A Saint John entrepreneur plans to tap Atlantic Canada’s high winds for carbon capture projects that she hopes will help power the space industry, with a working prototype slated for completion next year.
Tammy Cai is a Memorial University-trained engineer and the co-founder of Gaia Refinery, which was one of five companies presenting at the Energia Ventures demo day on Thursday. She and her business partner, Mike Parent, plan to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to methane, to create natural gas of a higher purity than can be achieved from fracking.
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