carbon capture

World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland

World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland

Swiss company Climeworks has opened the biggest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant in the world to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The Mammoth plant, located in Iceland, is nearly ten times bigger than Orca, its second-largest plant. “Starting operations of our Mammoth plant is another proof point in Climeworks’ scale-up journey to megaton […]

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    Here’s What You Should Know About Carbon Capture and Storage

    Here’s What You Should Know About Carbon Capture and Storage

    The recently-passed US infrastructure bill, signed into legislation by President Biden on November 15th, dedicates $8 billion to carbon capture, utilization, and storage, in addition to investments in other essential climate technologies. While carbon capture technology is often criticized as an excuse to allow polluters to keep polluting, it is going to be key to […]

    Why We Can’t Reverse Climate Change With ‘Negative Emissions’ Technologies

    Why We Can’t Reverse Climate Change With ‘Negative Emissions’ Technologies

    By Howard J. Herzog In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need to take dramatic and drastic steps to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Featured prominently in the report is a discussion of a range of techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the air, called […]

    Scientists Develop Affordable Way to Recycle CO2 Into Fuel

    Scientists Develop Affordable Way to Recycle CO2 Into Fuel

    Scientists at the Canadian company Carbon Engineering have moved carbon-capture technology one step closer from pipe dream to viable solution. The company has developed technology at its plant in British Columbia that can both remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into carbon-neutral fuels, suggesting such technology could be a meaningful part of […]

    Climate Friendly? Congress Passes Carbon Capture and Storage Tax Breaks

    Climate Friendly? Congress Passes Carbon Capture and Storage Tax Breaks

    Nestled inside the U.S. budget lawmakers passed Friday morning were tax breaks for an array of energy sources, including some struggling and controversial projects and technologies. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, including several Democrats from coal-producing states, pushed through extended tax breaks for carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS) in the new bill, expanding a […]

    Carbon Capture Breakthrough in India Converts CO2 Into Baking Powder

    Carbon Capture Breakthrough in India Converts CO2 Into Baking Powder

    Carbon captured in a new process from a coal-fired power plant in Chennai, India will be used by chemicals manufacturer Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers (TACFL) to produce soda ash. Tuticorin power plant in India will convert carbon emissions to soda ash.Roger Harrabin / The Guardian The process was developed by London-based Carbon Clean Solutions […]