India-based cleantech startup Greengine has entered into a partnership with Israeli carbon removal company Rewind Earth, joining forces on the development of novel underground biomass storage methods.
The partnership will combine Greengine’s large-scale microalgae-based carbon capture systems and potential to produce tons of microalgae biomass with Rewind Earth’s expertise in permanent biomass storage in underground mines and marine environments.
The collaboration aims to explore new carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) horizons, looking to create innovative pathways for storing microalgae biomass safely and permanently on a geological timescale.
This partnership announcement comes soon after Rewind Earth launched DMS Georgia, the world’s first commercial deep mine carbon storage project in Western Georgia.
Leveraging the naturally occurring carbon cycle in plants, Rewind Earth specializes in anoxic biomass storage that locks away CO2-rich biomass in oxygen-free environments, where the organic residue won’t be able to emit carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
With this novel approach, Rewind Earth minimizes the energy use and infrastructure needs for CDR operations while unlocking geological permanence with outstanding efficiency.
The company is set on a mission to remove one million tons of CO2 annually by 2030 through a global network of deep mines, sediments, and marine basins. The partnership with Greengine aligns with this vision, and the two companies have a shared interest in advancing the field of underground biomass storage.
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On its end, Greengine has come up with an engineered microalgae-based carbon capture technology that tackles industrial and other emissions and utilizes a custom-designed microalgal photobioreactor to process microalgae biomass for usage in bioenergy and biomaterials.
In the partnership announcement, Greengine shared, “This partnership adds a powerful new dimension to Greengine’s offering apart from utilization of biomass in the form of energy/materials and marks a proud milestone in expanding our vision beyond borders.”
Rewind Earth stated, “Together, we will pursue opportunities to develop deep underground storage sites for microalgal biomass, preserving captured carbon from emissions in geological storage sites.”
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