Climeworks ‘ Mammoth plant is the world’s largest facility dedicated to direct air capture and storage of CO₂ and has begun operations in Iceland. This plant, whose construction began in 2022, stands out for its size and modular design, with a large capacity to operate entirely with renewable energy.
Climeworks Mammoth plant: the largest on the planet
It is located near the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant to minimize its environmental footprint. minimize its environmental footprint by using carbon collecting units of air stacked on concrete bases. This modular design allows the plant to be easily implemented in other locations around the world, facilitating its expansion and distribution in future regions.
[post_relacionado]The plant can capture up to 36,000 metric tons of CO₂ annually, utilizing geothermal energy supplied by ON Power (its partner in Iceland), to power its extraction technology. Once captured, the CO₂ is safely transported and stored by Carbfix , who mineralizes it using Iceland’s basaltic rock formations, ensuring permanent carbon storage.
Mammoth is the largest CO₂ capture plant on the planet. Source: Climeworks.
According to Jan Wurzbacher and Christoph Gebald, co-founders of Climeworks, Mammoth is a key example of how technology can be scaled to meet the challenges of climate change. climate change. With projects like this, the company expects to significantly reduce the cost of carbon capture and increase its operating capacity, paving the way for future facilities that can capture greater amounts of CO₂.
It is important to note that Climeworks has accumulated seven years of experience in its field, processing approximately 200 million data points daily by its engineers. The knowledge gained has been applied to its Mammoth project, which improves plant performance, efficiency and recovery, ensuring greater availability to maximize CO₂ capture throughout the year.
With this project, the company will expand its operational experience in the field, while its 180 science and R&D experts will continue to carry out large-scale testing and development.
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