Development and Execution
Optimize and grow
Optimizing the pathway
Nature effortlessly grows the 10,000 nutrition-rich types of seaweed around the world. We will extend work done on cultivation in Oregon and Australia to replicate field situations and couple with NREL's guidance on optimal processing choices.
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Bio-crude from HTL into marine biofuels represents a strong and highly remunerative fit, especially in the EU (www.zerocarbonshipping.com/publications/maritime-decarbonization-strategy/) as does producing SAF via enzymatic hydrolysis and bio-ethanol (www.aviationbenefits.org)
Field trials
At our target locations in the global south, we will build test sites to confirm growth rates, algal composition and other aspects of the cultivation and harvesting process. This experience informs our decisions on pace and direction of scaling.
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(Image - Partner trial facilities in Australia)
Scaling sites and new markets
As we scale individual sites, we seek to deploy the latest infrastructure financing techniques that reward developers with climate solutions through a blockchain-enabled process
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The greater our experience, the more precise our carbon impact. The greater the scale, the better we can pursue hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as aviation and bioplastics to replace LDP
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Our objective is to work in developer-friendly markets where each plot size can be 15 sq kms (5 x 3 farms) and where we can capture synergies with existing energy infrastructure and demand centres
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(Image - Global tree cover, Bastin 2019)
