Aircela

To prototype an intermittent, swarm-automated off-grid power-to-methanol facility

This team has developed a standalone, ultra-modular system capturing CO2 from environmental air and converting it into carbon-neutral e-fuels. Each system, when deployed, will capture 3 tons of CO2 per year and replace 400 gallons of fossil gasoline or 2 tons of fossil methanol. Their goal is to be capturing millions of tons per year, and replacing millions of fossil gallons/tons, by the end of this decade, selling fuel at fossil price parity. They want to build a digital and physical prototype of thousands of Aircela systems working together, modeled at the subcomponent scale, and powered intermittently.

Focus Area(s): Direct Air Capture (DAC), Fossil Fuels

Funding Cycle: 2023-2024