Climate Changemakers: Meet NEG8 – the Irish company working to slash the carbon emissions of flying

The main goal of NEG8 is to change the environmental impact of planes via carbon dioxide extracted from the air that is then reused as sustainable aviation fuel

Ray Naughton, founder and MD of NEG8 Carbon

The environmental impact of flying could be slashed within a couple of decades. This is a key aim of NEG8 Carbon, a company based in Co Waterford that develops economically viable and scalable Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems for use as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

DAC is a technology that extracts carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. The extracted CO₂ is then either permanently stored underground or reused for practical purposes. NEG8 Carbon’s DAC system works by using fans to draw in large quantities of air and passing it through a low-cost CO₂ extraction system. This captured CO₂ is then used for SAF and other synthetic fuel production.