas turbine product lines.
Oppenheimer Science and Energy Fellow, Department of Energy (2018)
Secretary’s Honor Award, Department of Energy (2016)
Scientific Editor for Science & Technology Review, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2013)
Centennial Teaching Assistant, Stanford University (2000)
Julio Friedmann, PhD
Julio Friedmann, PhD
Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the US on carbon removal (CO₂ drawdown from the air and oceans), CO₂ conversion and use (carbon-to-value), hydrogen, industrial decarbonization, green manufacturing, and carbon capture and sequestration.He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy during the Obama Administration, where he was responsible for DOE's R&D program in advanced fossil energy systems, carbon capture, and storage (CCS), CO₂ utilization, and advanced power generation. More recently, he was a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia. He has held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Chief Energy Technologist.
Greenman Award (Lifetime achievement in CCS), International Energy Agency: IEA
