Towards a Carbon Neutral Future with CARTO & NetCarbon
The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere plays a detrimental role in the race to Net Zero. Since the 18th Century, human activity has raised atmospheric CO2 levels by 50% as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and industrial processes.
NetCarbon, a climate-focused scale-up based in Bordeaux, is taking a stand against climate change. Winners of Planet’s Copernicus Masters competition in 2021, they strive to help farmers, territories and project owners to measure, improve and value carbon sequestration using satellite imagery and algorithms. With a strong commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing CO2 sequestration (the process of storing atmospheric carbon dioxide), NetCarbon is at the forefront of achieving carbon neutrality. Explore their history and mission on their website.
As NetCarbon deals with large amounts of satellite data, a scalable solution capable of handling Big Data was imperative. Moving away from their initial coding-intensive approach, they sought a low-code solution that could efficiently generate algorithms. CARTO’s seamless integration with Google BigQuery complimented their existing tech stack and gave NetCarbon the capacity to connect more than 10 terabytes of data to their database in seconds using BigQuery’s advanced Tiler function. As a result, NetCarbon and their clients can visulize billions of points directly in their data warehouse.
Leveraging out-of-the-box spatial indexing functionality such as H3 allows NetCarbon to compute data in real time, overcoming the challenge to visualize large spatial datasets. This has effectively streamlined their workflow. Take a further look at CARTO’s Analytics Toolbox for BigQuery here.
As NetCarbon continues to grow, they seek to integrate more spatial datasets from CARTO’s Data Observatory and work with CARTO as a Partner to enhance their insights.
We’d like to thank Basile Goussard, Co-Founder, for sharing NetCarbon’s story with us! We look forward to watching their vision grow towards carbon neutrality.
To find out more about how NetCarbon are tackling the climate crisis, check out their customer story here.
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