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243. How CarbonCure Locked 768,000 Tons of CO2 Permanently into Concrete with Dean Forgeron
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Today, Matt speaks with Dean Forgeron, Chief Technology Officer at CarbonCure Technologies, about the Halifax-based clean tech company decarbonizing one of the world's most polluting industries. Dean explains the chemistry behind injecting CO2 into concrete - where it permanently mineralizes into calcium carbonate, the same material as limestone, while reducing cement use by roughly 4.5% on average. They discuss CarbonCure's recent milestone of 11 million truckloads of low-carbon concrete produced (~768,000 metric tons of CO2 stored), the company's 2026 CleanTech Breakthrough Award, and how the industry is shifting from offsetting to insetting - modifying supply chains to actually reduce emissions at the source.
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Dean's Bio:
Dean Forgeron is the Chief Technology Officer at CarbonCure Technologies, the Halifax-based clean tech company that has commercialized a process to permanently store CO2 in concrete. A Professional Engineer and Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, Dean leads CarbonCure's engineering and product development, with a background spanning fiber-reinforced concrete, self-consolidating concrete, and green concrete technologies. He holds a BEng from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in Halifax and a PhD from Dalhousie University. Under his technical leadership, CarbonCure has crossed 11 million truckloads of low-carbon concrete produced and roughly 768,000 metric tons of CO2 permanently stored - earning the company the 2026 CleanTech Breakthrough Award for Climate Technology Company of the Year.
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