Airhive fires up DAC facility with aim of sequestering carbon at low-cost and 'meaningful' scale

Stuart Stone
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Airhive Deep Sky Alpha installation - Credit: Airhive
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Airhive Deep Sky Alpha installation - Credit: Airhive

UK-based firm opens what it claims is one of the world's largest and lowest-cost direct air capture systems at site in Canada

Airhive has started operations at a direct air capture (DAC) facility in Canada, which it claims will sequester 1,000 tonnes of CO2 a year and is on track to achieve costs of below $500 per tonne - making...

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