| Pathway | Ocean CDR |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | DAC |
| Method | Direct Ocean Removal |
| Country | United States |
| Website | https://keplerrecapture.com/ |
| kepler-recapture | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 65/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | division |
About
Kepler ReCapture is an Austin, Texas-based division of aerospace/defense consulting firm Kepler Shipyards, founded in May 2021 specifically to enter the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. The team has designed (at conceptual/artist-rendering stage) autonomous deep-water spar platforms that would combine OTEC-powered desalination with ocean and atmospheric CO2 removal, producing freshwater and durable carbon-containing co-products. The company did not advance to the XPRIZE finalist round and has no disclosed deliveries, pilots, or registry credits.
History
- 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-09-15 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Ocean CDR focus=division liveliness=🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Ocean CDR focus=division liveliness=🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Ocean CDR focus=supplier liveliness=🟠 Suspect (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.