Zurich‑based carbon‑removal firm Climeworks has announced performance upgrades at its Iceland‑based Mammoth DAC‑and‑storage facility: refinements to CO₂‑capturing sorbent materials and plant mechanical design have more than doubled real‑world CO₂‑capture throughput while halving per‑ton operating costs after 18‑month operations, with upgraded collector containers hitting original design run rates; founded in 2009, the operator of the world’s first commercial DAC plants Orca and Mammoth plans to trial its next‑generation DAC technology at Mammoth in early 2027, whose lab‑proven advances include ten‑fold longer sorbent service life and four‑fold higher process densification, and its co‑CEO notes Mammoth helps sustain the firm’s leading position in delivering DAC‑based carbon removal and serves as a test‑bed for future technological and cost improvements.
Source: https://www.esgtoday.com/climeworks-doubles-co2-capture-performance-at-iceland-carbon-removal-plant/