'Mammoth': Climeworks flicks switch on 'world's largest' direct air capture plant

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Climeworks

Swiss firm powers up new facility in Iceland capable of capturing up to 36,000 tons of CO2 a year

Climeworks has powered up the "world's largest" direct air capture and storage plant at its site in Iceland, predicting the facility will be able to draw down up to 36,000 tons of CO2 a year from the atmosphere...

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