Plans drawn up for heat-assisted direct air carbon capture plant at Suffolk port

Cecilia Keating
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Plans drawn up for heat-assisted direct air carbon capture plant at Suffolk port

Sizewell C and Associated British Ports aim to test novel heat-assisted technology that could see nuclear plants power large-scale

Plans are underway to build a direct air capture (DAC) unit in East Suffolk, after the developers of the Sizewell C nuclear plant and Associated British Ports inked a deal to lease a site in the Port of...

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