CREW Carbon Lands $2.35 Million Colorado Clean Air Award as It Scales Wastewater Decarbonization Efforts

CREW Carbon secured a $2.35 million award from the Colorado Energy Office under the state’s Clean Air Program to support a wastewater decarbonization project. The funding will back deployment of the company’s process intensification solution at a Colorado wastewater treatment facility aimed at improving performance, lowering costs, and permanently removing greenhouse gases.

The project embeds carbon removal directly into existing critical infrastructure, aligning with a broader initiative backed by Governor Jared Polis to decarbonize municipal and industrial systems. Public-sector support provides early validation of CREW Carbon’s technology and raises its profile within the climate-tech and infrastructure decarbonization markets.

The award represents non-dilutive capital that can help reduce funding risk as the company moves from R&D toward larger-scale demonstrations and commercial deployment. Successful implementation at the Colorado facility could serve as a reference site, enhancing CREW Carbon’s ability to win future utility and municipal contracts.

In parallel, CREW Carbon is expanding its senior wastewater engineering team, recruiting a Principal Wastewater Process Engineer and a Senior Engineer – Wastewater in Brooklyn, New Haven, or remote locations. This hiring push underscores a strategy to build technical capacity and execution capabilities to support scaling of its process intensification and greenhouse gas removal solutions.

Together, the Colorado Clean Air Program funding and ongoing technical hiring signal a pivotal week in CREW Carbon’s evolution from early-stage development toward commercial traction. The combination of public funding, policy alignment, and talent expansion strengthens the company’s position in emerging carbon removal and advanced wastewater treatment markets.