ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What if the climate mission stays the same, but the technology gets a better suit?
In this episode, Lydia catches up with Joe Perryman from Brineworks to unpack how the company evolved from its earlier ocean-based concept into a land-based system built around a closed saltwater loop.
Brineworks now produces two key feedstocks for synthetic fuels: sustainable CO₂ and green hydrogen.
But this conversation is about more than one company’s technical upgrade. It is also about a broader shift in climate tech: from “we should do this because it’s sustainable” to “it’s sustainable, and it can increasingly make sense as good business too.”
We cover:
- why Brineworks moved away from the ocean-based setup
- how the land-based system works in plain English
- the closed-loop saltwater design
- why CO₂ + H₂ matters for e-fuels
- where Brineworks sits in the value chain
- and why cheap, intermittent renewables change the economics
As Joe puts it:
“It’s sustainable, so we’re gonna do it because it’s the right thing… but it’s also now just getting very cheap.”
Explore more:
Brineworks: brineworks.tech
Bite-Size Climate Tech / Day Zero Production: dayzeroproduction.com/bite-size-climate-tech
Visual note: The CLI animated sequences are simplified educational illustrations based on Joe’s explanation. They are not engineering schematics or literal representations of Brineworks’ exact hardware or process configuration.
