TECHNOLOGY
Precipitor is a seminal technology for high-volume atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR) by dispersing a CO2 reactant mist into the wake of wind turbines high over the ocean
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USES NATURAL ELEMENTS
Wind-generated electricity and seawater are the main inputs used to produce a CO2 reactant, in a process that also provides bulk freshwater and green hydrogen.
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DOUBLE CO2
DRAWDOWN
Precipitor disperses a reactant mist that reacts with airborne CO2, forming bicarbonate droplets that fall to the ocean - a first removal of carbon.
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BUFFERS OCEAN ACIDITY
Bicarbonate droplets buffers ocean acidity (30% above normal) caused by CO2 emissions from burning carbon fuels – the second removal of carbon.
Reducing acidity restores the natural capacity of the ocean to drawdown more CO2
Airborne CO2 formed as bicarbonate water droplets drift down to the ocean
Supports Marine Life
Reduced ocean acidity helps development of skeletal shell and other structures in calcifying organisms. As lifecycles end, organism carbon settles in the deep ocean and its sediments.
MUTUALLY REINFORCING ADVANTAGES
WINDS DO THE WORK
Wind energy and seawater make the CO2 reactant. Winds carry CO2 to the reactant plume where the bicarbonate droplets are formed.
2-FOR-1 ADVANTAGE
Precipitating CO2 from the atmosphere enables increased CO2 removal by the ocean at no added cost.
BUFFERING OCEAN ACIDITY
Droplets fall over a vast area of the ocean and are carried by currents, avoiding point-source concentration.
HEALTHIER OCEAN
Reduced ocean acidity benefits marine life, such as coral reefs, skeletal organisms, and shellfish.
SEQUESTERED FOR GOOD
Mimicking the natural carbon cycle, the CO2 removed from the atmosphere is permanently sequestered in the deep ocean.
PURE ADDITIONALITY
The CO2 removed is
100% additional, only occurring by operation of the Precipitor.