Large Carbon Capture Plants

Climeworks, the Switzerland-based climate technologies company, announced the beginning of its upcoming Mammoth carbon capture plant. The Mammoth plant will leverage Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to remove thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Currently, the largest DAC plant in operation by Climeworks captures approximately 4,000 tons of CO2, meaning the Mammoth plant will significantly surpass these numbers.

The Mammoth plant is being constructed in Hellisheioi, Iceland, accelerating the rate of carbon removal in the region. In terms of its concrete environmental impact, the existence of the Mammoth is expected to be the equivalent of removing nearly 9,000 cars off of the road.

As for the use case for the captured CO2, Climeworks has partnered with Occidental to use some of the captured carbon for the purpose of injecting it into the ground to access oil deposits.

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