NexGen Carbon Solutions is an independent developer building carbon-storage infrastructure around industrial emissions, with its first major project planned in northeastern Oklahoma. The Vanguard CCUS Hub is designed to serve regional emitters while storing about 70 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over its planned 20-year injection period.
CarbonQuestCarbonQuest is a cleantech company built around decarbonizing the built environment, with a leadership team whose experience includes energy software, smart-grid technology, and carbon capture. It began piloting its modular systems in 2021 at a Manhattan residential building, where the installation demonstrated that emissions reduction could fit into space equivalent to three parking spaces. Today, CarbonQuest works with commercial and industrial facilities to capture CO₂ at the source and turn it into a usable or removable material.
Capital Link Green (CLG)Founded in 2024 as part of Capital Link Group, Capital Link Green is a carbon-infrastructure company built around the financial expertise of its parent and the industrial biochar experience of partner Biochar Now LLC. It turns waste biomass into durable carbon-removal materials for businesses seeking measurable climate action, with its Colorado flagship facility designed for large-scale, traceable production.WATER MILL, NY
Dimensional EnergyFounded in Ithaca in 2016, Dimensional Energy licenses catalyst and process technology that turns captured carbon and other waste feedstocks into low-carbon fuels and chemical products. Its DEFT Fischer–Tropsch and reverse water-gas shift technologies are backed by operating data from a Tucson pilot plant and an industrial CO₂ demonstration at a British Columbia cement plant, with support spanning project development through operations. The company also has four issued patents and 12 pending.ITHACA, NY
AircaptureAircapture designs and builds modular Direct Air Capture systems that produce beverage-grade carbon dioxide on customers’ sites, supplying it on demand from the atmosphere rather than through conventional long-distance distribution. Founded by technologist and DAC pioneer Matt Atwood, the company develops its systems in a 12,000-square-foot West Berkeley office and shop, where it focuses on rapid prototyping and in-house production. Its “CO2 as a Service” model is intended to give manufacturers a more local, reliable supply while reducing transportation-related emissions.