CLEANTECH ALLIANCE’S
Washington energy carbon advancement network

WHO 
WE ARE

WECAN, Washington Energy: Carbon Advancement Network, is led by the CleanTech Alliance, we are experienced providers of entrepreneur education and support, and passionate about the clean technology sector.

WECAN will serve Washington state and engage regional partners to strengthen the carbon capture, utilization, sequestration, and carbon materials ecosystem.

emerging: a carbon economy

Climate change is an international issue, not restricted by borders, and decarbonization is seen as one of the best solutions to slowing down and stopping the effects of global warming. COP26 Climate Meeting saw nations acknowledge that a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 provided the best chance to decarbonize the global economy by 2050. In addition to country specific mandates and commitments, customers are pushing businesses to decarbonize their manufacturing and building practices.

The CCUS sector is in its early stages of development. Technologies are maturing out of the lab and the marketplace for carbon sequestration is forming—both in voluntary and compliance markets. Currently, the process of carbon capture is expensive due to significant deployment and energy costs. There is a strong push for countries and corporations to work together on an effective collaborative model, to attract investments making the scaling-up and deployment of CCUS a viable effort.

Our cluster is designed specifically to accelerate the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, CCUS, market —starting today and looking forward through 2030.

Programs

WECAN is focused on breaking down industry-identified barriers for carbon focused businesses and accelerating project development and technology adoption in Washington State and beyond. We want industry expertise to advise our direction.

We are currently building WECAN’s advisory board and are conducting our introductory meetings. If you are interested in applying for the advisory board or educating the advisory board on your specific needs please contact WECAN Program Manager, Tyler LeRoy at tyler@cleantechalliance.org. 

WECAN will be the first organization to build an international coalition of carbon purchasers—the Carbon Purchasers Alliance. This disaggregated network of organizations is critical to the success of the industry and represents powerful market participants that can help guide, scale, and advance the market.

Creating physical products out of thin air

Together wecan do magic!

The Materials Alliance Group for Industrial Carbon, MAGIC, is a board of carbon materials purchasers building a global virtual marketplace.

Join the MAGIC and determine the direction and goals of the Materials Alliance by sharing your industry knowledge.

Working Groups Include:

  • CO2 Gas and Physical Forms of Carbon (food supply, building materials, and more)
  • Domestic Supply Chain / Energy Independence​
  • R&D and Market Development
  • and more…

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