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Climeworks AG is a Swiss company specializing in direct air capture (DAC) technology. The company filters the CO2 directly from ambient air through an adsorption-desorption process[1]. The air-captured CO2 is either handed over to Climeworks' storage partner Carbfix who injects it deep underground where it mineralizes and turns into stone[2] or it is upcycled into climate-friendly products, such as carbon-neutral fuels and materials[3]. Climeworks’ machines run on renewable energy or energy-from-waste and re-emit less than 10% of the carbon dioxide they capture[4]. The company was founded in 2009 by mechanical engineers Dr. Christoph Gebald and Dr. Jan Wurzbacher who lead the company as co-CEOs. Climeworks has put more than 15 direct air capture plants into operation all over Europe. In Iceland, Climeworks operates the world’s first large-scale direct air capture and storage plant "Orca" to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the air[5]. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon removal technologies are necessary to mitigate climate change. Its modelled pathways that limit global warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot require up to 310 billion tons of direct air capture and storage by 2100[6]. Lisa at Climeworks (talk) 15:11, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Beuttler, Christoph; Charles, Louise; Wurzbacher, Jan (21 November 2019). "The Role of Direct Air Capture in Mitigation of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions". Frontiers in Climate. 1. doi:10.3389/fclim.2019.00010. Retrieved 14 April 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ Agence France-Presse (9 September 2021). "World's biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ Gertner, John (12 February 2019). "The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ^ Deutz, Sarah; Bardow, André (February 2021). "Life-cycle assessment of an industrial direct air capture process based on temperature–vacuum swing adsorption". Nature Energy. 6 (2): 203–213. doi:10.1038/s41560-020-00771-9. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ "The world's biggest carbon-removal plant switches on". The Economist. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. ^ "IPCC Sixth Assessment Report". IPCC. Retrieved 14 April 2022.