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Arizona State University and a team of its collaborators have received $11.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to begin developing a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The team will prepare to build a multi-site Direct Air Capture Hub located in the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States. Additionally, the project will receive $11.2 million in matching funds from the project partners.
The ASU-led team has identified three sites in east-central Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southeastern Utah as locations for the hub. These sites will use new technologies to capture and remove carbon from the air as well as store the carbon that is collected. Additionally, the sites will use new solar and wind power to support the DAC technology — creating a renewable energy economy in the same region of aging coal plants that are being retired. The team’s goal is to be a testbed for carbon capture, utilization and storage in the southwestern region.
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