Climeworks starts operations of Mammoth, world’s largest direct air carbon capture and storage plant in Iceland; plant has capacity to remove 36,000 tons of CO2 per year from air for permanent underground storage, aims to reach gigaton scale by 2050

Climeworks starts operations of its to-date largest direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) plant, Mammoth, in Iceland. It is the second commercial DAC+S facility of Climeworks and is about ten times bigger than its predecessor plant, Orca.

The plant is designed for a nameplate capture capacity of up to 36,000 tons of CO₂ per year once in full swing by filtering CO₂ from the air and storing it permanently underground. The plant has successfully started to capture its first CO₂, with twelve of its total 72 collector containers installed onsite.

Mammoth is another milestone in Climeworks journey to reach megaton carbon removal capacity by 2030 and gigaton scale by 2050, which is needed to fight global warming.

Beyond Iceland, Climeworks is developing multiple megaton hubs in the U.S. with operational and testing experience derived from its now two commercial plants in Iceland.