UCLA is collaborating with Singapore's national water agency and other partners to construct the world's largest ocean-based CO2 removal plant. This plant aims to remove 3,650 metric tons of CO2 annually while producing 231,000 lb of carbon-negative hydrogen. Utilizing electrolysis, the process separates hydrogen and oxygen from seawater, capturing CO2 in solid materials. The project, Equatic-1, will be developed in two phases, with the goal of significant CO2 removal and hydrogen production, aligning with efforts to reduce global carbon emissions and foster clean energy use. The system will also use selective anodes from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Check out statements from Dante Simonetti, Equatice co-founder and ICM’s associate director, Gaurav Sant, Professor of Sustainability at UCLA Samueli and ICM director, and Chee Meng Pang, PUB chief engineering and technology officer below.
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