Brent Constantz, Blue Planet's Founder and CEO. "Our investors are also our advisors in many cases because of their dedication, experience, and presence in the Climate Change arena," said Dr. The plants can be financed, owned and operated under well-established project financing structures without subsidies. The production and distribution of synthetic aggregate for concrete make the operations profitable. Most carbon reduction schemes are not permanent and instead allow the captured carbon dioxide to re-enter the atmosphere at some point. Instead, the synthetic limestone rock produced is distributed to concrete plants for incorporation in concrete where the CO2 is stored permanently. conventional geological CCS), which require an energy-intensive carbon dioxide purification step for liquification, transport, and injection, the Blue Planet system directly converts the carbon dioxide diluted in flue gas to carbonate, thus avoiding significant costs and parasitic loads of purifying the carbon dioxide gas from a dilute stream in order to liquify it for underground disposal. By offsetting the carbon footprint of the cement in concrete, Blue Planet's aggregate more than compensates for the cement component's carbon footprint, making the concrete a net carbon storage sink. The process also creates upcycled concrete aggregate as a by-product, reducing the need to further mine the environment and consume aggregates. The rock market represents one of the largest potential sinks for CO2 at over 50 GT every year, making Blue Planet's solution to curbing global carbon levels scalable and economically viable.īlue Planet's proprietary process creates synthetic limestone sand and gravel that can be used to make carbon neutral and carbon negative concrete, with the same structural integrity of conventional concrete. The synthetic limestone can replace natural mined limestone aggregate as the principal constituent of concrete, permanently sequestering the captured carbon dioxide. The process converts diluted carbon dioxide captured from these gas streams to carbonate for mineralization as a synthetic limestone (CaCO3). He is perhaps best known to mainstream video game enthusiasts as the founder and chief executive officer of Blue Planet Software, which manages the worldwide rights to Tetris, one of the most popular video games in history.In strength, performance and cost, Blue Planet CO2-Sequestered Aggregate is equivalent to that of standard quarried aggregates.īlue Planet will capture carbon dioxide emissions from bioenergy, natural gas and coal-fired power plants, steel mills, cement plants, and refineries, as well as directly from the atmosphere. Prior to focusing on environmental protection, Rogers was a pioneer in Japan’s fledgling computer game industry and developed the Black Onyx, the first role-playing game in Japan. The Alliance aims to create measurable and scalable results among individuals, organizations, cities, states, countries, and eventually the world. His newest initiative, Blue Planet Alliance, takes a “mandate first” approach to initiate global climate change action. He has spoken at three Inter-Parliamentary Union assemblies, where he collaborated with the 178 member countries to draft an emergency climate change resolution. Rogers now is focusing beyond Hawaii to help others enact mandates for 100 percent renewable energy in their regions. And he is the founder and president of Blue Planet Research, a private research laboratory that has designed and built off-grid renewable energy infrastructures, Blue Ion energy storage systems, HI-SEAS Mars/Moon habitats, and hydrogen production systems. The company’s innovative technology is advancing the safety, reliability, and energy output of battery systems. Rogers is also the founder and chief executive officer of Blue Planet Energy, one of the leading providers of energy storage systems (i.e. batteries) that power homes, businesses, and utility grids. He is the founder, visionary, and chairman of the board at Blue Planet Foundation, whose tireless efforts helped pave the way for Hawaii to enact a policy that calls for electric utilities throughout the state to rely on 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Henk Rogers is one of the world’s leading advocates and activists for reducing, and eventually eliminating, humankind’s dependence on fossil fuel.
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