DAC Company Members Directory

Carbyon

Carbyon was founded in 2019. The company develops a fast-swing machine to capture CO2 from air. Carbyon is a start-up company with 13 people. Carbyon works together with a number of universities and research organizations in Belgium and The Netherlands. The machine is developed in close collaboration with major machine manufacturing companies from the microelectronics industry.

Sustaera

Sustaera has developed a Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 technology solution powered entirely by carbon-free electricity using an abundantly available, low-cost capture agent (alkali metal based) in a modular design that can work in any geographic location in a wide range of ambient temperatures and humidities. Our engineered solution for DAC provides a platform technology for gigatons of CO2 removal and permanent storage.

Parallel Carbon Limited

Parallel Carbon is an early-stage startup building affordable direct air capture technology relying only on wind, sunshine, and abundant minerals. By leveraging massive, existing supply chains, project development is simplified and repeatable, unlocking gigaton scale. Parallel Carbon’s low capital costs and reliance on clean electrons enables integration with intermittent renewable power – perfectly aligned with a net-zero future. Decarbonize and remove carbon, in Parallel.

Noya

Noya is on a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to carbon negativity. Founded in 2020 by CEO Josh Santos and CTO Daniel Cavero, with a goal to ensure a healthy planet for generations to come, Noya has developed a scalable, cost-effective Direct Air Capture approach using abundant materials.

Skytree

Skytree was born out of the European Space Agency (ESA), during the development of a CO2 scrubber for the International Space Station. With a decade of research & development, the company has since registered 17 patents, in 5 patent families across US, Europe, and China. Skytree harnesses CO2 from ambient air through the power of decentralized direct air capture technology (DDAC) to provide a reliable and clean CO2 supply across multiple markets including indoor farming, greenhouses as well as mineralization.

Aircela Inc

Aircela is a micro-DAC to e-fuels startup. We’re developing a fridge-sized device to capture C02 from the air and make a gallon of gas a day. We’re based in Manhattan and will have products on the market by 2022.

RedoxNRG OÜ

The RedoxNRG team has developed an advanced carbon capture system that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and provides it as a feedstock for high-value products.

Global Thermostat

Formed in 2010, Global Thermostat (GT) is commercializing its advanced, multi-patented technology to transform carbon dioxide from a global liability into an opportunity for global prosperity. Using its proven, breakthrough technology, GT economically captures and concentrates CO2, enabling its profitable re-use across multiple large & growing industries – including materials which sequester the CO2, which is needed to address climate change.

DACMA GmbH

DACMA GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, is a pioneering DAC manufacturer with cutting-edge technology. With a proven track record, our first machines were delivered in 2023. Our scalable design reaches gigaton capacities, ensuring high CO2 uptake with minimal energy demand.

Our dynamic team of 35 professionals comprises experienced and young engineers specializing in mechanical and process engineering, alongside business economists and experts from diverse scientific fields. With a wealth of knowledge spanning decades in air-space X-innovation, we are at the forefront of pioneering direct air capture technology.

Carbon Blade

Carbon Blade is pioneering a DAC solution to provide stand-alone and small-footprint modules that combine distributed, renewable-powered electrochemical separation for carbon dioxide removal from ambient air. The technology is based on a three-step carbon capture reaction resulting in lower regeneration costs. Given Carbon Blade’s distributed focus, the units are compact, self-contained, scaleable, and capable of rapid deployment and re-positioning with minimal environmental impacts.

TerraFixing Inc.

TerraFixing is a DAC utilizing adsorbents to capture and concentrate CO2 from cold dry climates

Carbon Reform

Modular carbon capture and indoor air quality control for commercial buildings

NeoCarbon GmbH

REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE
DOING DIRECT AIR CAPTURE WITH COOLING TOWERS

Soletair Power

Direct air capture machine manufacturer

Aircapture LLC

Commercializing DAC and carbon to products

Heirloom Carbon

Heirloom leverages the natural properties of abundant minerals to develop the world’s most cost-effective, scalable direct air capture system. Our unique combination of a modular system, low-cost inputs, and simple mineralization process will unlock a fast track to removing 1B tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2035.

Climeworks AG

Climeworks AG is a leading Swiss direct air capture company, striving to inspire 1 billion people to remove CO2 from the air. Climeworks captures the CO2 directly from the atmosphere for either safe and permanent geologic storage for carbon dioxide removal or as a sustainable CO2 feedstock. Its modular technology runs exclusively on clean energy and can be scaled effectively. Customers include Microsoft, Swiss Re, and BCG, among others, making it a leading leader in direct air capture.

RepAir Carbon Capture

RepAir develop a highly efficient, modular, and scalable DAC solution. We separate CO2 from the air using our novel electrochemical cell-based technology that requires only 650 KWh/tCO2 removed from the air.

Mission Zero Technologies

A low energy DAC provider with 2 plants to be in commercial prodution in 2023 including the X Prize winning Project Hajar (project-hajar.com)

AirMyne

Bringing CO2 removal from atmospheric air to industrial scale

Octavia Carbon

East African DAC project developer & low-cost manufacturer, initially focused on a deep market for CO2-enriching greenhouses in the region, where DAC can add commercial value at >$100m/yr scale. Also focused on bringing East Africa’s geological CO2 storage potential online, and on creating the world’s lowest-cost DAC-CDR deployments by partnering with leading DAC technology developers.

Airhive

Airhive is building a fast and flexible direct air capture system using a novel reactor and nano-active capture materials.

Ucaneo

At Ucaneo Biotech we develop the world’s first cell-free Direct Air Capture technology leveraging a biocatalytic membrane to capture CO2 from the air. Climate change is a global problem and needs to be tackled at scale. Therefore, we set the goal to capture 0.5 GT of CO2 from the air by 2035 – roughly the same weight as all humans on earth combined!

CarbonCapture Inc

CarbonCapture is a US-based climate technology company that develops modular DAC machines that filter carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The company also develops large-scale carbon removal projects using its proprietary DAC technologies, generating high-quality carbon removal credits for companies with net zero goals that seek to offset their hard-to-abate emissions. DAC-sourced carbon removal credits are the gold standard in offsets: measurable, verifiable, and permanent.

Carbominer

Carbominer develops an efficient and sustainable technology to capture CO₂ locally from the ambient air to help companies transit to sustainable operations and reach net-zero goals. Carbominer’s main competitive advantages are the ability to set the affordable price per ton of CO₂ due to the transportability of the capturing modules, usage of electrochemistry for CO₂ regeneration and ability to harness the intermittent renewable energy.

Capture6

Capture6 deploys permanent direct air capture solutions that create benefits for people and the planet. Our approach can be implemented at scale today by repurposing existing commercial technologies. We seek gigaton removal annually within 20 years to contribute to climate change solutions. As a Public Benefit Corporation, we prioritize our mission to increase global carbon capture while growing our business.

AspiraDAC

Australia-based DAC project developer focusing on modular solar-powered Direct Air Capture units.

Thalo Labs

Thalo Labs makes it easy to measure and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment

Removr

Removr is a Norwegian Direct Air Capture (DAC) company that aims to scale carbon removal to help reduce global warming. Leveraging the best available technology, unique Nordic advantages, and a world-class team and partners, Removr’s ambition is to build the world’s first 1-million-ton solid sorbent DAC plant and become a global leader in carbon removal. Removr is owned by Vanir Green Industries, a Nordic investment company committed to driving the energy transition, and GreenCap Solutions.

8 Rivers Capital

8 Rivers Capital, LLC is a Durham, NC-based firm leading the invention and commercialization of sustainable, infrastructure-scale technologies for the global energy transition.

Origen Carbon Solutions

Origen was founded by preeminent thinkers in carbon removal and industrial technology, who believed in the power of limestone to permanently sequester CO₂ and reverse the impacts of climate change. They developed the first iteration of Origen’s technology and proved that our concept for limestone-based direct air capture (DAC) could be used to remove billions of tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere.

Today Origen is poised to deploy limestone-based carbon removal at scale. Over the last several years, Origen has built an industrial scale pilot, R&D facility, and commercial partnerships with industry leaders to develop the next generation of DAC.

With DAC and carbon removal now considered “inevitable” to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, Origen’s next phase of growth will create a lasting impact by removing CO2 directly from the air at meaningful scale.

Spiritus

Spiritus is a carbon removal service provider with an innovative solution to direct air capture’s fundamental problem: cost.

NEG8 Carbon

NEG8 Carbon (formerly known as Trinity Green Energies) specializes in extracting CO2 from the atmosphere using advanced Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, aiming to contribute to the reversal of climate change. The company originated as a spin-out from carbon capture research conducted at Trinity College Dublin in 2014.

As recognized leaders in the field of Direct Air Capture (DAC), NEG8 Carbon has an impressive track record, including the successful operation of the first-scale pilot project (capturing 1 tonne of CO2 per year) in Waterford, Ireland, which was validated in early 2023. Currently, the team is focused on scaling up their technology to full-scale commercial units, slated to be launched in 2024.

NEG8 Carbon collaborates closely with companies in the Food, Beverage, Energy, and Data Centers sectors to provide modular and scalable DAC solutions capable of capturing thousands of tonnes of CO2 annually. The company’s upcoming phase involves integrating its DAC technology with various storage solutions, such as underground sequestration or utilizing CO2 as a permanent additive to construction materials, to achieve permanent removal of CO2.

https://neg8carbon.com/

Clairity Technology Inc.

Clairity Technology develops low-cost and scalable systems to perform direct air capture of CO2. We utilize low-cost and abundant materials to remove CO2 and generate low-purity CO2 streams. Clairity is rethinking how direct air capture can be performed, which will result in dramatic reductions in capital expense, improved energy efficiency, and accelerated scalability. These low-purity CO2 steams can be durably sequestered using a range of approaches.

Zero Carbon Production, LLC

Zero Carbon Production is a direct-air capture company that combines well-established monolith/sorbent core technology with an innovative and highly scalable engineering design to achieve capital and energy efficiency and low cost/tonne over time.

Avnos, Inc.

Avnos is commercializing its unique, water positive Hybrid Direct Air Capture (HDAC tm) technology. HDAC captures both water and CO2 from the same air stream in the same system and uses a novel moisture-swing CO2 adsorbent solution. As a result, Avnos is a net water producer and eliminates external heat input to the HDAC system.

Gaia Refinery

Gaia Refinery is a women led company that has thought outside the box with regards to direct air capture (DAC) technology and deployment. Gaia’s core innovation is our low-cost, low-energy technology which incorporates the use of biomass/industrial waste streams and a unique acetate fuel cell. This patent-pending process, wholly owned by Gaia Refinery, removes the need for high temperatures, reduces renewable electricity required, and results in a 10-fold reduction in energy and cost.

South Ocean Air

South Ocean Air is a direct air capture company with a nature-based solution to remove CO2 from the atmosphere using the world’s most abundant organic resource in our patented process. Our approach transforms raw cellulose, a plant-based material, into a powerful CO2 attractor. This treated cellulose passively captures CO2 from the air after a 15-minute plasma treatment.

ReCarbn

ReCarbn aims to accelerate the development of Direct Air Capture with the potential to remove gigatons of CO₂ from the atmosphere, thereby helping to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. The technology of ReCarbn is based on a moving bed (or ‘circulating sorbent’) technology developed over 10 years at the University of Twente by the Sustainable Process Technology research group. Our design brings several technological advantages in terms of energy consumption, productivity, and scalability.

Heimdal

We are a DAC company formed in 2020 out of Oxford and went since gone through the Y Combinator program, raising 10mUSD in 2021. We then built a plant in Hawaii capturing 37 tonnes of CO2 per year and are now looking to build a 3kt/yr plant. Our process involves using a sorbent to passively capture CO2 and then using heat to release this CO2 as a pure gas stream which is then sequestered geoWe are a DAC company formed in 2020 out of Oxford and went since gone through the Y Combinator program, raising 10mUSD in 2021. We then built a plant in Hawaii capturing 37 tonnes of CO2 per year and are now looking to build a 3kt/yr plant. Our process involves using a sorbent to passively capture CO2 and then using heat to release this CO2 as a pure gas stream which is then sequestered geologically.logically.

EDAC Labs

EDAC Labs uses the low-cost electrochemical production of acid and base to decarbonize the world through conventional direct air capture, enabling carbon-negative mining, and by providing technology for other applications such as direct ocean capture, ocean alkalinity enhancement, and enhanced weathering.

X over 44

x/44 is developing a modular, electrochemical fractional enrichment technology to supply low-cost, atmospheric CO2 to catalyze utilization and removal.

Jeevan Climate Solutions

Jeevan Climate Solutions mitigates climate change through an innovative carbon capture process that is 300% – 500% more efficient than current technology. We focus our efforts on air and water. Our existing Direct Air Capture technology removes carbon dioxide for less than $100 in energy cost per ton removed.

Phlair

Electrochemical, cheap acid, and base production for Direct Air- and Point Source Capture.

LowCarbon Co., Ltd.

LowCarbon, founded in September 2016 in Gangjin County, Jeollanam-do, is a leading climate technology company in South Korea. Low Carbon’s core technologies are primarily divided into two categories: “climate environmental technology,” which captures and permanently isolates carbon dioxide, and “atmospheric environmental technology (desulfurization),” which removes sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide generated in industrial processes.

Holocene Climate Corporation

Holocene is a direct air capture (“DAC”) technology developer and carbon removal service provider building the future of the DAC industry via a highly scalable & affordable, low-temperature, aqueous carbon removal system.

Sirona Technologies

Sirona Technologies is developing DAC, with a focus on speed, scalability and a low capex design. We are committed to developing machines that use proven technology, as quickly as possible, while leveraging locations with abundant, clean and cheap energy.

Planet Savers, Inc

We are the first Japanese Direct Air Capture (DAC) startup backed by the Japanese Ministry of Environment, developing an innovative DAC system which is composed of 1) Zeolite based CO2 absorbents and 2) Modular DAC machine.

OBRIST Group

OBRIST Group is a pioneer in developing innovations to reduce emissions within areas such as heat pump compressors, powertrain systems, Direct Air Capture, and CO2-negative fuels. The organization offers engineering services, know-how transfer, and licensing, with over 500 patents worldwide.

Arbon

Arbon has developed reusable materials capable of removing CO₂ directly from the air in a dry condition and releasing CO₂ with fast kinetics when materials become wet. This innovation holds immense significance as it offers a solution for utilizing or sequestering the released high concentrations of CO₂ downstream.

Yama

Yama is a hybrid electrochemical DAC 3.0 integrating low-grade heat sources and high TRL components to get the lowest energy consumption and achieve ultra-fast scalability.

ZeoDAC Inc.

Developing zeolite and molecular sieve materials for direct air capture