Why We Need 100+ Storage Sites by 2030
To keep warming under 1.5 °C, we must remove or store at least
10 Gt CO₂/yr by 2030. Latin America’s share is about
5 Gt this decade:
- 100 new facilities across Latin America by 2030
- Average 50 Mt CO₂/yr per facility
- Deploy 20 sites per year until 2030
- Total: 5 Gt CO₂—equal to removing 1 billion cars/yr
We must scale to every major:
- Basalt province (Paraná, Etendeka–Alto Paranáíba)
- Saline sedimentary basin (Andean foothills, Llanos, Amazon)
- Offshore formation (Brazil–Guyana–Suriname deep aquifers)
- CO₂ sources & DAC hubs (cement, steel, gas, ethanol)
Today fewer than 10 pilot or operational sites exist here. We must partner
with local communities and governments while accelerating technology
to cut costs and move from study to injection.
Paraná Basin Basalt Flows
Hundreds of metres of flood basalts in southern Brazil, Paraguay &
Argentina. Reactive Ca-Mg silicates support rapid in-situ carbonation.
Geochemistry mapped; pilots in planning stages.
Capacity: 1.0 Gt CO₂
Readiness: Assessment
Andean Foothill Saline Basins
Sandstone & carbonate aquifers at 800–3 000 m under shale/mudstone seals.
Proximity to mining & DAC projects positions these basins for rapid scale-up.
Capacity: 0.8 Gt CO₂
Readiness: Emerging