Swiss company Climeworks opened the world’s largest carbon sequestration facility on May 8 in Hellisheidi, Iceland. According to Washington Post“Mammoth” [nome da central] It was designed to remove 36,000 tonnes of carbon per year, the equivalent of taking 8,600 cars off the road.
The Climeworks Mammoth plant is essentially a giant air filter. The fans draw air through a series of filters designed to trap CO2 molecules. [dióxido de carbono] Lost. Carbfix then mixes this carbon dioxide with water and injects it underground, where it reacts with basalt rock and turns into stone.
The entire process runs on Iceland’s rich geothermal energy, so running the machines no longer produces carbon dioxide emissions. In an analysis published in 2021 in the journal Nature, scientists confirmed that the Climeworks project is working.
Climeworks then sells offsets based on this captured carbon. “The only people who are currently buying Climeworks moves are very rich people or very rich corporations who (…) pay a lot of money to keep costs down in what they see as a potential industry of the future,” said Rudy Kahsar . Washington Post.
Experts expect that as more carbon removal plants become available, costs will drop to around $100 per ton, which is the target price that many startups are aiming for.
Capturing carbon from the atmosphere remains controversial. Critics say the technology is an unrealistic distraction or justification for continued use of fossil fuels. But a 2022 UN report concluded that the world is so far behind in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that sequestering at least some carbon is now “inevitable” if humanity hopes to meet its climate goals.
Author: morning Post
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