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Planetary Technologies has raised nearly $8 million in seed funding as it vies for tens of millions of dollars in prize money in a green-technology competition backed by Elon Musk.

Planetary Technologies has raised nearly $8 million in seed funding as it vies for tens of millions of dollars in prize money in a green-technology competition backed by Elon Musk.

Planetary’s proprietary accelerated carbon removal tech stores carbon in oceans, while restoring ocean health and generating green hydrogen

With the grant, the team plans to work with Planetary Hydrogen to advance the objective of discovering the power of the oceans to address climate change – and to win the grand XPRIZE in 2025. 

Article body copy A new method for combatting climate change feels like a bit of modern-day alchemy: scientists have figured out how to take carbon dioxide out of the ocean and turn it into harmless rock. For every tonne of carbon dioxide we pump into the air, roughly a quarter of it gets absorbed by the ocean like a giant, watery sponge. All of this excess carbon dioxide is acidifying the water and threatening organisms, such as those with calcium carbonate shells, that are sensitive to the ch...

Shopify helps customers build online shops, but it’s minting tech founders and investors, too Last month, Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer of Shopify, and the company’s chief talent officer, Brittany Forsyth, both announced that they are stepping down from their roles. Chief legal officer Joe Frasca is also set to step down, with all three ending their tenures next month. In their next chapters, all seem keen to advise, invest in or even launch startups, joining a growing ...

REMOVING excess CO 2 from the air, producing negative emissions hydrogen, and reversing ocean acidification are the three main goals of clean technology company Planetary Hydrogen. I spoke to founders CEO Mike Kelland and CTO Greg Rau about their plans to use their electrochemistry process to produce hydrogen while also capturing CO 2 from the air which can then be safely stored in the oceans as a carbonate. The Earth has a natural cycle to regulate CO 2 on geological timescales. CO 2 is relea...

An Ottawa cleantech firm on a self-described mission to “turn dirty air into dollars” is turning investors’ heads with its groundbreaking technology that converts greenhouse gases emitted by heavy industry into products that can be used in everything from green building materials to toothpaste. Hyperion Global Energy says its patented system will be ready for market before the end of this year.  Nearly a decade in development, the technology has caught the eye of industrial giants such ...

February 20, 2021 The greatest carbon sink on the planet: The Deep Ocean On this episode of the Changing Waters podcast, host Brad Warren speaks with Dr. Greg Rau of Planetary Hydrogen about using ocean chemistry to capture and store CO2, the toolkit for ocean carbon removal options, and why Greg thinks that the abiotic, natural chemistry of the ocean shows particular promise. Planetary Hydrogen is upending the global hydrogen market with the first scalable, truly carbon-negative form of hydro...

Until recently, the concept of blue carbon attracted little attention outside academic and think-tank circles. We may be at a turning point, thanks to the actions of some forward-thinking businesses.