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Climeworks flicks switch on 'world first' atmosperic carbon capture plant [image: Climeworks / Zev Starr-Tambor] The Climeworks module will extract CO2 directly from the air and store it underground | Credit: Climeworks / Zev Starr-Tambor - [image: Madeleine Cuff] <https://www.businessgreen.com/author/profile/3456/madeleine-cuff> - Madeleine Cuff <https://www.businessgreen.com/author/profile/3456/madeleine-cuff> - 11 October 2017 - Tweet <http://twitter.com/share?text=Climeworks+flicks+switch+on+%27world+first%27+atmosperic+carbon+capture+plant&url=https://www.businessgreen.com/3019003/&via=businessgreen> - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.businessgreen.com/3019003> - LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.businessgreen.com/3019003&title=Climeworks+flicks+switch+on+%27world+first%27+atmosperic+carbon+capture+plant> - Send to <?subject=Climeworks%20flicks%20switch%20on%20&%2339;world%20first&%2339;%20atmosperic%20carbon%20capture%20plant&body=%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessgreen.com%2F3019003> - Print this page <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019003/climeworks-flicks-switch-on-world-first-iceland-plant-sucking-and-storing-co2#> 0 Comments <http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019003/climeworks-flicks-switch-on-world-first-iceland-plant-sucking-and-storing-co2#disqus_thread> <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019003/climeworks-flicks-switch-on-world-first-iceland-plant-sucking-and-storing-co2> Iceland site hailed as the first ever facility to remove carbon dioxide straight from the air and store it underground Just months after launching a groundbreaking commercial carbon capture plant <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3010973/worlds-first-plant-capturing-co2-from-air-launches-in-switzerland> in Zurich, Swiss Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pioneers Climeworks today announced another world first in the form of a facility that will capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it underground. Climeworks has partnered with Reykjavik Energy to open the first working pilot combining direct air capture of carbon dioxide with underground, permanent storage - a system it claims can provide an economically viable and scalable way to prevent dangerous global warming. RELATED ARTICLES - Government unveils sweeping strategy for deep emissions cuts across UK economy <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019041/government-unveils-sweeping-strategy-for-deep-emissions-cuts-across-uk-economy> - Oxford plans to leapfrog London with world's first Zero Emission Zone <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3018977/oxford-plots-london-leapfrog-with-worlds-first-zero-emission-zone> - BusinessGreen Technology Awards 2017: One day left to enter <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019010/businessgreen-technology-awards-2017-one-day-left-to-enter> - KPMG: Nearly three quarters of companies still failing to acknowledge climate-related risks <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019018/kpmg-nearly-three-quarters-of-companies-still-failing-to-acknowledge-climate-related-risks> - Climeworks flicks switch on 'world first' atmosperic carbon capture plant <https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3019003/climeworks-flicks-switch-on-world-first-iceland-plant-sucking-and-storing-co2> Sited at an existing geothermal power plant in Iceland and running as part of the CarbFix2 project, the Climeworks system draws in ambient air, separates out the pure CO2 using a specially designed filter and pipes it more than 700 metres underground, where it reacts with the basaltic bedrock to form solid minerals. The technology is powered by the clean heat from the geothermal plant, the company said. "The potential of scaling-up our technology in combination with CO2 storage, is enormous," Christolph Gebald, founder of Climeworks said. "Not only here in Iceland but also in numerous other regions which have similar rock formations. Our plan is to offer carbon removal to individuals, corporates and organisations as a means to reverse their non-avoidable carbon emissions." Negative emission technologies are still in their infancy, but are considered vital by many scientists if the world is to stave off dangerous levels of climate change. ClimeWorks itself has set a goal of filtering one per cent of global CO2 emissions by 2025. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
