Saudi Aramco has launched a pilot direct air capture (DAC) project alongside Siemens Energy with capacity to remove 12 t/y of CO2 from the atmosphere. Aramco says the facility will serve as a testing platform for next-generation CO2 capture materials and for achieving cost reductions to help accelerate the deployment of DAC technologies in the region. This follows a shareholders’ agreement with Linde and SLB in December for development of a 9mn t/y carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub at Jubail (MEES, 6 December 2024).
As Aramco targets net zero by 2050, it is also contributing to the kingdom’s ambitious solar power rollout (MEES, 21 March) and last year reached financial close on three projects with capacity of 5.5GW (MEES, 6 September 2024). Aramco participates in three currently operational solar PV plants with a combined capacity of 4.16GW, including the kingdom’s largest plant, the 2.06GW Shuaibah-2. (CONTINUED - 143 WORDS)
