Two XPRIZE Winning Teams
Episode 2 of the Carbon Removal Newsroom podcast, hosted by Carbon Removal Strategies LLC, titled "Two XPRIZE Winning Teams" was published on September 22, 2022 and runs 59 minutes.
September 22, 2022 ·59m · Carbon Removal Newsroom
Summary
On April 22nd, XPRIZE announced the 15 winners of the second round of their competition for carbon removal solutions. Each of these teams has been awarded $1 million to help them compete for the grand prize of $50 million, or 3 $30 million runner-up slots, awarded three years from now. The grand prize winner may not be one of the 15 Milestone awardees, but these teams are a step ahead of the competition and have already demonstrated an ability to impress the Xprize judges. This episode features two segments with interviews of Milestone-winning teams. First, Radhika and Na’im spoke with Carbin Minerals CTO Peter Scheuermann. Carbin’s work with mine waste streams is based on the pioneering research of Dr. Greg Dipple. Peter joined us to discuss how they plan to make mining carbon negative, their testing so far, and how their MRV approach will be “modular.” In the second segment, CRN producer Asa Kamer fills in as guest host to talk with the two companies who make up the XPRIZE team “Project Hajar”: Mission Zero and 4401. 4401 Commercial Lieutenant Karan Khimji and Mission Zero CEO Nicholas Chadwick join us for a discussion on their DAC to Mineralization approach in Oman, their progress so far, and what keeps them up at night as they scale up. On This Episode Na’im Merchant Peter Scheuermann Karan Khimji Nicholas Chadwick Resources from pt. 1 Carbin Minerals Greg Dipple Elon Musk seeks sustainable nickel Resources from pt. 2 4401 Mission Zero Hajar Mountains Jack Andreasen Tweet Connect with Nori Nori’s Twitter Nori’s other podcast Reversing Climate Change Nori’s CDR meme twitter account
Episode Description
On April 22nd, XPRIZE announced the 15 winners of the second round of their competition for carbon removal solutions. Each of these teams has been awarded $1 million to help them compete for the grand prize of $50 million, or 3 $30 million runner-up slots, awarded three years from now.
The grand prize winner may not be one of the 15 Milestone awardees, but these teams are a step ahead of the competition and have already demonstrated an ability to impress the Xprize judges.
This episode features two segments with interviews of Milestone-winning teams.
First, Radhika and Na’im spoke with Carbin Minerals CTO Peter Scheuermann. Carbin’s work with mine waste streams is based on the pioneering research of Dr. Greg Dipple. Peter joined us to discuss how they plan to make mining carbon negative, their testing so far, and how their MRV approach will be “modular.”
In the second segment, CRN producer Asa Kamer fills in as guest host to talk with the two companies who make up the XPRIZE team “Project Hajar”: Mission Zero and 4401. 4401 Commercial Lieutenant Karan Khimji and Mission Zero CEO Nicholas Chadwick join us for a discussion on their DAC to Mineralization approach in Oman, their progress so far, and what keeps them up at night as they scale up.
On This Episode
Resources from pt. 1
Elon Musk seeks sustainable nickel
Resources from pt. 2
Connect with Nori
Nori’s other podcast Reversing Climate Change
Nori’s CDR meme twitter account