Is it possible to buy a direct air capture (DAC) machine? Can I put the machine on my own land/site/property?

See below our answer for (1) individuals as well as (2) corporate customers:

(1) For individuals:

It is not possible to purchase a Climeworks collector and place it on a private area.

Carbon dioxide disperses quickly and evenly across the world, which means the CO₂ concentration is roughly the same everywhere in the world. Thus, it does not matter where the CO₂ is captured. However, a renewable energy source as well as a destination for the CO₂ is required (e.g., a storage site).

Climeworks currently removes carbon dioxide via direct air capture and storage in Iceland, due to the country’s ideal conditions: it provides a safe and permanent storage location (underground mineralization of CO₂) and a renewable energy source (geothermal energy). Climeworks therefore provides the service of permanent carbon dioxide removal to you as a holistic solution, see here: https://www.climeworks.com/subscriptions

(2) For corporate customers:

We are selling DAC-1 plants to corporate customers, i.e. smaller-scale direct air capture facilities that consist of one CO₂ collector (like our plant Arctic Fox).

We do not, however, sell larger-scale direct air capture plants, such as the one we built in Iceland (Orca).

Climeworks provides the service of permanent carbon dioxide removal to you as a holistic solution. Carbon dioxide disperses quickly and evenly across the world, which means the CO₂ concentration is roughly the same everywhere in the world. Thus, it does not matter where the CO₂ is captured. Climeworks currently removes carbon dioxide via direct air capture and storage in Iceland, due to the country’s ideal conditions: it provides a safe and permanent storage location (underground mineralization of CO₂) and a renewable energy source (geothermal energy).

For the purpose of producing renewable synthetic fuels from air-captured CO₂ in a circular fashion, we have built larger-scale direct air capture plants as part of larger consortia, which are typically operated by the members of the consortia (e.g. Norsk e-fuel, Kopernikus or Zenid). 

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