The world's biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it'll negate just 3 seconds'...
Story Date: 9/29/2021

 

Source: BUSINESS INSIDER, 9/25/21

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 after more than 18 months of construction. The fans are embedded in shipping container-sized boxes, and once the carbon dioxide is separated, it gets mixed with water then travels through snaking, fat tubes deep underground, where the carbon cools and solidifies.

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