Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.
(1/2) 18 Monate hat Climeworks an seiner Mammoth-Anlage auf Island herumgeschraubt, nachdem die Abscheideleistung unter den Erwartungen blieb.
Jetzt das Ergebnis: Zwei umgebaute Container liefern seit sechs Monaten stabil die Zielmenge. Betriebskosten pro Tonne mehr als halbiert.
Jetzt das Ergebnis: Zwei umgebaute Container liefern seit sechs Monaten stabil die Zielmenge. Betriebskosten pro Tonne mehr als halbiert.
Climeworks Mammoth: Kinderkrankheiten überwunden
Zwei Container laufen wie geplant, Kosten halbiert: Was der Climeworks-Durchbruch bei Mammoth nach dem UNEP-Overshoot-Report bedeutet.
www.cleanthinking.de
September 12, 2026 at 6:48 AM
(1/2) 18 Monate hat Climeworks an seiner Mammoth-Anlage auf Island herumgeschraubt, nachdem die Abscheideleistung unter den Erwartungen blieb.
Jetzt das Ergebnis: Zwei umgebaute Container liefern seit sechs Monaten stabil die Zielmenge. Betriebskosten pro Tonne mehr als halbiert.
Jetzt das Ergebnis: Zwei umgebaute Container liefern seit sechs Monaten stabil die Zielmenge. Betriebskosten pro Tonne mehr als halbiert.
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions. Oops.
HT @otherprofgreen.bsky.social.
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HT @otherprofgreen.bsky.social.
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Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions. Oops.
HT @otherprofgreen.bsky.social.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
HT @otherprofgreen.bsky.social.
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Vous vous rappelez de Climeworks, les types qui voulaient aspirer le CO2 et dont une majorité des médias a fait de la pub ?
Il s'avère qu'ils n'aspirent même pas le CO2 émis par leurs machines qui essayent d'aspirer du CO2 dans l'air...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Il s'avère qu'ils n'aspirent même pas le CO2 émis par leurs machines qui essayent d'aspirer du CO2 dans l'air...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Vous vous rappelez de Climeworks, les types qui voulaient aspirer le CO2 et dont une majorité des médias a fait de la pub ?
Il s'avère qu'ils n'aspirent même pas le CO2 émis par leurs machines qui essayent d'aspirer du CO2 dans l'air...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Il s'avère qu'ils n'aspirent même pas le CO2 émis par leurs machines qui essayent d'aspirer du CO2 dans l'air...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
#scam I paid @Climeworks £1,650 to remove 2 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Was I a gullible idiot? Yes.
Icelandic newspaper @heimildinhas shown that they not only haven’t captured my 2 tons, they don’t even capture their own emissions heimildin.is/FGY3 via @heimildin
Icelandic newspaper @heimildinhas shown that they not only haven’t captured my 2 tons, they don’t even capture their own emissions heimildin.is/FGY3 via @heimildin
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#scam I paid @Climeworks £1,650 to remove 2 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Was I a gullible idiot? Yes.
Icelandic newspaper @heimildinhas shown that they not only haven’t captured my 2 tons, they don’t even capture their own emissions heimildin.is/FGY3 via @heimildin
Icelandic newspaper @heimildinhas shown that they not only haven’t captured my 2 tons, they don’t even capture their own emissions heimildin.is/FGY3 via @heimildin
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years."
"The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years."
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years."
"The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – which have grown rapidly in recent years."
The fact that Climeworks is laying off 106 people, representing 22% of its staff, is more significant news than the underperformance of its DAC facilities in Iceland.
Climeworks Is Cutting 22% of Staff as US Climate Backlash Hits Carbon Removal
Climeworks AG is laying off 106 people, as startups that aim to reverse global warming face a reckoning with the US government slashing climate incentives and programs.
www.bloomberg.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The fact that Climeworks is laying off 106 people, representing 22% of its staff, is more significant news than the underperformance of its DAC facilities in Iceland.
Oops... "Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions"
But I guess they are learning a lot in the process?
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
But I guess they are learning a lot in the process?
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Oops... "Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions"
But I guess they are learning a lot in the process?
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
But I guess they are learning a lot in the process?
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) just keeps falling - very - short
"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
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"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
June 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) just keeps falling - very - short
"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks' Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tonnes of CO₂ in the first half of 2026, almost 6x as much as in 2025. If they keep it up, that'll be 1350 tonnes a year*.
That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄
*Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠
That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄
*Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠
Carbon Removal Pioneer Climeworks Increases CO2 Capture Sixfold
The world’s largest direct air capture plant is sucking more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a lower cost, an improvement for a sector struggling to scale economically as global warming surpasse...
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Climeworks' Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tonnes of CO₂ in the first half of 2026, almost 6x as much as in 2025. If they keep it up, that'll be 1350 tonnes a year*.
That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄
*Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠
That's a time machine that takes us back 1 whole second in a year! 🙄
*Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠
Climeworks’ Iceland capture plant fails to cover its own emissions
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Climeworks’ Iceland capture plant fails to cover its own emissions
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
“Direct capture is a scam, carbon capture is a scam, blue hydrogen is a scam, and electrofuel is a scam. These are all scam technologies that do nothing for the climate or air pollution”
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
(2/2) Der Kapazitätsfaktor der Container liegt bei 40-50 Prozent. Solarparks kommen auf 20-25, Windparks auf 30-40.
Ehrlicher Kontext: DAC deckt laut UNEP heute unter 0,1 Prozent der nötigen CO2-Entnahme. Der Beweis, dass die Einheit funktioniert, ist trotzdem ein Fortschritt.
Ehrlicher Kontext: DAC deckt laut UNEP heute unter 0,1 Prozent der nötigen CO2-Entnahme. Der Beweis, dass die Einheit funktioniert, ist trotzdem ein Fortschritt.
Climeworks Mammoth: Kinderkrankheiten überwunden
Zwei Container laufen wie geplant, Kosten halbiert: Was der Climeworks-Durchbruch bei Mammoth nach dem UNEP-Overshoot-Report bedeutet.
www.cleanthinking.de
September 12, 2026 at 6:48 AM
(2/2) Der Kapazitätsfaktor der Container liegt bei 40-50 Prozent. Solarparks kommen auf 20-25, Windparks auf 30-40.
Ehrlicher Kontext: DAC deckt laut UNEP heute unter 0,1 Prozent der nötigen CO2-Entnahme. Der Beweis, dass die Einheit funktioniert, ist trotzdem ein Fortschritt.
Ehrlicher Kontext: DAC deckt laut UNEP heute unter 0,1 Prozent der nötigen CO2-Entnahme. Der Beweis, dass die Einheit funktioniert, ist trotzdem ein Fortschritt.
Yep. Carbon removal technology fails yet again.
It’s far, far better to focus on cutting emissions.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
It’s far, far better to focus on cutting emissions.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yep. Carbon removal technology fails yet again.
It’s far, far better to focus on cutting emissions.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
It’s far, far better to focus on cutting emissions.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Is the Swiss carbon capture company Climeworks a scam?
Or is it part of a carbon fraud designed to delay the end of fossil fuels?
Or is it a well meaning idea that crashed into the second law of thermodynamics?
Or is it all of the above?
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/climeworks...
Or is it part of a carbon fraud designed to delay the end of fossil fuels?
Or is it a well meaning idea that crashed into the second law of thermodynamics?
Or is it all of the above?
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/climeworks...
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
No surprises. Direct air capture was designed to delay the end of fossil fuels.
reddmonitor.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Is the Swiss carbon capture company Climeworks a scam?
Or is it part of a carbon fraud designed to delay the end of fossil fuels?
Or is it a well meaning idea that crashed into the second law of thermodynamics?
Or is it all of the above?
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/climeworks...
Or is it part of a carbon fraud designed to delay the end of fossil fuels?
Or is it a well meaning idea that crashed into the second law of thermodynamics?
Or is it all of the above?
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/climeworks...
Krass. "Climateworks" verursacht beim fangen von CO2 mehr Emissionen als es aus der Luft holt: 1700 zu 1000 Tonnen ist die Ratio ca. Statt versprochenen 12.000 Tonnen holte man mit DAC seit 2021 nur 2400 Tonnen aus der Luft. Das entspricht ca 8x Frankfurt-LA hin/retour 😬... heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Krass. "Climateworks" verursacht beim fangen von CO2 mehr Emissionen als es aus der Luft holt: 1700 zu 1000 Tonnen ist die Ratio ca. Statt versprochenen 12.000 Tonnen holte man mit DAC seit 2021 nur 2400 Tonnen aus der Luft. Das entspricht ca 8x Frankfurt-LA hin/retour 😬... heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Company sucking CO2 directly from the air has captured so little carbon it doesn't even offset its own operations, according to Iceland report.
"Am I a gullible idiot?" asks scientist who bought CO2 removal from Climeworks (which is now laying off staff) heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
"Am I a gullible idiot?" asks scientist who bought CO2 removal from Climeworks (which is now laying off staff) heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Company sucking CO2 directly from the air has captured so little carbon it doesn't even offset its own operations, according to Iceland report.
"Am I a gullible idiot?" asks scientist who bought CO2 removal from Climeworks (which is now laying off staff) heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
"Am I a gullible idiot?" asks scientist who bought CO2 removal from Climeworks (which is now laying off staff) heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
It's hard for people to visualize removing billions of tons of CO₂, so let's talk about CO₂ removal (CDR) like a time machine (e.g., this machine will take us back 5 minutes).
e.g., H&M, the clothing retailer, bought 10,000 tonnes of CDR; that's a time machine that takes us back only 8 seconds. 😩
e.g., H&M, the clothing retailer, bought 10,000 tonnes of CDR; that's a time machine that takes us back only 8 seconds. 😩
August 23, 2024 at 5:21 PM
It's hard for people to visualize removing billions of tons of CO₂, so let's talk about CO₂ removal (CDR) like a time machine (e.g., this machine will take us back 5 minutes).
e.g., H&M, the clothing retailer, bought 10,000 tonnes of CDR; that's a time machine that takes us back only 8 seconds. 😩
e.g., H&M, the clothing retailer, bought 10,000 tonnes of CDR; that's a time machine that takes us back only 8 seconds. 😩
Two weeks after Blair's piece appeared, with a picture of @Climeworks's Mammoth plant in Iceland on its cover, the press in Iceland revealed that 16 years after its founding, Climeworks has still not captured enough carbon to offset its own emissions. 11/n
September 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Two weeks after Blair's piece appeared, with a picture of @Climeworks's Mammoth plant in Iceland on its cover, the press in Iceland revealed that 16 years after its founding, Climeworks has still not captured enough carbon to offset its own emissions. 11/n
I disagree 100% that CO₂ removal (CDR) will be defined by “many companies across many sectors making serious, meaningful commitments."
CDR will never happen without governments investing in and conducting R&D, negotiating governance, garnering public support, etc.
CDR will never happen without governments investing in and conducting R&D, negotiating governance, garnering public support, etc.
Climeworks CEO Says Carbon Removal Can’t Hinge on Microsoft
A pullback by the tech giant could spur an evolution of the market, said Christoph Gebald.
www.bloomberg.com
May 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I disagree 100% that CO₂ removal (CDR) will be defined by “many companies across many sectors making serious, meaningful commitments."
CDR will never happen without governments investing in and conducting R&D, negotiating governance, garnering public support, etc.
CDR will never happen without governments investing in and conducting R&D, negotiating governance, garnering public support, etc.
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
“This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.”
open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
“This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.”
open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
No surprises. Direct air capture was designed to delay the end of fossil fuels.
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
“This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.”
open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
“This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.”
open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
Will there ever be any accountability for the private-entity CDR boosters? Haha, sorry. I know I'm being silly. Of course there won't be.
February 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Will there ever be any accountability for the private-entity CDR boosters? Haha, sorry. I know I'm being silly. Of course there won't be.
Tragic or comic? Let's say, "All of the above" (pun intended).
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures
No surprises. Direct air capture was designed to delay the end of fossil fuels.
open.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Tragic or comic? Let's say, "All of the above" (pun intended).
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
How's Europe's largest DAC plant doing? "Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations... Since the company began capturing in Iceland, it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year."
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How's Europe's largest DAC plant doing? "Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations... Since the company began capturing in Iceland, it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year."
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Direct CO2 capture plant in Iceland emits more CO2 from its energy use than it captures! It's a net emitter, not CO2 sink at all.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Direct CO2 capture plant in Iceland emits more CO2 from its energy use than it captures! It's a net emitter, not CO2 sink at all.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Carbon capture isn't going to save us, despite the hopes and erroneous beliefs of the current Canadian government. There is no way to both drill baby drill and fight climate change.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Carbon capture isn't going to save us, despite the hopes and erroneous beliefs of the current Canadian government. There is no way to both drill baby drill and fight climate change.
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
heimildin.is/grein/24581/