Founded 2021
Industry
Resiliency + Adaptation
Ben Tarbell
Co-founder + CEO
Matt Eisaman
Co-founder + CTO
Dave Hegeman
Co-founder + VP of Engineering
Todd Pelman
Co-founder + Chief Engineer
Articles
- Meet Ebb Carbon, the Startup Turbocharging Ocean-based Carbon Removal
- This tech uses seawater to fight climate change—and stops another ocean disaster in the process
- Interview With Ebb Carbon Founder Ben Tarbell
- A dream team for ocean carbon capture?
- Climate change is ravaging the oceans. Some startups see a solution in marine carbon capture
- Climate change is ravaging the oceans. Some startups see a solution in marine carbon capture
- Exclusive: Propeller has backed 14 ocean-focused startups
- Startup Plans Largest Ocean Geoengineering Plant - Ebb Carbon’s facility could start drawing down CO2 this year
- How one startup is using the ocean to fight climate change
- Startup Ebb Carbon Fights Climate Change with Ocean Innovation
- Company eyes Port Angeles for carbon capture pilot project
About the Company
Ebb Carbon removes atmospheric CO2 and reduces ocean acidification. Using a proprietary electrochemical system to separate acid out of salty water, Ebb de-acidifies the ocean and enhances its natural ability to capture CO2 from the air and store it safely and stably as bicarbonate for at least 10,000 years.
About the Solution
The Ebb process uses low-carbon electricity and membranes to separate the NaCl in seawater or salty effluent into acid and slightly alkaline saltwater. The acid (HCl) is retained and put to commercial use outside of the ocean. The alkaline saltwater is controllably returned to the ocean converting atmospheric CO2 into oceanic bicarbonate which is stable in the ocean for at least 10,000 years. The process is performed in a way that is safe and within the bounds of natural ocean pH cycles.