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# Sustaera

##### ACCELERATING THE RATE OF CLIMATE INNOVATION BY:

Developing a low-cost, scalable technology solution to directly capture and remove carbon dioxide from the air.

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[Carbon Capture and Utilization](https://www.third-derivative.org/portfolio/tag/carbon-capture-and-utilization) [Cohort 22-3 (CDR)](https://www.third-derivative.org/portfolio/tag/cohort-22-3-cdr)

##### PROBLEM FOCUS

In order to restore carbon balance and remove historical and current carbon emissions, we need scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable direct carbon capture technologies.

##### TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION

Sustaera has developed a Direct Air Capture technology powered by carbon-free electricity using an abundantly available, low-cost capture agent. Its modular design can work in any geographic location, in a wide range of ambient temperatures and humidities, and consumes <100 acres of land per million tons/year of CO2 sequestered - significantly lower than land-based natural CO2 capture methods. Sustaera's technology represents the opportunity for gigatons of CO2 removal and permanent storage.

##### HEADQUARTERS

Cary, NC, USA

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