The world’s largest atmospheric carbon dioxide removal project is coming

The world’s largest carbon capture and storage plant is expected to be operational by late next year, launched by the US climate tech companies CarbonCapture in California and Frontier Carbon Solutions. The companies anticipate that the new facility in Wyoming will be able to remove 5 million tonnes of atmospheric carbon dioxide annually by 2030.

Dubbed Project Bison, the facility will use modular direct capture systems for ease of scale up. These units will suck up carbon dioxide from the air using large filters, and the concentrated captured gas will then be permanently stored deep underground in saline aquifers.