Megaton-Scale Capture Hub Infrastructure
Clustering capture plants with shared power, transport and geologic storage under public funding and offtake markets enables atmospheric CO2 removal at industrial, megaton-per-year volumes.
Developed mainly in: United States and SwitzerlandImpacting: North America, Europe and China
A tracker compiling operating DAC plants shows nameplate capacity rising from Climeworks' 4,000 t/yr Orca (Iceland, 2021) to Mammoth at 36,000 t/yr (2024) and Occidental/1PointFive's Stratos in Texas ramping toward 500,000 t/yr in 2025. Capture-and-storage costs remain roughly $400–1,000 per tonne versus the industry's $100 goal.
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- Direct air capture capacity scales 125-fold since 2021 while costs stay near $600 per tonne
Frontiermilestones · 30 Sept 2026
- US Energy Department opens $1.8 billion round for megaton-scale direct air capture hubs
Energy · 26 Sept 2026
- Direct Air Capture Market Projected to Grow Thirteenfold to $2.6 Billion by 2030
Mo-tek · 25 Aug 2026
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