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Left to right: Philip Kithil, CEO, and Philip Fullam, Chief Engineer, and Nick Phelps, Design Engineer.

Tapping into Wave Energy

The oceans absorb 30% of atmospheric CO2 and cover 71% of Earth's surface. For 2.6 billion years, photosynthesis has converted CO2 into phytoplankton, fish food. Ocean-Based Climate Solutions, a Santa Fe, NM startup, converts CO2 to phytoplankton using wave energy. CEO Philip Kithil initially investigated ocean upwelling — technologies transporting deep, nutrient-rich ocean water from…

Ocean-based Climate Solutions “Among 3 Standouts from Dassault’s Playground”

February 23, 2023 - Nashville, TN. SolidWorks creator Dassault Systèmes recently hosted the 2023 3DEXPERIENCE World & Forum in Nashville, Tennessee. Manufacturers, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, students, and business leaders from all over the world were invited to the event in Music City for networking, innovation, and learning. The conference included sessions, practical workshops, educational courses,…

“Greening the ocean to combat climate change.”

22 November 2022, Kiel to Las Palmas. Can bringing nutrient-rich deep water to the surface artificially help the ocean store more CO2? This is what the research network Test-ArtUp tries to find out. As part of its research, the group has now put a pump that is powered by waves in the Atlantic Ocean, south…