Arbon Earth's Milestones!
Did you know that Magnus has travelled in a container ship over the Atlantic Ocean? At international waters, between Europe and the USA, 28 OceanPods were finally released in the North Atlantic Ocean. That trip represents one of the important goals we have reached, but there is more.
Since we get a lot of questions about Arbon Earth’s development, we have put together a list of “Milestones”. Aren't they amazing!
MILESTONES
Autumn 2024 - Right now we are:
Scaling up on both the sales side and production side.
Onboarding customers - many interesting companies.
Planning new sites all over the world.
August 2024 - EY Impact Amplifier program
Arbon Earth was selected for the EY Impact Amplifier program. We aim to onboard one large customer together with EY. Many of EY's large clients are doing CSRD work right now to measure their emissions. Next step for these clients is to create a solid climate transition plan, where they document separately their emission reductions, and carbon captures. Our aim is to be a provider of Natural-based Carbon Capture.
May 2024 - Biodiversity studies in Tanzania
We started support for biodiversity studies on the OceanPod, located on an island outside Kibuyuni in Tanzania. The study is done together with University of Dar El Salam.
April 2024 - Back in Kenya
Magnus visited Kenya again to assist with the setup of ongoing production in Kibuyuni. So nice to see that the team is now operational!
Mar 2024 - New Angel Investors
We onboarded 3 new great angel investors that wanted to join our journey to create an impact for the climate and a better future. Thanks for believing in us!
Feb 2024 - Long-term tests with SMHI
We started doing climate action research with SMHI and their research vessel Svea. In this deep sea research we put biomasse in measurement containers, on the seafloor. The plan is to measure the weight after 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 … years to get a projection towards 100 years. This will give us values on persistence in different circumstances over time. Thank you SMHI for this opportunity.
Nov 2023 - Live Tests - Kenya, Indian Ocean
Arbon Earth work with four Kenyan women at Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers to produce OceanPods. Kenya and Tanzania has a large seaweed industry employing 30 000 persons, so they have great knowledge about this production. Magnus visited the site and did a first test putting out OceanPods in the Indian Ocean. This collaboration boosts the economy of this area and strengthens the coastal resilience. We are proud of our Kenyan partners!
Oct 2023 - Certified by ONCRA
The OceanPod got certified by ONCRA. The organisation is the world’s first Open Natural Carbon Removal Framework. It operates as a lean and trustworthy certifier for nature-based carbon removal projects, in close collaboration with local governments, the European Commission and a wide network of innovative entrepreneurs who sequester carbon with nature-based processes. The result from the Life Cycle Analyses done showed that for every tonne of CO2e we bind we emit only 30 kg COe2, that is 3%. Compared to the 50% that biochar emits while being produced. Sweet!
Oct 2023 - Innovative Impact Startup
Arbon Earth was granted funding as an “Innovative Impact Startup”, 300 000 SEK, from Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems) to further develop the product and carry out tests at sea.
Feb 2023 - Live tests - Atlantic Ocean
Like a real adventurer Magnus hitchhiked from Antwerp to New York in an enormous container ship (Atlantic Container Line, ACL). This trip took twelve days. He assembled bamboo from Portugal and spores from Scotland (the closest land downstream the deployment site), to create the OceanPods in a large hall with no windows with 5 metre high waves outside. At international waters, between Europe and the USA, 28 OceanPods were finally released in the North Atlantic Ocean. They were monitored until September 2023 to find out how well the OceanPod solution was working.
Magnus disembarked from the ship in New York and got invited to present for the Nasdaq staff regarding new solutions for Nature-based Carbon Capture. A great trip and a great test!
Nov 2022 - Workshop Azores, Atlantic Ocean
Collaboration started with the University of the Azores, experts on deep sea research, located strategically outside Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean. This university has developed a cost-effective method to filming deep sea in 4K at the seafloor, to see activity far below the surface. At 3000 metres depth, the pressure is 300 times larger than on the surface. There is no photosynthesis there, low oxygen levels and it's completely dark. The aim with this filming is to find out what will happen when the OceanPods hit the seafloor and become part of the sediment. Magnus also gave a lecture at the university about Arbon Earth's solutions and thoughts about the matter.
Oct 2022 - Test Lab - Grebbestad
First marine tests with the OceanPod at the sea shore in Grebbestad (West Coast Sweden) in collaboration with Gothenburg University and Hortimare (Dutch spore producing company). Developing a super-fast spore producing method.
Sept 2022 - Arbon Earth AB is born!
The two founders Magnus and Carl registered the company ‘Arbon Earth AB’ in Sweden, with an aim to be one part of the solution to the climate crises.
Sep 2021 - “Climate Hackathon”
Magnus arranges a successful hackathon with marine biologists to invent big scale, low-cost climate solutions. Connects with Carl Lindberg who had similar thoughts and invents the OceanPod.