Halo is deploying novel catalytic reactors remove methane from the environment.
Our goal is to destroy 100,000 tonnes of methane by 2030.
This destruction will have the same impact* on warming by 2050 as planting about 20 million trees. *GWP20
In the long term, it is equivalent** to protecting almost 10,000 hectares of established tropical forest. **GWP100
The international community has established the Paris Agreement with the goal of reducing global emissions.
Methane is the second largest contributor to climate change. Methane is generated from various sources, including agriculture, wastewater, oil and gas, manufacturing, and mining.
Reducing the amount of methane in the atmosphere can help limit warming now to buy time for long-term reductions in carbon dioxide to take effect. Reductions in atmospheric methane are essential to any plan to limit warming to 2 degrees.
At COP26 more than 100 countries agreed to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030.
Why Focus on Methane?
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that makes up about 16% of global emissions.
In the long term warming potential of every tonne of methane in the atmosphere is equivalent to about 28 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The warming effect of methane is concentrated in the first 10 to 20 years after emission as it breaks down in the atmosphere into carbon dioxide. The short term effects of methane are about 90 times worse than carbon dioxide.
28toZero Advantage
The 28toZero Reactor technology is one of the few options that can be effectively deployed at almost any site – farms, mines, landfills, or anywhere else that is a source of methane.
Our reactors destroy methane “downstream” so there is no impact or disruption on production processes – enabling emissions reductions with no change in other outputs.
The only input is electricity – our reactors require no other inputs or additives.
The catalytic processes at the heart of our reactors accelerate the natural atmospheric processes that break down methane, so there are no harmful byproducts or waste produced.
Better Than Trees
When we plant trees to offset carbon emissions today we are committing to keeping that carbon out of the atmosphere for 300 years or more. Planting trees also take decades to sequester their carbon and occupy significant amounts of land – it takes about 6,000 square meters to plant enough trees to offset the warming from a single cow.
In contrast, the impact on warming of the destruction of atmospheric methane is immediate, measurable, additional, and permanent.