Thinking Greener & Powered by Renewable Energy
Today, Climeworks AG, a Swiss company, went live with the world’s largest CO2 air scrubber, located near Reykjavik. The scrubber uses Iceland’s geothermal heat and renewable energy to power the facility.
The technology is comprised of eight air collectors that are arranged around a central plant. Each collector has a fan on one side and intake vents on the other side, with carbon capturing filters in the middle. As air is pulled through the intake vents, the filters capture the CO2 out of the air. Once filters have been saturated, the collector shuts down to remove the carbon from the filter. This is achieved by closing both… Continue reading