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Exclusive: World’s largest carbon removal plant to open

  • Writer: Graphyte
    Graphyte
  • Feb 6, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jul 30, 2024

Corbin Hiar, E&E News by POLITICO


A startup backed by Bill Gates plans this week to begin operating what could be the largest carbon removal facility on the planet — a potentially remarkable achievement for a firm that’s only a year old.


The southern Arkansas plant owned by Graphyte aims to use carbon-rich sawdust and other woody waste from nearby paper mills to create biomass bricks that can be stored underground for centuries.


The company’s Loblolly facility — named after the pine tree species grown in the area — intends to start manufacturing the shoe-box-sized blocks no later than Friday and gradually scale up production, CEO Barclay Rogers told E&E News.

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