Put oil back underground
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The best of nature and tech
Charm uses plants to capture CO₂ from the atmosphere. We convert biomass into a stable, carbon-rich liquid and then pump it deep underground. This removes CO₂ permanently from the atmosphere, out of reach of wildfires, soil erosion and land use change.
Company's story
Our Specialty
01 / Nature's carbon capture
Cellulosic biomass already captures 100+ Gt CO₂/year. We collect it and put it through a process called fast pyrolysis.
02 / The ideal injectant
Charm's fast pyrolyzers break down biomass into bio-oil, a liquid rich in carbon but low in energy content.
03 / Removed for millennia
Charm prepares the bio-oil and injects it into EPA-regulated injection wells, where the bio-oil sinks and solidifies in place for permanent storage.
Cellulosic biomass already captures 100+ Gt CO₂/year. We collect it and put it through a process called fast pyrolysis.
02 / The ideal injectant
Charm's fast pyrolyzers break down biomass into bio-oil, a liquid rich in carbon but low in energy content.
03 / Removed for millennia
Charm prepares the bio-oil and injects it into EPA-regulated injection wells, where the bio-oil sinks and solidifies in place for permanent storage.
Our story
Charm’s founders met through Planet, and independently developed an interest in preventing climate change. In 2017 they began working together to find a profitable way to sequester carbon. What started as a “char farm” (charm, get it?) evolved into a concept to turn agricultural residues into renewable industrial hydrogen via fast pyrolysis.
In 2020 our Chief Scientist and co-founder Shaun Meehan had two breakthroughs. First, converting agricultural residues into a bio-oil intermediate made the concept dramatically more economical and second, pumping bio-oil underground was a compelling and cost-competitive way to remove carbon from the atmosphere. We were off to the races.
Within 10 months, we completed our first carbon removal injection and in 2021, we completed more than 5,000 tons of carbon removal for customers like Stripe, Shopify and Microsoft.
We're just getting started, and we need a wide variety of experiences to build an entirely new industry. Gigatons or bust!
In 2020 our Chief Scientist and co-founder Shaun Meehan had two breakthroughs. First, converting agricultural residues into a bio-oil intermediate made the concept dramatically more economical and second, pumping bio-oil underground was a compelling and cost-competitive way to remove carbon from the atmosphere. We were off to the races.
Within 10 months, we completed our first carbon removal injection and in 2021, we completed more than 5,000 tons of carbon removal for customers like Stripe, Shopify and Microsoft.
We're just getting started, and we need a wide variety of experiences to build an entirely new industry. Gigatons or bust!
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