ARTi Attends the XPRIZE 2024 Carbon Removal Capital Summit in San Francisco
ARTi is honoured to have been selected to attend the prestigious 2024 Carbon Removal Capital Summit in San Francisco, which took place from September 10 to 12. This event, held in collaboration with XPRIZE and Santander CIB, brought together industry leaders and cutting-edge companies dedicated to rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. As part of the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Top 100, ARTi had the unique opportunity to get into discussion with others in the carbon removal space and talk about our scalable biochar solutions. It was absolutely great to speak with other global innovators working on impactful climate strategies.
ARTi was among the top 60 teams in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, sponsored by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, aiming to combat climate change and restore the carbon cycle. More about our placement in this contest can be found at this blog article (link). ARTi uses biochar and pyrolysis as a land-based solution to remove carbon. Our cost-effective, proven, and highly scalable pyrolysis reactors are a rival for the prize and in combating climate change. Biochar has many co-benefits beyond carbon sequestration. It also helps recover soil health, fertility, and structure.
The XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition is a $100 million global initiative designed to accelerate innovative solutions for climate change. The competition challenges teams to develop scalable technologies that can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and oceans, with the ultimate goal of restoring the carbon cycle and addressing the impacts of global warming. By incentivizing breakthroughs in carbon removal, XPRIZE aims to foster long-term, sustainable solutions that can capture and store carbon at a scale of gigatons per year, significantly reducing the planet’s carbon footprint.
XPRIZE Summit attendees. From left to right ARTi CEO Dr. Bernardo del Campo, Andres Chapa from Tierra Prieta biochar, Mexico and Peter Hutchison also from ARTi.
Biochar is an ideal carbon removal solution because it locks carbon in a stable form for centuries while improving soil health. Its ability to sequester carbon and enhance agriculture makes it a scalable, dual-impact approach to combating climate change.
XPRIZE 2024 Carbon Removal Capital Summit underway.
