“Mammoth” direct air capture plant

Construction has begun on the Mammoth plant in Iceland – a facility capable of removing 36,000 tonnes of CO2 a year from the atmosphere


24 collectors

Fans draw air into arrays of collectors
1

Ambient air (containing CO2)

Collector: 36 fans

CO2-free air expelled

Fans


CO2 captured on surface of highly selective filter material
2


3
Collector closes

When filter is full, chamber is heated to 100°C and CO2 gas extracted

Fans stop spinning


4 
CO2 gas mixed with water and pumped underground

Injection site 

CO2 charged water

800m-2,000m

Basalt: CO2 water forms carbonate minerals to fill cavities in rock


Sources: Euronews, The Verge, Climeworks, Carbfix
Picture: Climeworks
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