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We were very pleased to receive the Water Research Centre’s (WRc) report in February on our proposed project in Hayle, Cornwall, which found that our Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement technology has the potential for “significant net carbon removal” and that our proposed trial represents a “very low” risk to marine organisms. Our team has thoroughly reviewed […]

Planetary has released an Environmental Baseline Survey report to document the environmental conditions in and around St Ives Bay, particularly the marine environment surrounding the wastewater diffusers off Godrevy Head. This report, prepared in support of the proposed ocean alkalinity enhancement carbon removal trial, contributes to our scientific understanding of the local marine environment, and […]

As part of our ongoing effort to assess the safety of our proposed projects, Planetary is working with Carbon to Sea, a nonprofit initiative with a mission to evaluate OAE as a viable pathway to repair historic carbon pollution.  As part of that work, Planetary submitted several alkalinity sources for ecotoxicological testing by an independent […]

Earlier this month, Planetary’s Dr. Will Burt spoke to the Nova Scotian Institute of Science about Planetary’s Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE), focusing on our operations in Halifax leading up to and including our trial in winter 2023.   The Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and stimulating scientific […]

WRc finds Planetary’s process has the potential for “significant net carbon removal” and  our proposed trial represents a “very low” risk to marine organisms.    Water Research Centre (WRc) – one of the world’s leading independent scientific advisers – has been assessing Planetary’s proposal for a project in Hayle. This independent report commissioned by the […]

      Planetary’s CEO Mike Kelland recently appeared on BBC South West’s Politics. In case you missed it, or in case you’ve just learned about the company, this post is a refresher on Planetary’s mission and point of view, an update on our activities in Cornwall, and answers to questions we heard from the […]

Planetary is thrilled to announce that our Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) process is now operational in Halifax, where it is successfully removing tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every day.   To our knowledge, this is the first carbon-negative OAE project operating anywhere in the world, and it is the next step of our […]

      Alkalinity and dye addition to occur the week of October 2, 2023 (currently scheduled for October 3, weather permitting)       Overview Planetary Technologies and independent researchers from Dalhousie University’s Oceanography Department, together with other partners, are collaborating on investigating the efficacy of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a method to […]

      To occur the week of September 11th, 2023 (Addition currently scheduled for September 12th) Overview Planetary Technologies and independent researchers from Dalhousie University’s Oceanography Department, together with other partners, are collaborating on investigating the efficacy of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Last month, Dalhousie […]

CarbonPlan’s Verification Framework (VF) inventorises the uncertainties affecting various carbon dioxide removal (CDR) pathways, assesses the impact of each uncertainty on the quantification of net removals, and categorizes the overall quantification capacity of each method using a Verification Confidence Level (VCL). In the September 2022 first release of the VF, Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) by […]