{"id":641908,"date":"2024-10-18T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dutch-carbon-capture-startup-skytree-opens-offices-in-us-canada\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:37:12","slug":"dutch-carbon-capture-startup-skytree-opens-offices-in-us-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-carbon-capture-startup-skytree-opens-offices-in-us-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dutch carbon capture startup Skytree opens offices in US, Canada"},"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-6a3040314c48e\" 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-6a3040314c48e\" 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\/dutch-carbon-capture-startup-skytree-opens-offices-in-us-canada\/#Direct_air_capture\" >Direct air capture<\/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\/dutch-carbon-capture-startup-skytree-opens-offices-in-us-canada\/#Cashing_in_on_climate_tech_funding\" >Cashing in on climate tech funding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dutch startup Skytree has opened a new HQ in Toronto, Canada and a new office in Nashville, Tennessee, as it looks to cash-in on attractive government incentives for direct carbon capture (DAC) technologies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineer-turned-entrepreneur Max Beaumont founded Skytree in 2014, following his work on DAC for the European Space Agency. Skytree\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> is based on the carbon scrubbers used aboard the International Space Station, which remove the excess CO2 produced from the breath of astronauts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Direct_air_capture\"><\/span>Direct air capture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAC machines suck CO2 from the air like a giant vacuum. The CO2 they capture can be buried underground or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mineralised into rock<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for construction. It can also be used to make anything from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cleaner chemicals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustainable aviation fuel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for aircraft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSkytree is among only a few companies in the world with DAC units already operating successfully in the field,\u201d said CEO Rob van Straten. \u201cWe are eager to offer industry partners a viable, economical pathway to turn atmospheric CO2 into valuable inputs \u2014 or to store it safely and indefinitely underground.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The <\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skytree has built two carbon-sucking devices. One, Skytree Cumulus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, produces 20kg of CO2 daily. It is targetted at small-scale <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>lications such as vertical farming and cannabis cultivation. Farmers use the gas to boost plant growth.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other unit, Stratus, is much bigger. It captures up to 1000kg of CO2 per day. Skytree designed Stratus for industrial-scale applications, such as for large greenhouses and green cement plants or for burial underground.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Stratus units are modular, so they can be stacked together to make one, much larger machine which Sk<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ytree calls the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stratus Hub.\u201d The startup is planning to build one of these hubs at its base in Amsterdam. Once up and running, the company expects the machine to suck up 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed over more than a decade, Skytree <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said it has achieved level 9 on the technology readiness scale, the highest possible. This means Skytree is poised for full-scale commercial deployment, a rare thing in the budding carbon capture industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skytree\u2019s first customers have largely been greenhouses. The company also recently announced <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skytree.eu\/press-room\/deep-sky-to-deploy-skytree-dac-unit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to install a Stratus unit at the offices of Deep Sky, a fellow DAC company from Canada. Now it\u2019s looking to scale up and into new industries including food and beverage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cashing_in_on_climate_tech_funding\"><\/span><b>Cashing in on climate tech funding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe US continues to demonstrate growing demand for proven, cost-effective, scalable DAC technology driven by the needs of industry and with the backing by government,\u201d said van Straten.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skytree said it chose Nashville for its office partly due to its close proximity to its manufacturing partner Scanfil. The Swedish firm will make the Stratus and Cumulus machines at its factory in the nearby city of Atlanta.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skytree said it chose Toronto for its North American HQ due to the city\u2019s strong climate tech ecosystem and access to talent. In addition to Deep Sky, Skytree already has a partnership with Canadian vertical farming company Fieldless Farms, which uses the captured CO2 to improve the yields from its strawberry plants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs part of Toronto\u2019s passionate climate-focused tech community, I am confident that Skytree will make a meaningful impact not only here but across the globe,\u201d said Olivia Chow, Toronto\u2019s mayor.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a46f038d-0e13-4080-a52a-59464bcfe511\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\nSkytree expects to employ 80 people at its new HQ over the next three years. 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