The world’s biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it’ll negate just 3 seconds’ worth of global emissions.

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Aylin WoodwardSep 25, 2021, 4:06 AM

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“Orca,” Climeworks’ new facility in Iceland, can capture 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.

  • The world’s biggest carbon-capture plant — which suckscarbon dioxide out of the air— just opened.
  • A UN report sayscarbon capturetechnology is necessary if the world wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.
  • But many experts think the tech is too expensive and not scalable in the next few decades.

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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.

This carbon capture and storage facility, named Orca, turned on two weeks ago…

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