Holocene Climate Corporation

Advancing a Low-temperature, Low-cost Direct Air Capture System Based on Organic Chemistry. the Recipient Will Conduct Bench-scale Testing of a Novel, Transformative Direct Air Capture (DAC) Process Using Amino Acids and Guanidines Compounds. the Project’s Primary Objective Is to Elevate the Technology From a Research State to an Experimentally Demonstrated Proof-of-concept Level to Assist the U.s. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) in Achieving the Carbon Negative Shot Target of Under $100/NET Metric Ton (TONNE) Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2E) Removed (i.e., Both Capture and Storage), by 2031. Main Project Tasks Include Program Management and Planning, De-risking Sorbent Costs, Development of Transformative Liquid-solid Separation Process, Contactor Design and Optimization of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Absorption, and Advanced Desorption Processes to Reduce Thermal Energy Requirements.