Watt it Takes: Ebb Carbon Co-Founder and CEO Ben Tarbell

Dec 13, 2023

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Ben Tarbell

Ebb Carbon

Ebb Carbon is pioneering a new carbon removal solution by enhancing the ocean’s natural ability to safely store CO2. Our electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement method has the potential to be one of the largest scale and lowest cost approaches to removing excess CO2, while reducing ocean acidity.

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Ebb has raised $23M, has a team of 40, and is deploying their carbon removal system that is both novel and as ancient as the ocean itself.

Ben Tarbell is Co-founder and CEO of Ebb Carbon. He has over two decades of experience leading teams bringing innovative climate products to market—from concept to scale. Ben previously led the team launching new climate technologies at Google X. He was the VP of Products at SolarCity, was responsible for the development and launch of Mosaic's residential solar loan program, and led the sustainable design practice at IDEO. He serves on the board of GlobalGiving and has degrees in engineering and business from Stanford and Cornell.

“The ocean is one of these overlooked areas of opportunity that's somewhat under invested. There’s opportunity because of its vastness and because of the outsized solutions that it already delivers naturally. If we're responsible about it, we can cultivate those pathways into meaningful impact.”