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“It’s not just Kenya being the best place because of energy and geology, but also having a supportive government, which understands the need for renewables and is supporting the industry.” - Fiona
In this episode Christina welcomes Martin Freuimüller and Fiona Mugambi from Octavia Carbon to learn about direct air capture carbon removal technology and how their team is developing it in Kenya. They first talk about the process of direct air capture, then highlight Kenya’s unique environmental features supporting the technology before sharing about their personal journey to working in this field. They dive more into topics including the importance of overcoming skepticism, the unique features of Octavia’s chemical filter that can be energized with geothermal steam, and the need for support to bring more women into tech and engineering roles.