Airhive

🇬🇧 The UK isn't just our home base 🇬🇧 It's also become a great place for DAC. Supportive policies and enabling infrastructure are starting to create a DAC and CDR ecosystem — and both are focused on the north of England. That's where we're now commissioning our newest system: Project Tenet. As a pilot, Project Tenet is a test bed for proving out the next generation of our DAC technology. It also points to something even bigger: a future where the UK is a DAC leader. This will centre on the Teesside cluster, where carbon captured directly from the atmosphere will be transported and stored under the North Sea. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eG4tQ-Ad This day has been three years in the making. Thanks so much to our partners Teesside University and the Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre. Thanks to the Tees Valley Combined Authority and its visionary mayor Ben Houchen who have put clean tech at the centre of regional development. And thanks to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the UK Climate Change Committee for the national support that catalyses so much local action at Teesside. More on our ramp-up soon!

One reason we’re excited about our latest patent application: it’s the result of three years of work. Three years of experiments, some open-ended and some very targeted, led to a breakthrough on mineral sorbents that could transform the Airhive DAC process. In our latest blog our cofounder and CTO Jasper Wong talks about research & development: how it works at Airhive and what R&D means for DAC as a whole. “Let’s try it!" Read here: https://lnkd.in/e_WhwX32 

An excellent summary Carbon Herald — here’s to even more momentum in 2026.

Our founder Rory Brown was on with Na'im Merchant of the Carbon Curve podcast this week to talk about our newly opened 1,000 tonne DAC system at Deep Sky Alpha in Canada, to "shoot straight on cost curves" in DAC, and to put DAC's recent breakthroughs in context. As Na'im says: "DAC has a long way to go, but continued deployments like Airhive's offer hope in the face of ongoing headwinds." More breakthroughs are coming across the space! Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🔈

We're capturing carbon and ramping up to 1,000 tonnes per year at Deep Sky Alpha in Canada! After a year of hard work and testing, this is a milestone not just for Airhive but for the commercialisation of DAC: we can confirm net costs per tonne will be sub-$500. Read all about it — blog in comments! Siemens, Eka Ventures, AP Ventures, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Collaborative Fund, Deep Sky, Olia F., Hamish Law, Jon Coker, James Diaz-Sokoloff, Charlotte Downie, Matthijs Kostelijk, Rory Brown, Jasper Wong, Chris Adams, Teresa Geruson

Johan Rockström, here in The Guardian, is right: we need billions of tonnes of carbon removal annually to stabilise the climate. "To achieve this through technological means, such as direct air capture, would require the construction of the world’s second biggest industry after oil and gas, and require expenditures of about a trillion dollars year." This will take time, but that's okay. Let's keep building! It's great to see the momentum in the UK and EU towards integrating direct air capture and other carbon removal methods in climate policy — which will help us reach this 10-billion-tonne-per-year goal. But over the next few years as DAC scales up, the industry also needs to be entrepreneurial about finding other sources of demand. We were proud that the UK's Sunday Times noted one of our most exciting utilisation projects: capturing CO2 from the air and providing it to food and drinks companies. We're building DAC technology for multiple markets.

"It was hard to believe the scope of the ambition until I saw it with my own eyes." For real, Emily Pontecorvo Heatmap News. We're proud to be an operating partner at Deep Sky Alpha, where every day we see the world's most ambitious DAC facility take shape. Canada is one of the best places to build large-scale DAC systems now and in the years to come. Cheers to Deep Sky, the Canadian government, and the Alberta government for proving DAC technologies on the western plains. There's more to come! Article link in comments.

Huge congratulations to Deep Sky on this week's milestone at Deep Sky Alpha in Canada. We're proud to be a core part of the biggest operational direct air capture hub in North America, which is pulling CO2 from the air and storing it away for good. Expect more updates from us soon, and for now, 👏 👏 👏 to Alex Petre Jonathan Edwards, PhD, P.Eng Charlie Renzoni from Deep Sky and to our Airhive team on the ground in Alberta helping to make it all happen! Jasper Wong Stephen Giersch Valentine Kim

We had the pleasure of hosting eight brilliant students from King's College London Mathematics School for a week-long immersive experience with our R&D team at Airhive this summer. From day one, they worked hands-on with real data from our direct air capture systems, analysing CO₂ removal performance and building smart data tools. Their curiosity, sharp thinking, and collaborative spirit were really very impressive. For us, every data point matters: it brings us closer to a more efficient and affordable #DAC system, as we start ramping up one of the world’s only operating DAC facilities. Beyond the technical work, this week was about bringing young people into the heart of climate innovation. By opening the lab doors and sharing our routine and challenges, we hope to inspire the next generation to take bold steps in solving the climate crisis. A huge thank you to the students for your energy, questions, teamwork, and thoughtful contributions. You inspired us!

High-quality carbon removal has a big role to play in decarbonising aviation. We're honoured to help International Airlines Group (IAG), owner of British Airways, lead the industry's efforts. British Airways is already the largest buyer of carbon removal in the UK, and we're now part of the IAGi 2025 Accelerator programme alongside other carbon removal and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startups, as well as other climate tech pioneers that can help all airlines reach net zero before 2050. The programme focuses on commercial and policy measures that will help us scale rapidly. This is hugely relevant as we're on the verge of turning on one the world's largest direct air capture facilities in Canada. Thank you very much for this opportunity, Nisha Basson-Mugnier and Tom Byrne — and thanks for the behind-the-scenes tour of Heathrow! #DAC #SAF #carbondioxideremoval