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Charm Industrial Could Add up to 200,000 Jobs to US Economy by 2040
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Peter Reinhardt
CEO
Charm could create more than 200,000 jobs and over $20B in new GDP by 2040.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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Charm could create more than 200,000 jobs and over $20B in new GDP by 2040.
The Charm Underground - June 2024
Company Update, 4 MINS READThe Charm Underground is a monthly series sharing our progress & learnings as we scale carbon removal to gigatonne scale.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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The Charm Underground is a monthly series sharing our progress & learnings as we scale carbon removal to gigatonne scale.
Getting Climate Back on Track: More, Faster
Climate, 5 MINS READWe are not on the 1.5 °C pathway set forth by the Paris climate agreement. We are nowhere close. We are not even on the 2 °C pathway. We all need to stop burying our heads in the sand and have the courage to say that loudly and clearly.
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Edward Young
Head of Research
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We are not on the 1.5 °C pathway set forth by the Paris climate agreement. We are nowhere close. We are not even on the 2 °C pathway. We all need to stop burying our heads in the sand and have the courage to say that loudly and clearly.
Net-Zero Peanut Wagons & the Perfect Chip: Optimizing Biomass Processing at Charm
Biomass Processing, 6 MINS READOver the past year, we completely redesigned our approach to biomass processing. Our goal was to minimize our carbon footprint while maximizing our throughput. The journey to the “perfect chip” took us across the country to test wood chippers and loading systems; it required hundreds of engineering hours spent analyzing chipping yields and updating test plans for drying techniques; and it ushered in a new fleet of processing equipment.
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Mark Hamann
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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Over the past year, we completely redesigned our approach to biomass processing. Our goal was to minimize our carbon footprint while maximizing our throughput. The journey to the “perfect chip” took us across the country to test wood chippers and loading systems; it required hundreds of engineering hours spent analyzing chipping yields and updating test plans for drying techniques; and it ushered in a new fleet of processing equipment.
DOE Recognizes Charm Industrial in Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize | Charm Industrial
Carbon Removal, 3 MINS READThe United States government is starting to buy carbon removals and Charm is one of the semifinalists for 10 purchases up to $3M each. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected semifinalists based on criteria that prioritize “comprehensive and rigorous life cycle analysis, techno economic analysis and thorough background and support for its commercial readiness.”
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Nora Cohen Brown
Head of Policy
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The United States government is starting to buy carbon removals and Charm is one of the semifinalists for 10 purchases up to $3M each. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected semifinalists based on criteria that prioritize “comprehensive and rigorous life cycle analysis, techno economic analysis and thorough background and support for its commercial readiness.”
Isometric Releases Full Protocol for Bio-Oil Geological Storage for Public Comment
Measurement Reporting and Verification, 3 MINS READCarbon offset have been off the rails for a while with serious over-crediting issues and sometimes outright fraud. Charm will be using a stringent methodology housed on a registry purpose built to solve both issues.
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Harris Cohn
Head of Sales
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Carbon offset have been off the rails for a while with serious over-crediting issues and sometimes outright fraud. Charm will be using a stringent methodology housed on a registry purpose built to solve both issues.
Meet Caleb — Field Injection Operations
Team, 3 MINS READMeet Caleb, who's helping scale Charm’s field injection operations. Caleb learned the trade in oil & gas operations hauling saltwater, and in agriculture fixing irrigation systems.
Nora Cohen Brown
Head of Policy
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Meet Caleb, who's helping scale Charm’s field injection operations. Caleb learned the trade in oil & gas operations hauling saltwater, and in agriculture fixing irrigation systems.
How Aledade Established A Multi-Million Dollar Climate Program
Customers, 7 MINS READHow one employee helped create a multi-million dollar carbon credit program.
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Sebastian Smith
Go-to-Market
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How one employee helped create a multi-million dollar carbon credit program.
Meet Adam — Our Pyrolysis Operator
Team, 4 MINS READMeet Adam, one of Charm’s pyrolysis operators. He grew up in the Colorado outdoors, and built mechanical and electrical experience in the wind power and cell tower industries.
Nora Cohen Brown
Head of Policy
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Meet Adam, one of Charm’s pyrolysis operators. He grew up in the Colorado outdoors, and built mechanical and electrical experience in the wind power and cell tower industries.
Meet Jen — Carbon Removal Geologist
Team, 5 MINS READMeet Jen, who left the oil & gas industry to join Charm as our first geologist. She leads Charm’s subsurface science and sequestration efforts.
Nora Cohen Brown
Head of Policy
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Meet Jen, who left the oil & gas industry to join Charm as our first geologist. She leads Charm’s subsurface science and sequestration efforts.
Accelerating Carbon Removal with our $100m Series B
Company, 3 MINS READWe’re excited to announce that we’ve raised $100m in Series B funding! This comes on the heels of our market-leading delivery of over 6,200 tons of carbon removal, and record-breaking new deals with Frontier and JPMorgan Chase to permanently remove an additional 140,000 tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide via bio-oil sequestration. With this new funding in hand, we’re excited to dramatically expand our operations in the American heartland in the years ahead.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised $100m in Series B funding! This comes on the heels of our market-leading delivery of over 6,200 tons of carbon removal, and record-breaking new deals with Frontier and JPMorgan Chase to permanently remove an additional 140,000 tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide via bio-oil sequestration. With this new funding in hand, we’re excited to dramatically expand our operations in the American heartland in the years ahead.
Soil Impacts and Improvements
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification, 3 MINS READWe’ve designed our process to improve soil carbon and soil structure by returning char to the soil, maintain nutrients and micronutrients by returning ash with that char, and avoid negative erosion and microbiome impacts by only processing a portion of the residue on the field.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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We’ve designed our process to improve soil carbon and soil structure by returning char to the soil, maintain nutrients and micronutrients by returning ash with that char, and avoid negative erosion and microbiome impacts by only processing a portion of the residue on the field.
Opening our Colorado Miniforge Site
Company, 2 MINS READWe’re excited to announce that we’re opening a second location in Fort Lupton, Colorado, just outside of Denver, called the Charm Miniforge. The site will be responsible for biomass processing R&D, bio-oil gasification and ironmaking R&D, and forward-deployed pyrolysis testing and operations.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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We’re excited to announce that we’re opening a second location in Fort Lupton, Colorado, just outside of Denver, called the Charm Miniforge. The site will be responsible for biomass processing R&D, bio-oil gasification and ironmaking R&D, and forward-deployed pyrolysis testing and operations.
Next Level Transparency in Carbon Removal
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification, 3 MINS READToday we’re announcing the release of the prototype protocol for bio-oil sequestration authored by scientists and experts at Carbon Direct and EcoEngineers. We’re also rolling out major transparency upgrades to our carbon removal registry to show the complete life cycle analysis for every one of our carbon removal deliveries, publicly.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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Today we’re announcing the release of the prototype protocol for bio-oil sequestration authored by scientists and experts at Carbon Direct and EcoEngineers. We’re also rolling out major transparency upgrades to our carbon removal registry to show the complete life cycle analysis for every one of our carbon removal deliveries, publicly.
Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares
Engineering, 6 MINS READEarlier this year, in the bitter cold of Kansas winter, we began field testing our first scaled pyrolyzer, designed to process 10 tons of biomass per day. The pyrolyzer processed California wheat straw just fine. But now in Kansas, corn stover turned out to be a bit different. The bales not only had leaves and stalks, but also cobs and rocks.
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Lauren Murray
Engineering Manager
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Earlier this year, in the bitter cold of Kansas winter, we began field testing our first scaled pyrolyzer, designed to process 10 tons of biomass per day. The pyrolyzer processed California wheat straw just fine. But now in Kansas, corn stover turned out to be a bit different. The bales not only had leaves and stalks, but also cobs and rocks.
Our Path towards Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification, 5 MINS READToday we’re sharing our path toward rigorous monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) for bio-oil sequestration. We're sharing an update on how we view this work to understand the broader community's view and to serve as a resource for other founders seeking to develop MRV for their own pathways.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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Today we’re sharing our path toward rigorous monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) for bio-oil sequestration. We're sharing an update on how we view this work to understand the broader community's view and to serve as a resource for other founders seeking to develop MRV for their own pathways.
Largest Permanent Carbon Removal Delivery of All Time
Carbon Removal, 2 MINS READToday we’re excited to announce that we’ve delivered over 5,000 tons CO₂e removal since January, our first (partial!) year of operation. We believe this represents the world’s largest permanent carbon dioxide removal delivery of all time.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve delivered over 5,000 tons CO₂e removal since January, our first (partial!) year of operation. We believe this represents the world’s largest permanent carbon dioxide removal delivery of all time.
Charm Completes Removal of 1,000 tons CO₂e for Shopify Ahead of Schedule
Carbon Removal, 3 MINS READIn September 2020, Shopify purchased 1,000 tons of carbon removal from Charm. Shopify’s carbon is now permanently sequestered, and we’ve signed an expanded agreement to remove another 3,000 tons CO₂e for Shopify by the end of 2023.
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Katie Holligan
Head of Operations
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In September 2020, Shopify purchased 1,000 tons of carbon removal from Charm. Shopify’s carbon is now permanently sequestered, and we’ve signed an expanded agreement to remove another 3,000 tons CO₂e for Shopify by the end of 2023.
Charm Delivers Stripe's Carbon Removal Purchase Ahead-of-Schedule
Carbon Removal, 2 MINS READStripe purchased 416 tons CO₂e in carbon removal from Charm in May 2020, as our very first customer. That carbon is now permanently sequestered in geological storage.
Peter Reinhardt
CEO
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Stripe purchased 416 tons CO₂e in carbon removal from Charm in May 2020, as our very first customer. That carbon is now permanently sequestered in geological storage.
A New Negative Emissions Method and Our First Customer
Carbon Removal, 2 MINS READBio-oil is produced through fast pyrolysis of waste biomass, then transported to an injection well, prepared for injection, and pumped underground. In the US these injection wells are regulated under EPA Underground Injection Control. The process effectively takes atmospheric CO₂, captures it in biomass, converts the biomass to a liquid similar to crude oil but with half the energy content, and injects it into rock formations that have stored crude oil for hundreds of millions of years. In the coming months we plan to publish a white paper documenting this new method in detail.
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Shaun Meehan
Chief Scientist
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Bio-oil is produced through fast pyrolysis of waste biomass, then transported to an injection well, prepared for injection, and pumped underground. In the US these injection wells are regulated under EPA Underground Injection Control. The process effectively takes atmospheric CO₂, captures it in biomass, converts the biomass to a liquid similar to crude oil but with half the energy content, and injects it into rock formations that have stored crude oil for hundreds of millions of years. In the coming months we plan to publish a white paper documenting this new method in detail.
The Challenges of Removing Particulate
Engineering, 15 MINS READCharm had a major milestone recently - the company turned 2 years old! More than ever, the team is driven to return the atmosphere to 280ppm CO2, and to do so profitably. We have been working hard designing, building and testing a gasifier that produces cost-competitive industrial hydrogen from biomass. (Did you know hydrogen is an existing $150B/year market and is responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions?)
Lauren Murray
Mechanical Engineer
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Charm had a major milestone recently - the company turned 2 years old! More than ever, the team is driven to return the atmosphere to 280ppm CO2, and to do so profitably. We have been working hard designing, building and testing a gasifier that produces cost-competitive industrial hydrogen from biomass. (Did you know hydrogen is an existing $150B/year market and is responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions?)
Making Grass Flow Like Water to Save the Planet
Engineering, 7 MINS READThere are many challenges associated with gasification, especially when it comes to gasification of grasses, which are preferable for their high yield and low cost per dry ton. The biggest challenges are ash slagging, acid gas removal, heat transfer into the grass, optimal moisture content, ash disposal, and a very long list of other fascinating puzzles… (we’re hiring!) but today we’re going to talk about one challenge that seemed extremely easy at first glance: how do you load grass into the gasifier?
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Kelly Hering
Chief Technology Officer
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There are many challenges associated with gasification, especially when it comes to gasification of grasses, which are preferable for their high yield and low cost per dry ton. The biggest challenges are ash slagging, acid gas removal, heat transfer into the grass, optimal moisture content, ash disposal, and a very long list of other fascinating puzzles… (we’re hiring!) but today we’re going to talk about one challenge that seemed extremely easy at first glance: how do you load grass into the gasifier?