Lisa Stiffler of GeekWire writes on a climate startup that has just landed $5 million.
- OCOchem collects industrial carbon dioxide and turns it into chemicals that are used to create fertilizers, clean hydrogen, and other products.
- OCOchem is working with the U.S. Army to develop a process that converts CO2 into potassium formate, which can be used to deice runways, replacing a product that can cause corrosion.
- The company is also working with the Port of Tacoma to develop a system a system for generating formic acid and hydrogen fuel, which can provide power and replace diesel generators at the port.
“The approach has two climate benefits, said CEO and co-founder Todd Brix. First, it uses CO2 that’s captured as an industrial waste from facilities such as biogas and bioenthanol producers or it’s pulled from the atmosphere using a direct air capture device. Second, it generates formic acid and other formate chemicals that can replace fossil fuels as a feedstock for fuels and other products.”
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