Climeworks Launches Mammoth Project in Iceland to Capture 36,000 Tons of CO2 Per Year

In Iceland, a remarkable complex has just been inaugurated, tasked with collecting CO2 from the air to store it permanently underground. It is simply the largest direct air capture installation in the world. The Swiss start-up Climeworks, specializing in capturing and filtering carbon dioxide from the air, has just inaugurated its “Mammoth” complex in Iceland, capable of capturing up to 36,000 tons of CO2 per year. This installation is about ten times larger than the first one experimented with by Climeworks. The establishment of this plant took two years of work. It is built in a modular manner and will … Continue reading Climeworks Launches Mammoth Project in Iceland to Capture 36,000 Tons of CO2 Per Year