UK’s first commercial-scale direct air capture plant to be based in north-east

A rendering of what one of Carbon Engineering's large-scale DAC plants looks like.

[[title]]

[[text]]

Pioneering technology that “sucks” carbon dioxide out of the air could be up and running in Aberdeenshire around the middle of the decade.

Banchory-based Pale Blue Dot Energy (PBDE) is working with Canadian firm Carbon Engineering (CE) to develop the UK’s first commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) plant.

They are considering building it close to PBD’s planned Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at St Fergus gas terminal, near Peterhead.

To read the full story go to Energy Voice.

Already a subscriber? Sign in

[[title]]

[[text]]