Enabling affordable
Net-Zero-Emissions Economies
We develop low-cost technology to convert biomass into stable carbon for long-term carbon storage and renewable energy.
Food waste biochar from our technology. (Image Credit: Javier Flores, Stanford Sustainability Accelerator)
Founders
Sustainability Accelerator Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
PhD: UC Berkeley, 2023
Divya Chalise
Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Founding Director, ARPA-E (DOE)
Former Vice President of Energy, Google
Arun Majumdar
Yi Cui
Fortinet Founders Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Founder of 5 startup companies
About us
Image Credits: Food Waste-Sarah Reingewirtz/ZUMA Press/Newscom, Biochar-Oregon Department of Forestry
Every year, 10 billion tons of crop residue and food waste store around 15 billion tons of CO₂, much of which is released back into the atmosphere through burning or decomposition. By converting this waste into biochar through carbonization, the carbon can be locked away for centuries. We’ve developed a breakthrough carbonization process that reduces processing costs 10-fold, making biochar cheaper than coal and a viable, climate-positive alternative.
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