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Mammoth: our newest facility

The groundbreaking of our new plant has begun in Iceland

Cliemworks' latest plant: Mammoth

From reality to scale-up: Groundbreaking Mammoth

On 28 June 2022, we announced the groundbreaking of Climeworks’ second, newest and largest direct air capture and storage plant, Mammoth. This plant represents a demonstratable step in our ambitious scale-up plan: multi-megaton capacity by 2030 and being on track to gigaton capacity by 2050.

In September 2021, we began operations of Orca in Iceland, kick-starting high-quality carbon removal capacity availability. This second plant, also in Iceland, is designed with a nominal CO₂ capture capacity of 36,000 tons per year when fully operational – an order of magnitude larger than its Orca.

Foundation of the Mammoth's process hall
Cliemworks' latest plant: Mammoth

Status

Under construction

Date

June 2022

Goal

Further expand and deliver supply to an ever-growing market demand, and prove technology at larger scale

Location

Hellisheidi, Iceland

Capture capacity

Up to 36,000 tons of CO₂

A glimpse into the future

Take a look at this beautiful rendering of the upcoming facility.

A word from our Founders

Dr. Christoph Gebald
Director, Founder and Member of the Board
Christoph Gebald, co-founder and co-CEO of Climeworks
Based on most successful scale-up curves, reaching gigaton by 2050 means delivering at megaton scale by 2030. Nobody ever built what we are building in DAC, and we are both humble and realistic that the most certain way to be successful is to run the technology in the real world as fast as possible and relentlessly deploy it.
Dr. Jan Wurzbacher
Director, Founder and Member of the Board
Jan Wurzbacher, co-founder and co-CEO of Climeworks
Today is a very important day for Climeworks and for the industry as construction begins on our next-generation facility. With Mammoth, we multiply our modular technology – designed like solar PV - and significantly scale up our operations. This means we need to build a full ecosystem/supply chain. What we are building is the foundation of a climate-relevant gigaton scale capacity. And we need to start deployment now.

Our plants

2017
Capricorn

Capricorn was Climeworks' first direct air capture plant on an industrial scale.

2017
Arctic fox

Arctic Fox Our first facility in Iceland marked the beginning of permanent and safe carbon dioxide removal via direct air capture.

2021
Climeworks' Orca plant

Located in Iceland, Orca is the world's first large-scale carbon dioxide removal plant.

2022
Cliemworks' latest plant: Mammoth

On 28 June 2022, we announced the groundbreaking of Climeworks’ second, newest and largest direct air capture and storage plant, Mammoth.

Lead the race toward net zero

High-quality carbon removal for your climate strategy via Climeworks' direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) technology.

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