WarmOFF - CO₂ removal project
Romanian project WarmOFF seeks to develop an affordable, scalable electrochemical carbon dioxide removal system to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases, aiming for an open-source, energy-efficient solution.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 04:00 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
The project self-funded since Dec. 2022, which means it has been in operation for over 3 months.
The Grant must be primarily focused on climate solutions (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
The project's grant proposal clearly outlines its focus on developing carbon dioxide removal technology, which directly contributes to GHG reduction.
Grantees who received funding in previous rounds should report on project progress since GR15 or the Alpha round. We understand that some projects may have less progress given the timing of Alpha round disbursements. This will ensure accountability to supporters and also help encourage contributors by showing what you’ve been accomplishing.
There is no information provided about previous funding from Gitcoin rounds and subsequent progress related to that funding.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
The proposal does not mention any previous grant or provide an update which would indicate if the project is a returning grantee, hence the evaluation of this criteria cannot be completed without further information.
There is a general expectation that projects are within the “realm of viability”. Even if a project may be at a very early stage, it still must seem credible to the average person with an understanding of web3 technology and climate solutions. Grantee founders must genuinely intend to build the project, and the project must not broadly be considered an impossibility.
The project presents a credible approach to carbon dioxide removal and is backed by academic groups, suggesting a genuine intention to build the project with references to existing scientific research.
Grantees can be eliminated from consideration in the round if they are found to be encouraging or enabling Sybil attacks or other forms of malicious manipulation of the grants platform or the Gitcoin community.
There is no evidence provided that suggests the project is involved in malicious activities such as Sybil attacks on the Gitcoin platform.