CarbonCure Technologies Inc. is a manufacturer of
carbon removal
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a process in which carbon dioxide () is removed from the atmosphere by deliberate human activities and durably stored in geological, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs, or in products.IPCC, 2021:Annex VII: Glossar ...
or carbon utilization technologies that inject captured
carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalent bond, covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in a gas state at room temperature and at norma ...
into
concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance (after water), the most–widely used building material, and the most-manufactur ...
where it is permanently stored. The company was founded in 2012 by Robert Niven, and the company headquarters are in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Technologies
CarbonCure holds more than 120 patents related to carbon mineralization and carbon dioxide storage in concrete.
Projects that have been built with concrete using CarbonCure's technologies include
Amazon HQ2
Amazon HQ2 is Amazon (company), Amazon's corporate headquarters in National Landing in Crystal City, Virginia (part of Arlington, Virginia, Arlington County) in the Washington, D.C. area, and an expansion of the company's headquarters in Seattl ...
in Arlington, Virginia, General Motors
Spring Hill Manufacturing
Spring Hill Manufacturing is an automotive manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, United States, owned and operated by General Motors. The plant currently assembles the Cadillac XT5, Cadillac Lyriq, Cadillac Vistiq and Acura ZDX cros ...
Plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee and
725 Ponce 725 Ponce is a 190-million-dollar mixed-use development under construction at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue along the Atlanta BeltLine in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It includes a 360,000-square-foot, 12 story office tower ato ...
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Funding
Investors include
Sustainable Development Technology Canada,
Innovacorp, GreenSoil Investments, Pangaea Ventures,
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Breakthrough Energy is the umbrella name of several organizations, founded by Bill Gates in 2015, that aim to accelerate innovation in sustainable energy and in other technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It has been investing in a var ...
, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, BDC Capital, 2150, Mitsubishi Corporation, Carbon Direct, Taronga Ventures, and Amazon's
Climate Pledge Fund
The Climate Pledge Fund is a division of Amazon, set up to develop and manage investments in the climate technology space, as part of its Climate Pledge initiative. It is a corporate venture capital fund.
History
The Climate Pledge Fund was f ...
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Recognition
The
XPrize Foundation
XPRIZE Foundation is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development. The XPRIZE mission is to bring about "radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity" through incentiv ...
named CarbonCure one of two $7.5 million grand prize winners of the 4.5 year NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition in April 2021. Other prestigious titles include 2022
CNBC
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Disruptor 50 List Company and Cleantech 100 Hall of Fame Company after ranking on the Global Cleantech 100 list for seven consecutive years.
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References
Canadian companies established in 2012
Technology companies established in 2012
Technology companies of Canada
Companies based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
External links
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