Standard Carbon utilizes Carbon Bridge technology to convert CO₂ emissions and renewable electricity into renewable natural gas, enabling energy storage and decarbonization. This process leverages existing infrastructure to provide a cost-effective solution for reducing carbon footprints across various industries, including power plants and data centers.
Funding
$300K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Many industries face challenges in reducing their carbon emissions and achieving decarbonization goals, particularly those relying on existing infrastructure and processes. Traditional carbon capture methods can be expensive and difficult to scale, hindering widespread adoption. Furthermore, there is a need for efficient energy storage solutions to balance the intermittency of renewable energy sources.
Solution
Standard Carbon offers a technology called Carbon Bridge that converts CO₂ emissions and renewable electricity into renewable natural gas (RNG), providing a cost-effective decarbonization and energy storage solution. The Carbon Bridge system captures CO₂ from exhaust streams and combines it with hydrogen produced from renewable-powered electrolysis. This process transforms the CO₂ into methane, which is then upgraded to pipeline-quality RNG. The RNG can be used as a drop-in replacement for fossil natural gas, leveraging existing infrastructure for distribution and utilization across various sectors, including power plants, industrial facilities, and data centers.
Target Audience
Standard Carbon primarily targets power plants, industrial facilities, biogas producers, pipeline operators, and data centers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and utilize renewable energy for decarbonization and energy storage.
Features
- Carbon Bridge technology converts CO₂ and renewable electricity into methane
- Utilizes a Sabatier reactor under precise temperature and pressure conditions to produce methane and water
- High carbon mass efficiency (95%)
- Energy efficiency of 58%
- Modular design for scalable deployment across diverse emission sources
- Integration with existing natural gas infrastructure for seamless distribution
- Potential for revenue generation through the sale of RNG and carbon credits
- Exhaust gas treatment removes particulates, NOx, and SOx
- CO₂ is selectively captured from the exhaust gas using a monoethanolamine (MEA)-based solvent in a high-efficiency absorber
- Waste heat recovery from the methanation process to preheat inputs, maximizing system efficiency