Houston-based Solidec has won the $250,000 Wilkes Climate Innovation Prize from the University of Utah's Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy. The company develops autonomous on-site chemical generators that produce chemicals like hydrogen peroxide using air, water, and electricity, cutting the need to truck hazardous materials long distances. That reduces transportation waste and associated carbon emissions, and the prize money will help deploy the technology with early customers. Solidec beat out over 500 submissions and eight other finalists, with the award announced during Climate Week NYC. The company projects its hydrogen peroxide systems alone could abate one to two million metric tons of CO2 over the next decade. The prize supports climate solutions that face funding or adoption uncertainty, and Solidec plans to expand beyond hydrogen peroxide to formic acid, acetic acid, and syngas.
