CarbonCure Technologies

CarbonCure Technologies is a manufacturer of carbon removal and utilization technologies that inject captured carbon dioxide into concrete. It was founded in 2012 by Rob Niven, and the company headquarters are in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

CarbonCure Technologies
TypePrivate
IndustryCleanTech
FounderRob Niven
HeadquartersHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Websitehttps://www.carboncure.com

Technology

CarbonCure holds more than 120 patents related to carbon dioxide sequestration in concrete articles.[1]

Projects that have been made with concrete from CarbonCure's process include 725 Ponce in Atlanta.[2]

Funding

Investors include Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Innovacorp, GreenSoil Investments, Pangaea Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, BDC Capital, 2150, Mitsubishi Corporation, Carbon Direct, Taronga Ventures, and Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund.[3][4][5]

Recognition

The XPrize Foundation named CarbonCure one of two winners of the NRG COSIA Carbon Prize in April 2021. The other winner was CarbonBuilt, another carbon sequestration project.[6][7]

References
  1. Government of Canada, Innovation. "Canadian Patent Database / Base de données sur les brevets canadiens". brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. Lord, Bronte (2018-06-12). "This concrete can trap CO2 emissions forever". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. Moriera, Peter. "CarbonCure Lands $1.75M in Funding". entrevestor.com. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  4. "From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2". the Guardian. 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. "Carbon capture 'moonshot' moves closer, as billions of dollars pour in". the Guardian. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. "Clean Tech Company, CarbonCure Wins NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE" (Press release). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-01-12 – via Business Wire.
  7. Lundy, Thomas (2021-05-06). "Canadian company wins multi-million dollar prize for carbon-dioxide-injected concrete". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
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