High Wire Networks Inc (HWNI)

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Overall, I think they probably don't have any reliable data yet (i.e. true to scale) to even know what exactly the carbon footprint or even more importantly the operating cost of ERC will be. This is obviously being addressed by their partnerships right now, so for now it's just something that cannot be answered.

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I was told that the scale up is not an issue, as it will simply consist of more reactor modules, the same size and shape as the current one. They are not planning to design and build larger modules, just add more duplicate modules to increase production volume. That will reduce design, and construction costs! They will be able to mass produce the reactors, at a lower cost.

As the generation of electricity, per the carbon fund, releases on average about 1.306lbs CO2 per kWh, it would be preferable to absorb at least that much per kWh we consume using ERC

I don't have the number handy, but it consumes far more CO2 than it produces in the electricity used to run the ERC, because the energy needed to produce formic acid is far less than the energy produced by burn C-C bonds in say coal.