Burt et al. (2024): Planetary Technologies‘ Groundbreaking Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Project in Halifax, and the Emergence of Halifax as a Global mCDR Hub
Will Burt, Steve Rackley, Robert Izett, Jason Vallis, Omar Sadoon, Greg Rau, Mariam Melashvili, Tim Cross IN: OCEANS 2024 – Halifax, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS55160.2024.10754096
Here, the authors outline the science behind OAE, and provide details of the past and present advances in the science, engineering, and community building at a worlds-first OAE field trial site in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The site is operated by Halifax-based Planetary Technologies, and the R&D work is conducted alongside numerous local and international collaborators spanning academia, philanthropic organizations, and engineering firms. While the fundamental science is relatively straightforward, the practical deployment of Planetary’s end-to-end OAE process is complex and interdisciplinary,