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# Research & Insights

#### From the front lines of climate innovation

## Latest Articles

[![](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/May26-1Cohort_web.png) 20May Third Derivative Unveils 26-Startup Climate Cohort Focused on Hard Tech and Deployment](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/third-derivative-unveils-26-startup-climate-cohort-focused-on-hard-tech-and-deployment?hsLang=en) [![ships chemical production](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/ships-chemical-production-d3.jpg) 05Mar How Southeast Asia's Low-Emission Chemicals Sector Can Expand](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/how-southeast-asias-low-emission-chemicals-sector-can-expand?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/film-set-crane-istock-615905590.jpg) 10Dec Charting the Path to Clean-Powered Productions: Executive Summary](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/charting-the-path-to-clean-powered-productions-executive-summary?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/iStock-1270309269.jpg) 08Dec Smelting Barriers: The Innovators Forging a New Future for Iron and Steel](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/smelting-barriers-the-innovators-forging-a-new-future-for-iron-and-steel?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/iStock-180923256.jpg) 17Nov RMI and Third Derivative Advance Cooling Innovations to Combat Global Heat Crisis](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/rmi-and-third-derivative-advance-cooling-innovations-to-combat-global-heat-crisis?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/two-construction-workers-smoothing-concrete.jpg) 14Nov Foundations of Change: The Next Frontier of Cement and Concrete Innovation](https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/foundations-of-change-the-next-frontier-of-cement-and-concrete-innovation?hsLang=en)

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## Featured Video

### Clean Mobile Power Initiative's LA Cleantech Demo 2023

Check out this behind-the-scenes highlight reel from the Clean Mobile Power Initiative's Los Angeles Cleantech Demo Days for film & TV production held in November 2023. The Demo Days showcased over 20 industry suppliers and 70 pieces of cleantech equipment that are currently available in the LA market. The event was attended by nearly 700 attendees, including producers, crew, and studio personnel from many of the major studios.

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## Breaking Barriers in Carbon Dioxide Removal with Electrochemistry

 

A broad portfolio of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches is essential to meet the unique needs of various geographies and industries. Within this portfolio, synthetic carbon dioxide removal (sCDR) approaches — those that rely on engineered systems powered by low-carbon energy to capture CO2, such as direct air capture — offer advantages like a smaller physical footprint and permanence of carbon removed. However, they typically require the most energy and are more expensive when compared to other CDR methods. Electrochemistry stands poised to transform the field of CDR by significantly reducing the energy requirements, and therefore costs, of prominent sCDR pathways.

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