Published on 19.07.2022
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Aviation » Airbus and seven airlines have announced that they have signed a letter of intent to buy 400,000 tonnes of CO2 credits which will be captured from the air and stored underground in the United States. The aircraft manufacturer, along with Air Canada, Air France-KLM, EasyJet, IAG, Latam, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic have entered into this partnership with the firm 1PointFive, according to a press release.
This company begins the construction of a capture and storage site in the Permian basin of Texas. This will be operational in 2024. With a storage capacity of one million tonnes of CO2, it will be the largest CO2 storage site in the world,
The technology, known as direct airborne carbon capture before storage, aims to capture CO2 from the air using powerful fans, powered by electricity from solar panels, and store it near 2000 meters deep.
The global aviation sector, responsible for 2 to 3% of global CO2 emissions, committed last year to achieving net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 to respect the Paris agreement supposed to limit global warming to + 1.5°C.
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