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2024 年五月，瑞士公司 Climeworks 在冰島開設世界最大的直接空氣捕獲工廠。
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The World’s Largest Carbon Removal Plant Opens in Iceland
In May 2024, Swiss company Climeworks opened the world’s largest direct air capture plant in Iceland. The plant is named Mammoth and is 10 times larger than the company’s previous plant. Powered by renewable energy, Mammoth uses fans to capture air. A filter inside the collector then traps the CO2 in the air. With the help of another company called Carbfix, the CO2 is then dissolved in water and pumped underground, where it reacts with basalt rocks to turn into stone.
Mammoth is designed to capture 36,000 tons of CO2 per year. Climeworks hopes to put the plant at full capacity by the end of the year. The company’s CEO emphasizes the pressing need for development in this field to deal with climate change. He hopes that projects like Mammoth can help address the challenge of reducing carbon emissions.
冰島啟用全球最大碳捕捉廠
2024 年五月，瑞士公司 Climeworks 在冰島開設世界最大的直接空氣捕獲工廠。該廠名為猛瑪，比該公司的前一個工廠還要大十倍。猛瑪由再生能源提供動力，利用風扇來捕獲空氣。接著收集器內的過濾器會捕捉空氣中的二氧化碳。在另一家名為 Carbfix 的公司的幫助下，二氧化碳被溶解在水中並被抽送至地下，與玄武岩反應變成石頭。
猛瑪的設計目標是每年捕獲三萬六千噸二氧化碳。Climeworks 希望在年底前讓該廠全力運作。該公司執行長強調該領域迫切需要發展以應對氣候變遷。他希望像猛瑪這樣的計畫能夠幫助應對減少碳排放的挑戰。
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carbon emissions
碳排放
The politicians asked people to stop driving their cars in order to limit carbon emissions.
政客們請大眾停止開車以限制碳排放。
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renewable energy
再生能源
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Fair Trade Commission
公平交易委員會
