STRYM

Mission

Integrating electrochemical carbon capture from seawater using existing infrastructure.

The challenge

Carbon capture can help mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. Since the sea is an amazing carbon sink, but can only hold so much, we can help the sea take in more carbon dioxide by extracting it from the seawater we are already collecting. Reducing the material footprint and potentially tapping into peak energy created by existing on-or-offshore infrastructure.

The solution

The sea is a natural carbon sink, capturing over 40% of the annual carbon emissions yearly. With current carbon capture technology, Strym aims to use existing infrastructure like tidal energy centres to provide the flow of seawater used in the carbon capture process. Carbon can be extracted, then stored, or recycled using a reversible process consisting of membrane-free electrochemical cells. Also having the possibility to use excess peak energy from the infrastructure to power the system.