Ocean Visions today announced Capture6 as one of eight companies selected for the second cohort of its Launchpad program, which provides expert advice to selected innovators who are developing, or improving the understanding of, marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) pathways.
Through Launchpad, Ocean Visions connects innovators with advisors drawn from its network who have deep experience in areas ranging from oceanography and engineering to environmental evaluation. Advisory teams offer tailored support to help innovators optimize their technologies and fully understand and address environmental impacts. Support is provided at no cost to selected companies
while advisors receive honoraria from Ocean Visions.
A range of carbon removal solutions is necessary to provide the highest probability of avoiding the worst climate change scenarios. Marine carbon dioxide removal is an important part of this climate action portfolio.
Capture6’s direct air capture (DAC) process removes CO₂ from the atmosphere and converts it into alkaline fluids containing ions of carbonate and bicarbonate. Dispersing these solutions into marine surface waters will have multiple beneficial effects including boosting the ocean’s ability to absorb more atmospheric CO₂ through enhancing alkalinity and increasing pH regionally to counteract ocean acidification – potentially restoring coral and shellfish ecosystems in the communities that depend on them for food, industry and tourism. Learn more about our ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE).
Not only will this method store the alkaline fluids we produce by DAC for ~10,000 years, meeting the threshold for permanent carbon removal, it also increases our overall CO₂ drawdown capacity. Compared to a DAC-only facility, a DAC+OAE facility could remove up to an additional 50% of atmospheric CO₂ through marine CDR, and we can achieve this without any additional processing or energy expenditure.
“We are excited to welcome these remarkable innovators to Launchpad…Their approaches have the potential to help safely and effectively remove the carbon dioxide pollution that’s driving climate change and impacting ocean health.” – Nikhil Neelakantan, Ocean Visions Senior Program Officer.