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Largest CO₂ filter plant in the world opens in Iceland


The world's largest plant for the direct capture and storage of CO₂ was opened in Iceland. It is ten times larger than its predecessor.

Climeworks uses renewable energy to power its energy-intensive direct air capture process, which requires low-temperature heat such as boiling water. Mammoth is another step forward in Climeworks' project pipeline, which aims to achieve megatons of carbon capture capacity by 2030 and gigatons by 2050 via numerous DAC plants around the world. Carbon Engineering has set itself the goal of removing 500,000 tons of CO₂ per year from the ambient air with a plant that it is currently building in Texas - almost 14 times more than Mammoth.

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