Ebb Carbon is developing an electrochemical system to safely remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the ocean as dissolved inorganic carbon. The core process uses bipolar electrodialysis (BPED) to process incoming seawater into aqueous acid and alkaline seawater. The acid is kept on land and used for beneficial purposes that result in its neutralization. The alkaline seawater is returned to the ocean, shifting the carbonate buffer system toward carbonate, resulting in the removal of CO2 from the air into oceanic bicarbonate as air-sea equilibration is restored.For the mCDR system to be impactful on a global level, it must reach gigaton scale while being energy efficient and cost effective.The BPED stack dominates the energy demand of the system and is a prime design task for Ebb Carbon. The stack and system are undergoing development and testing in Ebb Carbon’s labs as well as at the labs of institutional partners. Combining all of these system elements requires a multitude of scientific and engineering disciplines to work together. In this talk, I will discuss the potential for improving the energy and Faradaic efficiencies of these systems, including the opportunity for collaboration with the electrochemical research community.