According to various embodiments, a direct air capture system includes: a wind turbine that includes at least one blade that includes one or more openings, wherein, in operation, first air flows across the at least one blade, causing the wind turbine to generate electrical energy, and causing the one or more openings to receive second air; a conduit that fluidly couples the one or more openings to a carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) adsorption chamber that includes one or more amine-based CO.sub.2 adsorbers, wherein, in operation, the CO.sub.2 adsorption chamber receives the second air via the one or more openings; and a carbon desorption apparatus that desorbs CO.sub.2 from the one or more amine-based CO.sub.2 adsorbers.