EPISODE · Oct 20, 2021 · 56 MIN
This Is CDR EP10: Carbon Fiber from CO2 with Aaron Fitzgerald
from This is CDR · host OpenAir
In this installment we are pleased to welcome Aaron Fitzgerald to tell us about Mars Material’s (http://realizemars.com) efforts to develop a new pathway for carbon fiber production using captured CO2 as a raw material, and discuss his experiences with New York’s carbontech ecosystem as part of Venture for ClimateTech and the C2V Initiative’s inaugural cohorts. Moderated by Toby Bryce (@wtbryce) and Megha Raghavan ABOUT OUR PRESENTER Aaron Fitzgerald is CEO and Co-Founder of Mars Materials, a certified B-corp that sequesters captured CO2 into plastics and carbon fibers by converting it into acrylonitrile that can be used to create a wide range of long-lived products. Mars Materials was incubated while Aaron was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Carbon180. ABOUT THIS IS CDR - www.openaircollective.cc/this-is-cdr #ThisIsCDR This Is CDR is a weekly online event series that explores the ever-widening range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and contextualize them for policy proposals under development for New York, and other states and localities. ABOUT OPENAIR - www.openaircollective.cc Twitter: @openaircollect OpenAir is a distributed volunteer network dedicated to the advancement of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions essential to solving the climate crisis. Our growing global community collaborates on shared “open source” missions in the areas of research and development, policy advocacy, and activist market development. Please join us!
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In this installment we are pleased to welcome Aaron Fitzgerald to tell us about Mars Material’s (http://realizemars.com) efforts to develop a new pathway for carbon fiber production using captured CO2 as a raw material, and discuss his experiences with New York’s carbontech ecosystem as part of Venture for ClimateTech and the C2V Initiative’s inaugural cohorts. Moderated by Toby Bryce (@wtbryce) and Megha Raghavan ABOUT OUR PRESENTER Aaron Fitzgerald is CEO and Co-Founder of Mars Materials, a certified B-corp that sequesters captured CO2 into plastics and carbon fibers by converting it into acrylonitrile that can be used to create a wide range of long-lived products. Mars Materials was incubated while Aaron was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Carbon180. ABOUT THIS IS CDR - www.openaircollective.cc/this-is-cdr #ThisIsCDR This Is CDR is a weekly online event series that explores the ever-widening range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and contextualize them for policy proposals under development for New York, and other states and localities. ABOUT OPENAIR - www.openaircollective.cc Twitter: @openaircollect OpenAir is a distributed volunteer network dedicated to the advancement of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions essential to solving the climate crisis. Our growing global community collaborates on shared “open source” missions in the areas of research and development, policy advocacy, and activist market development. Please join us!
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