詹姆斯·赫顿研究所, an independent research organization, has launched the Climate Innovation Hub at Glensaugh, 博天堂入口偏远的山间农场.
The hub aims to provide a proving ground for farmers and land managers to test and develop new climate technologies. It offers technology developers access to the institute’s 1,000公顷研究农场, 包括办公室, 会议设施, 和实验室. The hub has already welcomed its first tenant, 碳捕获启动撤销, which is trialling a technology that aims to enrich soil and help sequester large volumes of carbon dioxide by spreading crushed basalt rock onto agricultural land. The hub is funded by the Macaulay Development Trust (MDT), a charity that supports research into sustainable use of land and natural resources.
The Climate Innovation Hub is the latest project to come out of the Hutton’s Climate-Positive Farming Initiative at the Glensaugh research farm. 其他项目包括HydroGlen, which will see this farming community become energy self-sufficient using renewable energy and green hydrogen. The initiative also includes woodland planting, 泥炭地恢复, 自然洪水管理, managing farmland for multiple benefits, 和更多的.
Reducing emissions in the farming and wider land management sector is a real challenge across Scotland, where agriculture is responsible for about 19% of the country’s emissions. The Climate Innovation Hub aims to enable innovation to tackle the problem. 安东尼娅博伊斯, manager of the Climate Innovation Hub, said that it’s not easy for innovators to test their ideas or collaborate with others working in the same space. 因此, the hub invites companies or individuals with great ideas they want to test out to get in touch.
与CENSIS合作, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for sensing, 成像和物联网, the hub will also be home to another cutting-edge new initiative, the Centre for Smart Natural Capital. This should provide a unique platform for the development of smart sensing, 监控, and advanced analytics needed to inform the growing field of natural capital.
杰兹Wardman, 他是UNDO的农学家, commented that having the facilities and trial site at the Climate Innovation Hub at Glensaugh gives them the capability to scale their climate technology globally, underpinned by fundamental science and with the support of the Hutton’s experts. Franceska van Dijk, MDT主席, stated that land and nature-based climate stewardship is fundamentally important in the transition to a more sustainable economy. The Macaulay Development Trust is delighted that its investment is already supporting pioneering, practical research at Glensaugh to showcase rural innovation to tackle the climate challenge.
艾莉森·赫斯特教授, who leads the Hutton’s Climate-Positive Farming Initiative, added that the Climate Innovation Hub is an exciting new addition to their growing portfolio of activities within the Climate-Positive Farming Initiative. It will facilitate ground-breaking innovations, and they are looking forward to hosting and supporting these new ventures.
总之, the Climate Innovation Hub at Glensaugh offers a unique platform for technology developers to test and develop new climate technologies. It aims to reduce emissions in the farming and wider land management sector, which is a real challenge across Scotland. The hub invites companies or individuals with great ideas they want to test out to get in touch. The Macaulay Development Trust funds the hub, and it is the latest project to come out of the Hutton’s Climate-Positive Farming Initiative at the Glensaugh research farm.