Planetary Hydrogen, a cleantech company that has just moved most operations from Ottawa to Halifax, has declared the lofty ambition of removing a gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere annually by 2035.
The cleantech company, which launched in Ottawa two years ago, has devised a system that has two components that can improve the environment and make money. First, it produces hydrogen, which is in growing demand as a clean fuel. Second, it injects bicarbonate into the ocean to reduce the acidity of the water and capture carbon.
In fact, 14 years from now it wants to be capturing a gigaton of