March 13, 2025
By using a simple method, this Halifax company is able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the ocean. Planetary Technology creates alkaline materials from industrial byproducts to help deacidify the ocean.
Like many innovators, Mike Kelland is drawn to straightforward concepts that promise to make a big impact. He’d been a nature lover since childhood, but after the software company he co-founded was acquired in 2016, mounting worries about the state of the planet spurred him to search for solutions to combat climate change. As Kelland learned more about ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), a process that aims to capture carbon by reducing acid levels in our water systems, he became energized by the potential of this approach. He teamed up with marine scientist Greg Rau and Brock Battochio, a fellow Carleton grad with a background in sustainable energy engineering, to co-found Planetary Technologies.
