London startup Brilliant Planet believes it has a carbon capture and sequestration model that ticks all the boxes, promising scalability up to billions of tons per year, near-negligible energy requirements, and costs around one tenth of current direct air capture. Brilliant Planet aims to replicate these phenomena in a controlled environment, then harvest and bury the resulting carbon-rich biomass. That represents the potential for about two gigatons – two billion tons – of carbon capture and sequestration per year. Check out a video below, from UK Research and Innovation, a government funding body which has supported Brilliant Planet. Unlocking the power of algae to capture CO2Source: Brilliant Planet via Climate Tech VC

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2022 16:44 UTC