CO2 commodity trading system and method

US7966250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Calera Corporation · US

Inventors

• Brent R. Constantz · Cupertino, US
• Vinod Khosla · Portola Valley, US
• Aurelia Setton · Palo Alto, US
• Robert Danziger · Roseville, US
• Andrew Youngs · Granger, US
• James R. O'Neil · Palo Alto, US
• Chris Camire · معلمی نژاد, US
• Cecily Ryan · San Jose, US
• Manuel Jose Concha Soler · Santiago, CL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/90
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of generating and trading a CO2 commodity that is correlated to a quantified amount of CO2 sequestered in a CO2 sequestering product comprising a carbonate and/or a bicarbonate. The tradable commodity can be purchased or sold for use in managing CO2 emissions.