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Using coastal ocean alkalinity enhancement to absorb carbon dioxide

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Michael Kelland

CEO at Planetary Technologies

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Employees 21–50
Headquarters Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Major CDR buyers expect that only 50% of the $9.9B they’ve committed will end up delivered. Planetary is one of the few companies actively delivering high quality removals on a certified registry. Planetary restores seawater chemistry through coastal ocean alkalinity enhancement, reinforcing the ocean’s natural carbon sink with safe, durable, and independently verified storage. We’ve successfully operated our demonstration facility in Halifax for two years, and our recent XPRIZE win and $31M Frontier offtake set us up to scale that facility from 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes per year.

Notable Achievements

  • XPRIZE Winner
  • First seawater restoration credits on an accredited registry.
  • 10× carbon-removal scale-up each year for the past three years.

Currently Operating in Three Regions

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