Singapore to Build World ’s Largest Facility to Boost Carbon-Removal Power of the Ocean

The Equatic Process, a novel carbon removal technology and one of the best inventions of 2023, is getting a major scale-up, with the world’s largest ocean carbon dioxide removal (OCDR) facility set to be built in Singapore and operational by 2025—sparking optimism for what has been hailed as a potential game changer for global climate efforts after scientists agreed in 2022 that atmospheric carbon-removal technology will be necessary for the world to reach its climate goals. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Scientists say that the world would need to remove at least five billion metric tons of carbon by 2050 to keep global warming at safe levels, and investors and inventors have been racing to figure out how to meet that demand. On Tuesday, Singapore’s national water agency PUB announced that it was furthering its collaboration with the University of California in Los Angeles and Equatic, a Los Angeles-based startup founded by UCLA scientists. Together, they plan to build a $20 million plant that removes 3,650 metric tons (4,000 tons) of carbon dioxide from the ocean every year through the Equatic Process, which uses electrolysis to convert carbon dioxide in seawater into stable solids. The extracted carbon dioxide is stored in the form of solid calcium and magnesium-based materials—similar to how seashells are naturally formed—“for at least 10,000 years,” according to a press release published on Tuesday by the...
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