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    • Oman’s 44.01 – UK’s MZT wins $1 million in Elon Musk XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition

    By on April 23, 2022

    Muscat: Project Hajar – a collaboration between Oman-based 44.01 and UK-based Mission Zero Technologies (MZT) was recognized among the top 15 $1million Milestone Prize Winners revealed for the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, the largest incentive prize in history valued at $100million funded by entrepreneur Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation .

    Project Hajar connect two complementary technologies to unlock ligations of CO2 removal in the Al Hajar mountains of the Sultanate of Oman. The project, to be fully powered by renewables, combines MZTs proprietary electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) technology with 44.01’s permanent sequestration capabilities via mineralization in peridotite formations. CO2 will be energy-efficiently collected from the air and then transferred to peridotite underground, a mineral widely studied for its CO2 Mineralization potential and naturally abundant in Oman’s geology. Here, the natural weathering process is enhanced by the fastest mineral carbonation rates ever demonstrated in the field to deliver verifiable and permanent carbon removal. 

    “In the wake of the IPCC’s test assertion that carbon removed is now necessary to achieve our global climate goals, we are thrilled that Project Hajar has been identified by the XPRIZE as a solution with the potential to scale and make meaningful impact,” sad Karan Khimji, confounder and CCO of 44.01. “The prize money will enable us to execute our vision for Project Hajar. The hard work starts now.” 

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