{"id":8415,"date":"2024-09-16T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2024-09-16T10:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:18:23","slug":"lowestoft-project-pioneers-climate-change-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/2024\/09\/16\/lowestoft-project-pioneers-climate-change-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowestoft project pioneers climate change technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is a mysterious-looking structure gradually taking shape in the Lowestoft skyline – prompting plenty of speculation about what it actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the truth is actually stranger than many of the suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the peculiar, rocket-like tower nearing completion at the town’s port is actually one of the world’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These devices use pioneering technology to extract carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, allowing the greenhouse gas to be stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one being built at Lowestoft<\/a> is a pilot project involving a consortium led by Sizewell C and Associated British Ports, which was awarded \u00a33m to construct the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plans for the site – which includes a 45m air column, an office, storage cabin and control room – were lodged with East Suffolk Council in May last year and approved under delegated powers in July.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is a mysterious-looking structure gradually taking shape in the Lowestoft skyline – prompting plenty of speculation about what it actually is. And the truth is actually stranger than many of the suggestions. For the peculiar, rocket-like tower nearing completion at the town’s port is actually one of the world’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities. These […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4296,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","ub_ctt_via":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,53],"tags":[251,250,135],"class_list":["post-8415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news","category-news","tag-direct-air-capture","tag-lowestoft","tag-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Will Norris","author_link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/author\/will-norriseeegr-com\/"},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Will Norris","author_link":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/author\/will-norriseeegr-com\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Industry News<\/a>","News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Industry News<\/span>","News<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["direct air capture<\/a>","lowestoft<\/a>","renewable energy<\/a>"],"unlinked":["direct air capture<\/span>","lowestoft<\/span>","renewable energy<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 weeks ago","modified":"Updated 4 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 16 September 2024","modified":"Updated on 16 September 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 16 September 2024 10:18","modified":"Updated on 16 September 2024 10:18"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8418,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415\/revisions\/8418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeegr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}