Welcome back! Join Dylan and Julian Turecek, CEO of AspiraDAC, on this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet and explore the exciting world of direct air capture (DAC) technology and its potential for CO2 removal from the atmosphere. 
Julian shares his insights on the energy requirements, challenges, and cost-effectiveness of DAC. Discover AspiraDac's innovative approach of integrating renewable energy supply with capture technology and how they use metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as carbon absorbent materials.
Julian is an experienced energy executive and carbon market practitioner with almost 30 years in the industry. He is a former Investment Manager at Cleantech Ventures and has worked for ASX Top 50 firms, such as Origin Energy and BHP, as an electricity, gas, and environmental markets trading manager in regulatory and government affairs and venture capital. Julian specializes in the clean energy sector.
Episode resources

• Julian Turecek on LinkedIn
• AspiraDAC website
• Dylan Garrett on LinkedIn
• Synapse website

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