<aside> 💡 You will closely work with the engineering team, led by Paul, and help build up our first pilot plant, removing CO2 from the air. You will be among the first employees in Germany’s hottest CO2 removal start-up.
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Reducing atmospheric CO2 concentrations to stay within 1.5-2°C of global warming will require 5–15 gigatons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere annually by 2050. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are expected to be a major factor contributing to this goal.
Direct air carbon capture (DACC) is one of the most promising concepts for the large-scale removal of CO2 from the air. DACC technologies utilize large ventilators combined with a liquid or solid absorbent to capture CO2 and subsequent thermal treatment desorb CO2.
Electrochemical CO2 capture technologies are gaining attention due to their flexibility, scalability, fit in an electrified industry, and overall energy use of < 1.0 MWh/t-CO2. Most of these methods rely on the concept of ”pH-swing” and its effect on the CO2 hydration/dehydration equilibrium. CO2 can be captured and recovered through a pH swing by shifting a working fluid's pH between acidic and basic pH.