Question: What is the name given to the World’s largest plant, designed to suck carbon dioxide?
a) Cobra
b) Orca
c) Carbfix
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere has now come into the operation.
- Constructed by Swiss company Climeworks and Icelandic company Carbfix the plant is known as Orca and is located in Iceland.
- Climeworks co-CEO and co-founder Christoph Gebald said that it was a big achievement to reverse climate change.
- He said that Orca, now become a reality and it is a result of concerted efforts from every stakeholder involved.
- Working process of Orca:
- The plant works by using industrial vacuums to suck climate-warming gases out of the air.
- Those gases are then stored underground and converted to stone within two years.
- Climeworks has said that the plant will be able to remove 4,000 tonnes (approximately 4,409 tons) of carbon dioxide every year.
- According to the company Construction on this plant began in May of 2020 using stackable, container-sized units.
Links:-
https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-capture-plant-iceland-2654967188.html