{"id":61063,"date":"2021-12-22T16:31:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61063"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:31:34","slug":"the-worlds-biggest-carbon-removal-plant-just-opened-in-a-year-itll-negate-just-3-seconds-worth-of-global-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61063","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it\u2019ll negate just 3 seconds\u2019 worth of global emissions."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"single-article__header\">\n<h3 class=\"single-article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/carbon-capture-storage-expensive-climate-change-2021-9\">The world\u2019s biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it\u2019ll negate just 3 seconds\u2019 worth of global emissions.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__image shortcode shortcode--image center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-image image-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/61435b80f0cb130019e9147d?auto=webp&amp;enable=upscale&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=85&amp;width=1200&amp;height=900\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/61435b80f0cb130019e9147d?auto=webp&amp;enable=upscale&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=85&amp;width=512&amp;height=384 512w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/61435b80f0cb130019e9147d?auto=webp&amp;enable=upscale&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=85&amp;width=832&amp;height=624 832w\" alt=\"Climeworks carbon capture plant orca iceland\" width=\"832\" height=\"624\" data-fastly-config-handle=\"content-default\" data-fastly-cache-status=\"not-cached\" data-fastly-image=\"true\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-article__image-caption\">\u2018Orca,\u2019 Climeworks\u2019 new facility in Iceland, can capture 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. Business Wire via AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>The world\u2019s biggest carbon-capture plant \u2013 which sucks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/how-to-stop-gobal-warming-plan-carbon-capture-2018-10\">carbon dioxide out of the air<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 just opened.<\/li>\n<li>A UN report says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/geoengineering-how-to-reverse-climate-change-2019-4\">carbon capture<\/a>\u00a0technology is necessary if the world wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.<\/li>\n<li>But many experts think the tech is too expensive and not scalable in the next few decades.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/?hprecirc-bullet\">See more stories on Insider\u2019s business page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Framed by a backdrop of volcanoes, a semi-circle of gigantic fans in Iceland are sucking in air, super-heating it, then filtering out the carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p>This carbon capture and storage facility, named Orca, turned on two weeks ago after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climeworks.com\/news\/climeworks-makes-large-scale-carbon-dioxide-removal-a-reality\">more than 18 months<\/a>\u00a0of construction. The fans are embedded in shipping container-sized boxes, and once the carbon dioxide is separated, it gets mixed with water then travels through snaking, fat tubes deep underground, where the carbon cools and solidifies.<\/p>\n<p>Through this process, Orca can trap and sequester 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year \u2013 making it the largest facility of its kind in the world (though there are currently only two running).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink of it like a vacuum cleaner for the atmosphere,\u201d Julio Friedmann, an energy policy researcher at Columbia University who attended the plant\u2019s ribbon-cutting ceremony, told Insider. \u201cNothing else can do what this tech does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/still-time-to-address-climate-change-ipcc-scientists-report-2021-8\">report<\/a>\u00a0from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon capture and storage is a necessary part of our best-case climate scenarios. But currently, facilities like Orca only negate a sliver of global emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Climate scientist Peter Kalmus has done the math: \u201cIf it works, in one year it will capture three seconds worth of humanity\u2019s CO2 emissions,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClimateHuman\/status\/1435820395907588104?s=20\">he wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BIAUS&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1435820395907588104&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fcarbon-capture-storage-expensive-climate-change-2021-9&amp;sessionId=b71e9df1b0718e2be6cf7eb20577877d5e4ca4af&amp;siteScreenName=BIAUS&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9fd78d5%3A1638479056965&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435820395907588104\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it\u2019ll negate just 3 seconds\u2019 worth of global emissions. \u2018Orca,\u2019 Climeworks\u2019 new facility in Iceland, can capture 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. Business Wire via AP The world\u2019s biggest carbon-capture plant \u2013 which sucks\u00a0carbon dioxide out of the air\u00a0\u2013 just opened. 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