About NuWa
NuWa Solutions is developing high-integrity marine carbon removal projects through ocean alkalinity enhancement.
Our work focuses on the critical project-development layer between scientific research and responsible field deployment: identifying suitable coastal environments, designing monitoring strategies, supporting permitting pathways, building local partnerships, and preparing pilot-ready project frameworks.
We believe marine carbon removal must be approached with scientific rigor, transparent governance, ecological awareness, and meaningful local engagement.
NuWa is not built around a single site, one-off study, or generic monitoring service. We are building toward a repeatable development model for coastal alkalinity projects..
Why We Exist
The world will likely require multiple durable carbon removal pathways to address atmospheric CO₂ accumulation at meaningful scale.
The ocean already plays a central role in regulating atmospheric carbon. Ocean alkalinity enhancement may offer one pathway for responsibly expanding that natural capacity by increasing seawater’s ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide.
But potential alone is not enough.
Marine carbon removal must be measurable, carefully governed, scientifically credible, and developed in ways that earn public trust.
A project cannot be judged only by the alkaline material being added. It also depends on the receiving water: local chemistry, circulation, mixing, biological context, infrastructure, permitting conditions, and community acceptance.
NuWa exists to help move ocean alkalinity enhancement from scientific promise toward responsible field validation.
Image Credit: Prof. Claire Reeves
Statue of Goddess Nüwa at the United Nations in Vienna, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol and the global importance of environmental restoration.
Our Approach
NuWa begins with site understanding.
Before any future field activity, we evaluate local chemistry, circulation, ecological conditions, infrastructure realities, permitting considerations, and community context.
Our approach prioritizes:
Conservative trial design
Baseline environmental monitoring
Transparent MRV frameworks
Independent scientific input
Stakeholder and community engagement
Clearly defined safeguards and stop-rules
We believe responsible deployment requires careful preparation before scale is ever considered.
That preparation is not a delay. It is the foundation for credible carbon removal, community trust, and long-term project value.
Founder & Technical Perspective
NuWa is founder-led, with expertise in marine carbon cycling and ocean acidification, spanning carbonate chemistry, coastal monitoring, field sampling, laboratory workflows, and oceanographic research.
That technical foundation matters because ocean alkalinity enhancement is not only a climate idea. It is a real chemical intervention in dynamic coastal waters.
Credible project development requires attention to natural variability, measurement quality, field logistics, environmental context, and the practical limits of working in complex marine systems.
NuWa’s goal is to combine scientific discipline with practical execution: building the data, partnerships, operational frameworks, and public trust required to responsibly advance marine carbon removal projects.
What Makes NuWa Different
Many marine carbon removal efforts focus primarily on a material, device, model, sensor, or single deployment pathway.
NuWa focuses on project development.
That means bringing together the pieces required for a coastal alkalinity project to become real: site readiness, marine chemistry, monitoring design, local partnerships, permitting alignment, safety constraints, and future carbon removal value.
Our work is designed to answer four practical questions:
Is this site suitable?
The local chemistry, mixing, ecological context, infrastructure, and community conditions must support responsible testing.
Can the carbon removal be measured credibly?
The project must have a defensible plan for measurement, uncertainty, quality control, and verification.
Can the project be permitted and trusted?
Regulators, local partners, and communities need clear information, safeguards, accountability, and meaningful engagement.
Can the model be repeated?
The strongest projects should help build development playbooks for future responsible deployment, not remain one-off experiments.
By Xiao Yuncong, 1596-1673
Inspired by Nüwa, a mythological symbol of restoration and balance in the natural world
Why the Name NuWa
NuWa is named after Nüwa, a figure in Chinese mythology associated with restoring balance after catastrophe.
For us, the name reflects restoration, stewardship, and responsibility.
It does not represent domination of natural systems. It represents careful work to help restore balance in systems under stress.
That spirit guides how we think about ocean-based carbon removal: ambitious enough to matter, careful enough to earn trust.
Where We Are Today
NuWa is currently focused on early-stage project development and pilot readiness.
We are not treating early work as a race to dose. We are treating it as the foundation for projects that can be measured, reviewed, trusted, and eventually scaled responsibly.
Current efforts include:
Evaluating candidate coastal environments
Building scientific and monitoring collaborations
Developing baseline monitoring frameworks
Engaging potential partners, funders, and future buyers
Preparing responsible pathways toward future pilot activity
Building a repeatable site-readiness framework for coastal alkalinity deployment
Where We Are Going
NuWa’s long-term goal is to become a trusted developer of coastal alkalinity-based carbon removal projects.
That means building a portfolio of carefully evaluated sites, repeatable development methods, credible monitoring frameworks, and partnerships that can support future verified removals.
The opportunity is larger than any one pilot. The real challenge is learning how to identify the right places, design the right safeguards, build the right partnerships, and create project structures that allow marine carbon removal to grow without sacrificing scientific integrity or public trust.
NuWa exists to help build that pathway.
Work With Us
NuWa is actively seeking aligned collaborators across science, monitoring, infrastructure, governance, funding, and carbon markets.
We welcome conversations with researchers, coastal stakeholders, aquaculture partners, wastewater and water-quality stakeholders, strategic funders, MRV organizations, and future carbon removal buyers interested in responsible marine carbon removal development.