Science Daily

Reactor could make direct air capture more energy efficient

Researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption and cost for direct air capture. Rice University researchers have developed an ...
Forbes

Can Direct Air Capture Decarbonize Aviation?

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: Two commercial airliners appear to fly close together as the pass over London on March 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Can Direct Air ...
Business Wire

World’s First Large-Scale Direct Air Capture Plant to Use Siemens Energy Equipment

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Siemens Energy compressors will be used at Occidental’s first large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Texas’ Permian Basin developed by 1PointFive, a subsidiary of ...
CNN

This company says its technology can help save the world. It’s now cutting 20% of its staff as Trump slashes climate funding

Two huge plants in Iceland operate like giant vacuum cleaners, sucking in air and stripping out planet-heating carbon pollution. This much-hyped climate technology is called direct air capture, and ...
TechCrunch

Phlair’s carbon-sucking technology could lower direct air capture’s costs

When it comes to climate change, there’s no such thing as a “get out of jail free” card. But there might be an inexpensive alternative: direct air capture. The technology isn’t exactly an exoneration, ...
Forbes

How U.S. And Canadian Government Direct Air Capture Incentives Compare

In the fight against climate change, direct air capture technologies have emerged as a crucial component of global strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels. Both the United States and Canada have ...
Nature

Direct air capture has substantial health and climate opportunity costs

Direct air capture has been increasingly proposed as a necessary complement to rapid greenhouse gas emissions reductions, yet climate mitigation resources are limited and investment decisions involve ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

New Electrified Method Captures Carbon Dioxide from Air

Many direct air capture systems rely on heat and oxygen-sensitive materials, which can make them energy-intensive, less efficient, and less durable in real-world air conditions. Researchers devised an ...
Nanowerk

Moisture driven polymers improve efficiency of direct air carbon capture

Researchers characterized two moisture-swing polymers for direct air capture, finding that macropore structure governs CO2 sorption capacity and kinetics. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have identified ...
Nature

Liquid solvent direct air capture’s cost and carbon dioxide removal vary with ambient environmental conditions

To avert the worst consequences of climate change, we need to achieve more than the deep decarbonization of the energy system. An increasing number of emissions trajectories derived from integrated ...
Morningstar

Aircapture and Almanac Beer Co. Launch World's First Commercial Beer Carbonated with CO₂ Captured from the Atmosphere with Direct Air Capture

Flow – Clean Air Edition uses 99.999% pure atmospheric CO₂ captured onsite by Aircapture's Direct Air Capture system, which enables breweries to generate their own CO₂ and reduce reliance on ...