UNBXD is now 19 months climate positive! — UNBXD

In the last 12 months, we have worked with various climate active companies, including Ecologi, to give back to the world we all take so much from.

In September, we pledged to become Carbon Neutral within all our business processes by December 2021. We are well on our way and have some exciting updates to share today.

We have jumped from planting 60 trees per month to 168 as our team has grown to a total of 1,753 trees in your forest, plus we have now offset 107.72 Tones of Carbon! 🌳

We also supported some of the incredible work the team at Ecologi have been doing this month, including Using waste biomass to produce Electricity in Chile and produce renewable wind energy in Bulgaria!

Using waste biomass to produce electricity in Chile

Energy production in Chile has been historically dominated by fossil fuels, with over 70% of total primary energy supplied by coal, oil or gas, despite the country’s relatively low fossil fuel resources.

In recent years, however, Chile has become known as a leader in renewable energy development – making great strides in geothermal, solar and wind energy, and other “Non-Conventional Renewable Energy (NCRE)” sources, as defined in Chilean law. Sources like biomass power, biogas and waste-to-energy (also categorised as NCREs) have also been developed and scaled up in Chile to help decrease the country’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Biomass power is considered a ‘bridging solution’ – allowing waste products to be used to generate power as an alternative to high-emitting fossil fuels, whilst we scale up capacity for solar, wind and other types of renewables to accommodate our global energy needs.

Producing renewable wind energy in Bulgaria

Bulgaria, situated in southeastern Europe, currently relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy for the majority of its energy generation. The country is self-sufficient for its own energy production, and exports large quantities of natural gas.However, in the 21st century, Bulgaria has also become one of the fastest-growing wind energy producers in the world – due in part to its favourable geography. In the northern Black Sea coast area of the country, where this project is located, there are strong winds, particularly during the Winter and Spring.Generating electricity from wind power is one of the most universally-recognised methods for producing renewable energy – and with advances in the technology making turbines cheaper and more efficient, a huge window of opportunity has opened up to decarbonise the energy sector.