World's largest direct air carbon capture facility begins construction in Iceland

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The facility will have a nominal CO2 capture capacity of 36,000 tons per year.

collectors that can be stacked to build machines that quickly and efficiently capture carbon emissions and transform them into benign substances for commercial use. They function through a two-step process. First, the air is sucked into the collector by a system of high-powered fans where highly-selective chemical filters capture CO2.

Once the filters are filled with carbon dioxide, the collector is closed, and the temperature inside is raised to between 176 and 212 °F . This allows for the release of carbon dioxide, which is used to develop highly-concentrated COthat goes into the production of biofuels or carbon-neutral materials. In Iceland, the sucked-out carbon is mixed with water and pumped underground, becoming carbonate rock within a few years after reacting with basalt.

DAC is an extremely efficient technology compared to other carbon removal methods such as afforestation and reforestation. It requires the smallest land and water usage, making it an effective option for augmenting natural approaches to combatting climate change. And that's a good thing because we need all the help we can get when it comes to climate change. This facility, along with other mitigation approaches, may be the bottom line in helping us avert a

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