MacroCarbon, a startup based in the Canary Islands, is using floating seaweed to develop a range of carbon-negative drop-in replacements for fossil fuel-based aviation fuels, plastic precursors, and chemical inputs, with the aim of reducing global dependence on fossil carbon, while sequestering carbon for the long term.
“MarcoCarbon’s integrated system is designed to support a global, seaweed-based, sustainable bioeconomy, helping to replace fossil fuels and combat climate change,” says marine biologist Dr. Mar Fernández Méndez, the Spanish startup’s CEO and co-founder.
The company was created after Fernández Méndez won a pan-European Carbon To Value challenge run by SPRIND, the German government’s Agency for Breakthrough Innovation.
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