As of April 2022, Climeworks, located in Switzerland, was the leading direct air capture (DAC) company in terms of capture capacity, followed by Global Thermostat and Carbon Engineering. The annual capture capacity of Climaworks' plant in Switzerland, established in 2017, was 900 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Capture capacity of leading direct air capture (DAC) plants in operation worldwide as of April 2022
(in metric tons of CO₂ per year)
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Energy Monitor. (May 16, 2023). Capture capacity of leading direct air capture (DAC) plants in operation worldwide as of April 2022 (in metric tons of CO₂ per year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327671/capture-capacity-major-dac-plants-in-operation-globally/
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Energy Monitor. (2023). Capture capacity of leading direct air capture (DAC) plants in operation worldwide as of April 2022 (in metric tons of CO₂ per year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327671/capture-capacity-major-dac-plants-in-operation-globally/
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