Photochemical Carbon Removal w/Banyu Carbon

Carbon Removal Newsroom

06-02-2024 • 35 mins

What is Photochemical Carbon Removal?

In this episode of Carbon Removal Newsroom we learn how two professors from the University of Washington went from studying coral on the late Marlon Brando’s private island, to developing an energy efficient process that removes carbon dioxide from the ocean.

Join co-founders Dr. Alex Gagnon and Dr. Julian Sachs of Banyu Carbon, as they dissect their groundbreaking photochemical process. Learn how carbon dioxide is the most abundant dissolved gas in water, making it a more concentrated source than ambient air.

Discover the scalability of photochemical CDR, and why Banyu’s been gaining so much momentum lately. Could Banyu’s process end up being energy negative? In other words, will it produce more energy than is actually required to remove the carbon?

Listen now.


*A special Thank You from our guests to the Seeley Family:

“Thank you to David Seeley and his father who brought Tetiaroa to our attention in 2014 and encouraged us to take advantage of the pristine coral ecosystem there for our research. The Seeley family generously supported our research and that of several others ever since. A kind, fun, and remarkable family we are grateful to have worked with.”


On This Episode

Alex Gagnon

Julian Sachs

Radhika Moolgavkar

Resources

Banyu Carbon

DOE Voucher Program

University of Washington marine research on Tetiaroa

Activate FellowshipOcean Visions Launchpad

Tetiaroa Society

The Brando resort


Connect with Nori

Nori

Nori’s X account

Nori’s other podcast Reversing Climate Change

Nori’s CDRmeme X account

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