The DAC facility, targeted to become operational in 2024 in the Permian Basin, is expected to capture up to one million tonnes of CO2 from the air per year once fully operational. 1PointFive – Carbon Engineering’s licensed US partner – is developing these facilities at a megaton scale in the United States and elsewhere. The Canadian company has pioneered a direct air capture technology at its pilot plant in Squamish, Canada and has now set its sights on large-scale deployment. Back to the present day, however, and this technology is still in its infancy.Ĭarbon Engineering is looking to change that.
In 2030, there will likely be dozens of them around the world. Ī direct air capture – or DAC, for short – facility acts like a large-scale, highly efficient tree: it sucks air out of the atmosphere and extracts the CO2 present there. Airbus has partnered with 1PointFive – Carbon Engineering’s licensed US partner – to bring carbon removals to the aviation industry. Here, in the year 2030 and in the heart of the Lone Star state, this spectacular creation is now a key bastion in the fight against climate change and the world’s transition to a net-zero energy system.Ĭarbon Engineering has pioneered a direct air capture technology at its pilot plant in Squamish, Canada and has now set its sights on large-scale deployment. This is a direct air capture facility through which hundreds of tonnes of carbon are being drawn in from the air. And beyond these fans lies what looks like a manufacturing plant – a maze of metal pipes and storage tanks amid the rugged, dusty landscape. Embedded within each hangar-like block, a multitude of enormous fans spin like giant air conditioning units. Move closer, it soon becomes clear: this massive structure is unlike anything else around. Seemingly out of nowhere, a grey and black metal structure – hundreds of metres long and several storeys high – appears shimmering in the distance. But as the road continues and the sun climbs higher into the deep blue sky, the view suddenly changes. There isn’t much to catch the eye around these parts. Hundreds of kilometres of pancake-flat, arid scrubland stretch almost endlessly, until they meet the enormous Texan skies on the horizon. The sunrises in the Permian Basin, located in southwestern USA, are spectacular. Airbus is partnering with 1PointFive to bring this innovative technology to aviation. Direct Air Carbon Capture & Storage (DACCS) involves removing carbon emissions directly from the ambient air and safely storing them underground.
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