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O.C.O Technology: Building with CO₂

Developing pathways to turn historic CO₂ into carbon-negative building materials.

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University of Sheffield: Creating pioneer fuels

Pioneering a UK ecosystem for sustainable aviation fuel made from air.

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Deep Sky: Eliminating CO₂

Scaling a world-leading carbon removal hub in Canada that turns CO₂ into rock.

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Our story: Why we're putting everything into direct air capture

By recovering historic CO₂ emissions from the atmosphere, we can turn our biggest existential problem into our greatest opportunity to thrive.

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Articles

The future of carbon

October 7, 2024

Old tech, new tricks: Using proven technology to scale direct air capture quickly

The secret to quickly scaling a brand new climate technology? Work with already scaled, mature technology.

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Thoughts

September 23, 2024

Solving curtailment: How direct air capture can empower renewable energy

Designing direct air capture technology to thrive on intermittency can help to incentivise the build-out of critical new renewable infrastructure.

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Thoughts

September 9, 2024

Electrochemical direct air capture: What it is, why it’s different, and why we’re developing it

Electrochemical direct air capture is an efficient, scalable, and affordable approach to carbon removal. Find out how it works and why it’s different.

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Insights

August 26, 2024

Direct air capture technologies: The different methods explained

The huge variety in methods makes it difficult to compare direct air capture technologies. Here’s a snapshot of the key differences between each.

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Insights

August 12, 2024

The electrochemical advantage: How energy flexibility benefits cost in direct air capture

Optimising direct air capture’s energy requirement is critical to unlocking megatonne-scale carbon removal. Electrochemical technologies might have the answer.

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Thoughts