The Swiss startup CLIMEWORKS launched the world's largest carbon capture plant in Iceland. Named Mammoth, this plant is equipped with 72 industrial fans that can be removed annually 36,000 tons of CO2 annually. The resulting carbon is stored underground, with the surface of the plant located on the extinguished volcano.
Mammoth place was chosen because of its proximity to the geothermal hellisheidi power plant, which provides fans and heats chemical filters using CO2 to remove it from water vapor. Then CO2 is separated, compressed and dissolved in water, and subsequently pumped at a depth into a volcanic basalt. There in reaction with magnesium, calcium and iron contained in the rock, crystals are formed, which serve as solid tanks for CO2.
Although Clameworks has plans to reach "carbon neutrality" by 2050, solving other problems is also important. For example, it is necessary to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere from raw material companies and industrial enterprises, as well as find effective ways to use the carbon removed, for example, for the production of goods or as a source of energy.
