Climate Adaptation
Startups Cutting Emissions From Concrete Win $20 Million Xprize
CarbonCure Technologies and CarbonBuilt Inc. took home the grand prize
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Two startups cutting emissions from the use of concrete have won the $20 million Carbon Xprize.
Launched in 2015, the award was created by U.S. power company NRG and Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance to incentivize the development of technologies that can capture carbon dioxide and put it to valuable use. A total of 48 teams entered, with nine reaching the final round to showcase their technology working at a pilot scale.