Good News Notes:

“A startup is developing a carbon removal plant in Hawaii, using an “ocean-assisted” carbon removal process. The plant is able to store CO2 permanently and lower ocean acidification.

The plant can sell the acid it removes that is produced in a hydrochloric acid formation. The procedure gives out oxygen and hydrogen, while the de-acidified seawater can be sent to the ocean. Here, it can capture CO2 naturally.

The new pilot plant located in Hawaii is also connected to an existing desalination plant. This helps save costs as there was a system in place that had the capability to pump water from oceans.

The present version of the technology is able to capture CO2 at about $475 per ton, and the team expected that the next plant, which is designed to capture 5,000 tons of CO2 each year, will be able to operate at a rate that is below $200 per ton of the captured CO2….”

View the whole story here: https://safety4sea.com/worlds-first-ocean-assisted-carbon-removal-plant-is-being-developed/