Carbon Removal (DAC)
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Largest operational capture capacity

Annual CO₂ removal capacity of the largest operational direct-air-capture plant (tonnes per year). The frontier number for the field: plants jumped from Climeworks' Orca (~4,000 t/yr, 2021) to Mammoth (~36,000) to 1PointFive's Stratos (~500,000, 2025), with megatonne sites next. Counts nameplate capacity of operating plants, not announced ones.

500kt/yrReached · 2025 1 Mt/yrfirst megatonne-scale plant (~2027)
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  1. 500000 t/yr 2025 Occidental (1PointFive) Press · 2025
  2. 36000 t/yr 2024 Climeworks Press · 2024-05
  3. 4000 t/yr 2021 Climeworks Press · 2024-05