Carbon Capture Tech and Project Development — Scott Frazier, CEO of Carbon America

Led by Scott Frazier, Carbon America is a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration 'super developer' deploying existing off-the-shelf carbon removal technology while also developing its own proprietary next-generation technology. Carbon America was created to transform the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) industry by lowering costs and rapidly increasing deployment. 

Scott described Carbon America's approach to carbon capture sequestration saying, "Carbon America is an end-to-end vertically integrated carbon sequestration project development company. We think of the company’s evolution in three stages. In the first stage, we are using existing off-the-shelf carbon capture technology to remove CO2 in projects that we consider to be low-hanging fruit, such as ethanol or ammonia production plants. In the second stage, we plan to deploy proprietary technology, currently being developed in-house, for addressing less concentrated flue gas point sources. In the third stage, we intend to deploy ambient carbon capture technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. In this way, we are meeting the urgency of the moment and demonstrating our project development and management expertise while we develop and contribute unique technologies and approaches to the carbon removal space."

Scott further highlighted his unconventional cleantech background, "I was originally trained as an aerospace engineer. After my schooling, I was fortunate enough to work on some of the space shuttle programs and then eventually transitioned to working on a really audacious project with Andy Beal [a finance billionaire and philanthropist]. Some of the facilities and projects that I and the team I assembled under Beal are being used today by SpaceX and Elon Musk. I think I learned an incredibly valuable lesson in audaciousness: If you keep it simple and break problems into their component parts, there is no reason that very difficult problems cannot be solved. After about four years working for Beal, I spent eight years working on a solar technology project and then transitioned to working on an energy storage application with the cofounder of Carbon America, Alex Lau [a real estate developer and cleantech super angel]."

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