| Pathway | DAC |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | BECCS |
| Method | DAC (Liquid Solvent) |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | https://www.gaiarefinery.com/ |
| gaia-refinery | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 70/100) |
| Company size | Micro (under 10) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Gaia Refinery is a Halifax-based carbon removal startup founded in 2020 by Dr. Tammy Cai (CTO) and Genny Shaw (CEO). Its Bio-DAC plug-in technology combines liquid direct air capture with biomass conversion, using acetic acid produced from bio-industrial waste streams to regenerate the DAC sorbent, reducing energy demand versus conventional DAC. The company targets bio-industrial customers like pulp and paper, ethanol, and forestry for drop-in carbon removal integration.
History
- 2026-08-15 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.