• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Damian Beauchamp

8 Rivers

President & Chief Development Officer

Damian is President and Chief Development Officer at 8 Rivers, whose technologies, projects, and business model innovations have raised over $2B in capital and created >$4B in market-based value. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise in CCUS-related projects and technology development. Damian was also a member of the Board of Directors for NET Power for 3 years prior to its going public on the NYSE (NPWR). In 2020, he was a co-author of the US National Petroleum Council’s comprehensive CCUS report “Meeting the Dual Challenge A Roadmap to At-Scale Deployment of CCUS,” which was commissioned by then-US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. He has won several awards and holds pending patents in chemistry, chemical engineering, and other fields. Prior to joining 8 Rivers, Damian founded two companies for which he has been featured in Forbes (Forbes 30Under30) and Fortune magazines, while also having received several entrepreneurial awards along the way. Additionally, his work in the field of chemistry related to solar energy conversion and storage into hydrogen and electrochemical potential (batteries) has been published and featured in Nature Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, and C&E News. Damian holds a master’s in chemistry from The Ohio State University during which time he received the SciFinder Future Leader in Chemistry Award from a division of the American Chemical Society and won the US DOE Clean Energy Business Plan Prize. His bachelor’s degree in chemistry was earned magna cum laude from Kent State University while a National Science Foundation scholar. In 2016 he received the Outstanding New Professional Award from his alma mater.

Sessions With Damian Beauchamp

Monday, 18 March

  • 04:00pm - 04:30pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 09:00 pm - 18/mar/2024 09:30 pm

    Which Industries Can Best Drive Growth of CCUS?

    Carbon Management/Decarbonization

    CCUS is an integral part of the transition to next zero for multiple companies and industries, including those in hard-to-abate sectors. Which industries and locations can most quickly adopt CCUS at scale? What other factors are needed to provide the impetus for scaling of this solution in those industries?  

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 05:00 pm - 19/mar/2024 05:30 pm

    8 Rivers | From Problem to Solution: How CO2 enables affordable clean hydrogen

    In this pod, Damian Beauchamp, President & Chief Development Officer of 8 Rivers, will share how Nobel Laureate, Rodney Allam MBE, and the 8 Rivers R&D team, developed a breakthrough hydrogen production process by rethinking the role of CO2. The session will highlight how CCR technology represents a leap forward in sustainable hydrogen and ammonia production and can help achieve the goals set by global initiatives like COP28, offering a practical roadmap for decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries and aligning with global energy strategies. 

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Thursday, 21 March

  • 11:55am - 12:45pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 04:55 pm - 21/mar/2024 05:45 pm

    Direct Air Capture: Moving forward
    Clean Tech

    Direct air capture (DAC) could be a vital technology in meeting the world’s climate goals by 2050. Keeping emissions on a path that prevents more than 1.5 degrees C of warming will require a substantial amount of negative emission solutions to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere. Among all carbon removal solutions, DAC is attractive owing to its permanence, flexible location, scalability and ease of monitoring. What is the business case for DAC? What is the market’s growth potential? Where are the opportunities for cost reduction? What challenges remain to be tested through the piloting of large-scale plants?