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Bite-Size Climate Tech · Oct 28, 2025 · 11 min

This Carbon‑Capture Device Recharges Itself — NORMA’s Supercapacitor DAC

What if cleaning CO₂ from the atmosphere could be as efficient as charging a battery? In this bite-sized episode, we dive into a breakthrough that does exactly that. We're talking with Dr. Silvia Pugliese, co-founder and CTO of Norma, about her company's revolutionary approach to Direct Air Capture (DAC). Forget energy-intensive, massive plants. Norma is using supercapacitors—the same tech that powers quick acceleration in electric buses—to create a system that captures carbon and reuses the energy to keep going. In this 10-minute episode, you'll discover: How Norma's "supercapacitive direct air capture" works (think of a magic, self-recharging CO₂ vacuum). This isn't just another carbon capture idea; it's a fundamentally new way to think about cleaning our atmosphere, making it more efficient and scalable.

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What if cleaning CO₂ from the atmosphere could be as efficient as charging a battery? In this bite-sized episode, we dive into a breakthrough that does exactly that.

We're talking with Dr. Silvia Pugliese, co-founder and CTO of Norma, about her company's revolutionary approach to Direct Air Capture (DAC). Forget energy-intensive, massive plants. Norma is using supercapacitors—the same tech that powers quick acceleration in electric buses—to create a system that captures carbon and reuses the energy to keep going.

In this 10-minute episode, you'll discover: How Norma's "supercapacitive direct air capture" works (think of a magic, self-recharging CO₂ vacuum).


This isn't just another carbon capture idea; it's a fundamentally new way to think about cleaning our atmosphere, making it more efficient and scalable.