{"id":130295,"date":"2024-05-10T07:58:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T04:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-experiment\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T04:58:26","slug":"worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s largest air capture plant opens in Europe. Is it really a \u2018misguided scientific experiment\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130295\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nA record-sized carbon capture plant has launched in Iceland, in what advocates say is another \u201cproof point\u201d for the climate-change-tackling technology. The Mammoth direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant run by Climeworks is 10 times bigger than the Swiss company\u2019s previous plant, Orca. Both are based inside the Hellishei\u00f0i geothermal park, which holds a large power plant. Once fully operational, the modular Mammoth will suck up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the surrounding air a year using giant fans. By contrast, carbon capture is carried out at the point of emissions &#8211; before they can reach the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starting operations of our Mammoth plant is another proof point in Climeworks&#8217; scale-up journey to megaton capacity by 2030 and gigaton by 2050,&#8221; says co-founder and co-CEO Jan Wurzbacher. \u201cConstructing multiple real-world plants in rapid sequences makes Climeworks the most deployed carbon removal company with direct air capture at the core.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How does the direct air capture and storage tech work?<br \/>\nThe plant makes the most of Iceland\u2019s geothermal might, with renewable energy supplied power station operator ON Power. To draw down CO2, Mammoth uses huge fans to suck air into a collector with filter material inside. Once full, the collector is closed and the temperature is raised to release the carbon dioxide from the material, after which the highly concentrated gas can be gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Another Icelandic firm enters the equation then; storage partner Carbfix. The company has found a way to mix the CO2 with water and inject it 1,000 metres deep where it naturally reacts with basalt rock, turning to stone. Carbfix says this mineralisation process takes around two years. Climeworks verifies and certifies the whole process by independent third parties.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/09\/worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-exper\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/09\/worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-exper\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/worlds-largest-air-capture-plant-opens-in-europe-is-it-really-a-misguided-scientific-experiment\/\">World\u2019s largest air capture plant opens in Europe. 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