rapidly building
America’s
direct air
carbon-capture
capacity at scale
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ABOUT
OUR MISSION
Valiidun is on a mission to scale America’s decarbonization efforts by developing and operating large-scale facilities with cutting-edge technology. The company is improving the economics of carbon capture while partnering with a world class research institute to commercialize proven CO2 capture and storage technology. The company will also be working with like-minded multinational companies and funds who made net-zero climate pledges to mitigate their emissions.
RAPID CARBON REMOVAL AND STORAGE AT SCALE
Trees can only take us so far in the global quest for net zero. Direct air capture facilities remove carbon from the air and store it deep underground. It is a critical tool, and the only viable way to fully meet and exceed net zero targets. But to date, less than 20 plants have been built worldwide with just two in the United States. We’ll never meet the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement unless we build more – and quickly.
EXPERTS AT SPEED AND SCALE
Our founding team and investors know ESG and how to scale.
8 million square feet of constructed facilities
1,000+ jobs created
$1.5 billion in capital raised
2 unicorn companies
3.7 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy transacted
EXPLAINED
THE PROBLEM
Climate change is accelerating. Over the past 10 years, Americans have spent $411 billion building back from six of history’s 10 worst extreme-weather events.
In its landmark IPCC Sixth Assessment study, the United Nations noted, “the world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a ‘now or never’ dash to a low-carbon economy and society.”
HOW DIRECT AIR CAPTURE WORKS
Think of Valiidun’s carbon-capture sites as sophisticated, machinery-based forests. Air is pulled inside the facility, where a series of chemical reactions extract the CO₂ from the air to then be safely stored underground or in products where it will be permanently contained.
As companies strive to solve the world's CO₂ emissions crisis, they've developed myriad new ways to use the gas. What was once limited to beverage makers and greenhouses now includes everything from building materials to tennis shoes.
THE SOLUTION
Renewable energy, electric vehicles, and other traditional carbon emissions reduction approaches are essential to reducing CO₂ emissions, however, CO₂ removal is the only way to eliminate excess CO₂ in the atmosphere. With proven direct air capture technology already in use around the globe, the world has found an answer to slowing—and eventually reversing—the emissions that continue to warm the planet.
Now we must build bigger and faster, while powering these facilities with sources and technologies which will keep their own carbon footprints negligible.
Large-Scale Carbon-Capture Startup Valiidun Hires Former Department of Defense Project Developer as Chief Strategy Officer
AUGUST 03, 2022 — LEXINGTON, KY — Large-scale carbon-capture startup Valiidun today announced the hiring of longtime site development executive Matt Gosnell as Chief Strategy Officer. Gosnell joins Valiidun after serving as Vice President of Development, and later as Director of Government Relations, at indoor farming company AppHarvest, where he led site location efforts for four large-scale farms including a 2.76-million-square-foot facility that’s among the world’s 20 largest buildings.
NEWS
AppHarvest Founding Executive Launches Startup Building Large-Scale Carbon-Capture Facilities
JULY 18, 2022 — LEXINGTON, KY — The founding Chief Development Officer of AgTech leader AppHarvest today announced the launch of Valiidun, a company set to rapidly build large-scale decarbonization facilities that will help industry begin to combat its ongoing contributions to climate change.