{"id":617924,"date":"2024-04-22T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:30:35","slug":"3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 carbon capture technologies you\u2019ve probably never heard of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3060c67ca8d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3060c67ca8d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/#Burying_trees_underground\" >Burying trees underground<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/#Sealife_bro\" >Sealife, bro<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-carbon-capture-technologies-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/#Turning_buildings_into_carbon_sinks\" >Turning buildings into carbon sinks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F04%2Fearth-day-co2-carbon-capture.png&amp;signature=f6a7990e7e335ec909b11c89844c9af8\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p data-block-id=\"25172a90-fe63-4d29-9768-23fddf9036aa\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">We will all face the consequences of runaway climate change. Unless, maybe, you live in one of Elon Musk\u2019s new homes on Mars. But for the rest of us poor souls, tackling global heating is pretty much the top priority.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"648e005d-0da5-477d-97ae-a9ddf39ba73d\">The bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that we are not on track to limit global temperature rise to 1.5\u00b0C. A new report has also revealed that temperatures in Europe are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/copernicus-heat-climate-europe-world-meteorological-organization-d08b3bd028bc461f281f39828bd73056\">rising twice as fast<\/a> as the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"2d011f2e-e663-4c00-85f5-3d121534dab6\">We need to make drastic cuts in emissions. We also need to pull out some of the carbon we\u2019ve already put in. While this may conjure up visions of giant, air con-like machines sucking carbon out of the air But, carbon removal comes in many forms.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"9bacaa5f-1a02-4788-94a3-ad1badc31a1e\">Remove, an Amsterdam-based accelerator programme for carbon removal startups, recently unveiled its latest cohort. It consists of 20 early-stage companies championing everything from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hyvegeo.com\/solutions\/\">microalgae biorefineries<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecolocked.com\/\">biochar-based concrete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2024- 2for1 offer this week only!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on the world-class speakers. Secure your 2for1 tickets before 23 April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-block-id=\"269a208c-c347-4b02-a142-d439564e9eb1\">Some of them are simply weird \u2014 and many, wonderfully simple.<\/p>\n<h2 data-block-id=\"ff45575a-6e69-4255-b30d-932d8f0bf827\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Burying_trees_underground\"><\/span><strong>Burying trees underground<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-block-id=\"3bbaaa84-a0e4-4e26-8b0b-870d25c0ce97\">A Dutch startup is planning an obscure but straightforward way to keep the carbon trees pull from the air locked away. They will bury it underground.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"786dbdc4-b4b7-4645-a392-a4b05db15ad0\">Trees are great at absorbing huge quantities of CO2, but they release the carbon again when they die and rot. Burying them could fix this problem.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"e79cae28-f452-4101-85f5-b5d78730cc59\">Underground Forest plans to cut down old spruce trees, dig holes in wetlands, and drive the poles into the soil. It will plant new trees in their place.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"d7d39f25-2ad1-4646-831c-a5178c8d986e\">\u201cWe can permanently remove up to a gigaton [of CO2] per year,\u201d Kees de Gruiter, founder of Underground Forest, told TNW. He sees biomass burial working alongside other carbon removal technologies like Direct Air Capture (DAC).<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"a35240f7-1456-4fc6-9f0e-3119f807e120\">De Gruiter says the wooden piles can also act as a foundation for houses. Over a thousand years ago, the people of Venice, Italy, built the city on over 10 million similar wooden piles.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"ab2ee172-02ed-45e7-8f79-4af4de6323d0\">While biomass burial is largely unproven, it\u2019s nevertheless attracting attention from climate tech investors. One startup, US-based Kodama Systems, has raised over $6mn from Bill Gates\u2019 Breakthrough Energy to scale its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/fact-check\/gates-backed-venture-will-not-chop-down-70-million-acres-trees-2023-10-06\/\">biomass burial system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"4a100b93-996a-4ef3-a72e-79a0583a3c49\">Another budding company, Switzerland-based RECOAL, has developed a way to turn waste biomass into \u201cnegative emission coal.\u201d The company then plans to store this coal in permanent underground deposits.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"f0dc7dcd-cb59-47b1-b712-1978a7d66a8c\">\u201cWith the available waste biomass worldwide and the possibility to store the coal as a filling material in abandoned mines and gravel pits, the process is highly scalable,\u201d explains RECOAL founder Joachim Hanssler.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"48e90e94-8044-4536-a3c7-ca19f37fea26\">While the likes of Underground Forest and RECOAL are looking beneath our feet, others have their sights set on the ocean.<\/p>\n<h2 data-block-id=\"769e59bc-2e69-4f8d-89e1-e731fbe97eb4\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sealife_bro\"><\/span><strong>Sealife, bro<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-block-id=\"d8b5272e-3a4e-4aff-b4a9-1a1e6ea77e24\">The ocean is great at sequestering carbon. It has already <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aau5153\">absorbed<\/a> 30% of the CO2 \u2014\u00a0 and 90% of excess heat \u2014 emitted by human activities. Organisms living in the sea itself do most of that work.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"60e46c3b-9d75-4d3e-a6ff-0f80ec994b0f\">For instance, seagrass \u2014 a type of seaweed \u2014 can remove carbon <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/seagrass-secret-weapon-fight-against-global-heating\">30 times faster<\/a> than a rainforest. The UN once called it a \u201csecret weapon in the fight against global heating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"10811955-3125-4ab8-a4e6-09c33e24ef01\">Several <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/nov\/05\/seagrass-meadows-could-turn-tide-of-climate-crisis-aoe\">projects<\/a> have attempted to grow seagrass with varying degrees of success. One problem is that farming by hand on the seafloor isn\u2019t that easy.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"3adcfb82-bbdb-4070-9802-964b37c3fc4a\">That\u2019s why Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering is working on a way to plant and manage seagrass fields using \u201ccutting-edge robotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"05810f68-6e82-430e-abb6-e0c9afa18ba7\">Details are scant at this point. \u201c[We are] currently in stealth,\u201d the startup says on its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ulysses.ecosystems.inc\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"cc94f5e3-c7b3-4616-96a8-c95fcc598448\">Another innovative <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach has emerged in the UK. London-based startup Blusink is trying to kill two birds with one stone. The company has developed apple-sized \u201ccarbon-sinking\u201d pebbles it calls \u201cblusinkies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"4e5e6823-68c2-494d-93b8-31575ea2fa55\">The company plans to spread piles of blusinkies on the seafloor. Over time, the pebbles form so-called \u201crhodolith beds.\u201d These beds act as an ideal habitat for organisms like coralline algae, that suck up carbon.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"4cac1fa8-b0b5-4b55-ab10-6f1a41a3b77c\">But the little pebbles have another trick up their sleeve: they\u2019re composed primarily of calcium oxide. When in contact with this chemical compound, carbon dioxide mineralises into solid carbon. The company plans to source calcium oxide as waste from the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"4c28cb8b-8b87-46ed-bd27-3634ad255869\">\u201cOur production and operation costs are extremely low compared to DAC and other technologies,\u201d the company\u2019s founder, Lorena Neira Ram\u00edrez, told TNW. She estimates Blusink can remove carbon at a cost of \u20ac180 per ton. To put that into perspective, DAC unicorn Climeworks currently removes carbon at a cost of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/en\/news-and-events\/eth-news\/news\/2024\/03\/cost-of-direct-air-carbon-capture-to-remain-higher-than-hoped.html\">\u20ac1000-1300 per ton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"62be9c67-b672-4cca-ae00-fa5adcae45b4\">Unlike seagrass carbon capture projects, Blusink says its pebbles foster the growth of entire ecosystems, not just monocultures. \u201cIt creates environmental benefits well beyond carbon capture,\u201d said Ram\u00edrez.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"e4424608-2b1f-4367-b3b2-87848523c4c1\">Other startups like Italy\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/limenet.tech\/\">Limenet<\/a> or the Netherlands\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/brineworks.tech\/ocean-cdr\">Brineworks<\/a> plan to throw lime dust into the ocean to absorb carbon dioxide and reduce acidity at the same time. (Ocean acidification contributes to coral bleaching.)<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"c802fa75-f81e-4114-8bdf-69e9b5509047\">Key to these efforts is calcium oxide\u2019s natural ability to solidify CO2.<\/p>\n<h2 data-block-id=\"190bc662-6c23-4288-8933-a8ae75a60a8c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Turning_buildings_into_carbon_sinks\"><\/span><strong>Turning buildings into carbon sinks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-block-id=\"f97f0e80-b075-47c7-97a3-85b915141a86\">UK-headquartered startup Calcin8 is tackling the problem the other way around. Rather than capturing CO2 from the atmosphere, it is developing a low-carbon lime to prevent more emissions in the first place.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"878e5513-e898-4e86-8f51-15a9609e7d98\">Lime (or calcium oxide) is used for a variety of industrial processes, including making cement. However, current methods for producing 1 ton of lime emit approximately 1 ton of CO2.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"086a0485-2c41-4083-8a54-82ba14c6e8d5\">Founded in 2021, Calcin8 has developed a kiln that captures CO2 before it escapes into the air.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"d6a6f535-d89b-4415-b5b6-7e26659e6eaa\">\u201cWe have rejigged the production process entirely, turning lime into a carbon sponge,\u201d the company\u2019s founder, Behn Mapus-Smith, told TNW.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"da8c5e88-8c43-408e-987e-b58ea0494220\">When Calcin8\u2019s lime is used in construction, for example, it will react with CO2 in the air and absorb it \u2014 turning buildings into carbon sinks.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"79d7e65d-5460-467e-bdfa-6e0ac992eee8\">\u201cCarbon dioxide removal will only have a meaningful impact if it scales to the gigaton level, which is a huge challenge for everyone involved in the industry,\u201d said Mapus-Smith.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"87d8a3ce-c524-430b-b473-b55c4781751b\">The International Energy Agency strongly supports carbon removal technologies to curb global heating. But, most of these technologies remain untested on a large scale.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"ff37c8a2-dc04-4837-b974-90706fa6ada2\">\u201cThe startups emerging in the carbon removal space will play a crucial role in assisting businesses and governments in achieving their goals of reaching net zero emissions,\u201d said Hans Westerhof, co-founder and managing director of Remove.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"9d8dcbba-54ca-430e-beaf-df9b45290547\">With almost <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43017-024-00532-2\">40 billion tons of CO2<\/a> emitted in 2023 alone, the budding industry has a huge task on its hands.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"ac45afcd-fb29-4597-b3ef-81767c58e4d6\">\u201cAll hands on deck are needed to achieve the removal scale required to address the climate crisis,\u201d said Westerhof.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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