What is carbon capture?
1 month, 1 week ago

What is carbon capture?

The Hindu  

Global warming is the result of certain greenhouse gases — but especially carbon dioxide — building up in the air and preventing the planet from cooling as quickly as it would without them. Although some natural processes emit these gases, their build-up to dangerous levels is entirely due to emissions from human industrial activity, including the combustion of fossil fuels like coal and petrol.T hus the human response to climate change has two prongs: adaptation and mitigation. Here, a device sucks carbon or CO 2 out of an emission source, like the chimneys of a power plant, or the atmosphere itself, converts it to a different form, and stores it in a sealed container. CCS has been controversial: among others, researchers have said it could create more ‘room’ to pollute by removing CO 2 from the air.

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Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean
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3 days, 10 hours ago

Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean

Associated Press  

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans. Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more. Most of the ocean startups …

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen
3 months, 1 week ago

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen

BBC  

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen Equatic Equatic is among a wave of start-ups exploring how the ocean could be harnessed to capture and store carbon. "Marine CO2 removal is simply too risky," says Mary Church, geoengineering campaign manager at the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-profit environmental law firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Nearly 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit
4 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit

New Indian Express  

BAKU, Azerbaijan: At least 480 lobbyists for companies and groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs fossil fuel use have gained access to the COP29 climate talks, according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for International Environmental Law. The number of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage lobbyists is higher than the core delegations from the United …

Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say
5 months ago

Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO₂ from the air as a tree, scientists say

LA Times  

A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of a year. “You have to take CO2 from the air — there’s no way around it,” said Yaghi, who is also chief scientist at Berkeley’s Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet. As a result, it captures …

CEEC hits carbon capture milestone
7 months, 3 weeks ago

CEEC hits carbon capture milestone

China Daily  

Asia's largest CO2 direct air capture device by capacity, "CarbonBox", has successfully completed reliability testing, said major developer China Energy Engineering Corp Ltd, marking a further advance of China's development of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies. "DAC is an emerging CCUS technology that can use low-carbon energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal to directly capture carbon dioxide …

China's homegrown carbon capture facility passes reliability verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

China's homegrown carbon capture facility passes reliability verification

China Daily  

SHANGHAI -- CarbonBox, China's independently developed direct air capture facility, has passed its reliability verification, with a single module capable of capturing over 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from the air each year and generating 99 percent high-concentration product. CarbonBox, developed by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Energy Engineering Corporation, has an annual CO2 capture capacity …

Carbon-capture projects launch in Los Angeles County
9 months ago

Carbon-capture projects launch in Los Angeles County

LA Times  

As soaring fossil fuel emissions continue to heighten global warming, multiple projects seeking to remove carbon dioxide from the air have been launched across Los Angeles County — an effort that project developers say is destined to make Southern California a global leader in climate adaptation. Project Monarch, a public-private partnership between the Palmdale Water District and the climate technology …

Engineers create electric sponge that can suck carbon out of the air
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Engineers create electric sponge that can suck carbon out of the air

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers have made a “sponge” that can suck carbon straight out of the …

The ‘last resort’ material that can soak up CO2 directly from the air
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The ‘last resort’ material that can soak up CO2 directly from the air

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A low-cost, energy-efficient method is capable of making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly …

Is this the key to combatting climate change? Scientists are using a giant vacuum in Iceland dubbed The Mammoth to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year
10 months, 1 week ago

Is this the key to combatting climate change? Scientists are using a giant vacuum in Iceland dubbed The Mammoth to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year

Daily Mail  

The Mammoth can remove the CO2 equivalent of 7,800 petrol cars each year Amongst all the complex science surrounding climate change, one possible solution sounds absurdly simple. Scientists have developed a massive vacuum in Iceland to suck up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every single year The Mammoth, as the plant has been dubbed, uses 72 modular …

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet
1 year, 3 months ago

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 from the air, at Heirloom's new plant, in Tracy, California, on November 9. After the UN climate summit earlier this month agreed to slowly phase out fossil fuels to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, a mitigation measure known as carbon capture, utilisation …

The limitations of CCS and CDR and their grip on our future climate | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

The limitations of CCS and CDR and their grip on our future climate | Explained

The Hindu  

December 12, 2023 10:00 am | Updated December 13, 2023 07:57 pm IST - Bengaluru At the COP28 climate talks underway in Dubai, draft decisions thus far have referred to the abatement and removal of carbon emissions using carbon capture and storage and carbon-dioxide removal technologies. At COP28, the term “unabated fossil fuels” has come to mean the combustion of …

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost
1 year, 3 months ago

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s a huge challenge to become carbon neutral and …

Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?

Hindustan Times  

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet. “We call that a mitigation technology, a way to stop the increased concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere,” said …

What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?
1 year, 3 months ago

What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?

Associated Press  

An agreement at the United Nations-led climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels brought a measure of relief for climate activists, even as many said it doesn’t go far enough. Skeptics have said carbon capture has been oversold as a climate change solution so that the fossil fuel industry can keep burning lots of oil, coal and natural gas. …

COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained
1 year, 4 months ago

COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ahead of the 2023 Climate Summit, the United Nations Environment Programme in a press release said that countries must go further than the current pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C with no or low overshoot during this century. According to the Emissions Gap report, delaying greenhouse gas emissions reduction will …

Large-scale carbon capture an ‘illusion’ for oil and gas companies
1 year, 4 months ago

Large-scale carbon capture an ‘illusion’ for oil and gas companies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Oil and gas companies must …

IITM professor bags national award for research on carbon sequestration
1 year, 4 months ago

IITM professor bags national award for research on carbon sequestration

The Hindu  

Rajnish Kumar, a faculty member in the chemical engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, who has bagged the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in the field of engineering for the year 2022, has been pursuing research on sequestering carbon dioxide, a process by which carbon is returned to earth. While design improvement in vehicles reduced the emission of …

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests
1 year, 4 months ago

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests

NPR  

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests Capturing carbon dioxide pollution and storing it underground is a controversial climate solution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Both big industries and the Biden administration are promoting a possible climate solution that involves trapping carbon dioxide from smokestacks and storing it underground. JULIA SIMON, BYLINE: To understand why the U.S. Forest Service …

Billions are being invested in carbon removal strategies to fight global heating. Will they work?
1 year, 6 months ago

Billions are being invested in carbon removal strategies to fight global heating. Will they work?

Salon  

In August, the Biden Administration granted $1.2 billion in federal funding to kickstart a project intended to vacuum carbon dioxide up from the atmosphere to offset global warming. In an analysis of 11 projects included in the Department of Energy's 2010 carbon capture plan, seven never got off the ground, one imploded — yes, you read that right — one …

How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air
1 year, 7 months ago

How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air

LA Times  

The Biden adminstration is funding projects by Occidental Petroleum and Climeworks that will remove carbon dioxide from the air. “If we deploy this at scale, this technology can help us make serious headway toward our net-zero emission goals.” Once operational, the hubs are expected to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere, …

What is carbon capture? How the UK government plans to slash the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere by catching it and storing it under the North Sea
1 year, 7 months ago

What is carbon capture? How the UK government plans to slash the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere by catching it and storing it under the North Sea

Daily Mail  

It has been billed as an innovative way to allow Britain to slash its greenhouse gas emissions. CCS is a technology designed to capture carbon emissions from power plants, industrial processes and other sources, and store them permanently underground WHAT IS CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE? Pictured, a carbon removal facility from Carbon Engineering, a Canadian-based clean energy company CCUS involves …

Carbon capture might finally work but taxpayers must not be burdened unnecessarily
1 year, 7 months ago

Carbon capture might finally work but taxpayers must not be burdened unnecessarily

The Telegraph  

The International Energy Agency has said carbon capture has so far “not lived up to its promise”, and questioned whether it will be able to play a major role in the transition to net zero by mid-century. The Climate Change Committee estimates carbon capture will be by far one of the most expensive green technologies by 2035. Getting carbon capture …

Biden administration invests in carbon capture, upping pressure on industry to show results
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden administration invests in carbon capture, upping pressure on industry to show results

Associated Press  

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $251 million for carbon capture and storage projects in seven states, aiming to reduce planet-warming pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities. Climate Envoy John Kerry, the government is increasing pressure on the carbon capture and storage industry to show that the technology can significantly help combat climate change. “Deploying the safe and …

NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change
1 year, 10 months ago

NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — From the outside, the residential high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper West Side looks pretty much like any other luxury building: A doorman greets visitors in a spacious lobby adorned with tapestry and marble. “Carbon capture doesn’t actually reduce emissions; it seeks to put them somewhere else,” said Anthony Rogers-Wright, director of environmental justice at New York Lawyers for …

NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change
1 year, 10 months ago

NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change

The Hindu  

From the outside, the Manhattan high-rise looks like any other luxury building: a doorman greets visitors in a lobby adorned with tapestry and marble. To reduce emissions, the owners have installed twisting pipes and tanks that collect carbon dioxide from the building's massive, gas-fired boilers. Watch: The World’s Largest Carbon Capturing Plant “Carbon capture doesn’t actually reduce emissions; it seeks …

Cause and Effect | Carbon, carbon everywhere
1 year, 10 months ago

Cause and Effect | Carbon, carbon everywhere

Hindustan Times  

To limit the temperature rise to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid triggering multiple irrevocable changes in the climate system, the world needs rapid decarbonisation. There are currently 18 direct air capture plants operating worldwide, capturing 0.01Mt CO2 every year, according to a September 2022 analysis by the International Energy Agency. That’s a story for another time The …

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?
2 years ago

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?

BBC  

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air? The system captures CO2 using energy from a rubbish incinerator Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Craig Lovell/Alamy Capturing and storing the CO2 released by bioenergy crops such as these Loblolly pines when they are burned could contribute to …

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere
2 years, 1 month ago

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere

The Hindu  

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. Peter de Menocal, a marine paleoclimatologist and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, discussed ocean carbon dioxide removal at a recent TEDxBoston: Planetary Stewardship event. So, for taking carbon out of the atmosphere and …

Explained: How carbon dioxide removal works
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How carbon dioxide removal works

Live Mint  

With global temperatures still on the rise, even the most sceptical of scientists agree that carbon dioxide removal is crucial to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming below two degrees Celsius. The second way—called direct air capture—uses chemical processes to strip out CO2, then recycles it for industrial use or locks it away in porous rock formations, …

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
2 years, 2 months ago

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. Developing countries argue that their contribution to global carbon removal — mostly in the form of forests and land management — are equally important and deserve greater recognition. The study concludes that …

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
2 years, 2 months ago

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers say efforts to remove …

Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows

LA Times  

Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. New carbon removal technologies include so-called direct air capture, in which carbon dioxide is sucked from the atmosphere and stored underground. Achieving “net zero” emissions by midcentury — a goal many countries are aiming …

Carbon capture startup Climeworks removes CO2 from atmosphere in ‘industry first’
2 years, 2 months ago

Carbon capture startup Climeworks removes CO2 from atmosphere in ‘industry first’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A climate startup claims to have captured carbon dioxide from the open air …

Shell and other companies look to carbon capture and storage
2 years, 4 months ago

Shell and other companies look to carbon capture and storage

China Daily  

A Shell employee charges electric vehicles at a charging station in Tianjin. Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Petrochemical Corp, China Baowu Steel Group Corp, and BASF to explore the feasibility of developing an open-source carbon capture, utilization, and storage project in the East China region, the company said on Friday. An open-source project can offer industrial …

Carbon removal technologies to get $3.5B federal investment
2 years, 10 months ago

Carbon removal technologies to get $3.5B federal investment

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The federal government is investing in machines that suck giant amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air in the hopes of reducing damage from climate change. The Department of Energy said Thursday it will release $3.5 billion to groups developing direct air capture and other technologies that remove carbon dioxide, which when released into the atmosphere …

What is carbon capture and storage, and could it help halt the climate crisis?
2 years, 11 months ago

What is carbon capture and storage, and could it help halt the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to the International Energy Agency the strengthening of climate goals and new investment incentives "are delivering unprecedented momentum …

UN: ‘Cutting carbon emissions not enough; Suck Co2 from the air and bury it’
2 years, 11 months ago

UN: ‘Cutting carbon emissions not enough; Suck Co2 from the air and bury it’

The Hindu  

To save the world from the worst ravages of climate change, slashing carbon pollution is no longer enough – CO2 will also need to be sucked out of the atmosphere and buried, a landmark UN report is expected to say on Monday. This means an abrupt drop in carbon emissions of six or seven percent a year is needed to …

Scientifically Speaking | Can we stop the climate crisis by sucking up CO2?
2 years, 11 months ago

Scientifically Speaking | Can we stop the climate crisis by sucking up CO2?

Hindustan Times  

To solve the climate crisis, the world will need to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In contrast to this kind of carbon capture at an industrial point source is direct air capture which is essentially pulling carbon dioxide out from the air. Direct air capture plants run huge fans that suck in a lot of air …

Direct air capture machines suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Are they part of the solution to climate change?
3 years, 1 month ago

Direct air capture machines suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Are they part of the solution to climate change?

ABC  

On a barren lava plateau in Iceland stands an entirely new kind of industrial facility that sucks carbon dioxide from the air and traps it in stone. The world's first commercial direct air capture plant is designed to remove thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas every year and then inject it deep underground. "The science is very clear that to …

Carbon capture storage trial in Queensland to demonstrate Morrison's promise to reduce emissions via 'technology'
3 years, 4 months ago

Carbon capture storage trial in Queensland to demonstrate Morrison's promise to reduce emissions via 'technology'

ABC  

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in Glasgow touting his new 'technology, not taxes' energy policy, a key part of which involves rolling out carbon capture and storage. Key points: Proponents of a carbon capture and storage project in Queensland say it will demonstrate how the technology could be deployed across heavy CO2-emitting industries Proponents of a carbon capture and …

Can carbon capture facilities reverse climate change?
3 years, 4 months ago

Can carbon capture facilities reverse climate change?

Al Jazeera  

The world’s biggest such complex will capture 4,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas per year in boxes the size of shipping containers. But with plans under way for even larger “direct air capture” operations than the one in Iceland, proponents say this pioneering technology can help humanity to make the world carbon neutral and limit heating to the internationally agreed target …

Scaling carbon capture might Mean Thinking Small, Not Big
3 years, 4 months ago

Scaling carbon capture might Mean Thinking Small, Not Big

Live Mint  

A London-based startup is shrinking the size of carbon capture plants as it tries to popularize a green technology that’s been slow to expand beyond limited applications. Carbon capture could be a key way for companies to eliminate their emissions quickly as governments issue net-zero mandates before the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. “The only way you can scale …

Have we solved the carbon capture conundrum?
3 years, 5 months ago

Have we solved the carbon capture conundrum?

The Telegraph  

The centre of the chemical engineering department at Imperial College London is dominated by a cluster of stainless steel pipes stretching four storeys high. This pilot plant is part of Britain’s largest carbon capture research programme and is intended to demonstrate to students best practice in capturing and storing harmful carbon dioxide. Ministers are doubling down on the technology by …

Direct air capture sucks carbon right out of the skies
3 years, 5 months ago

Direct air capture sucks carbon right out of the skies

Wired  

Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher were, in the latter’s words, “young, motivated and maybe a bit naïve,” when they decided in 2009 to set up a company based on technology that could capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Climeworks, based in Zurich, Switzerland, specialises in direct air capture of carbon dioxide, which is then permanently stored underground. Climeworks’ carbon dioxide …

World's largest carbon dioxide capturing plant starts in Iceland
3 years, 6 months ago

World's largest carbon dioxide capturing plant starts in Iceland

Firstpost  

The plant is designed to capture 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the air every year Reykjavik : The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into rock started running on Wednesday, the companies behind the plant said. The plant, named Orca, after the Icelandic word “orka” meaning “energy”, consists of …

What is carbon capture and how does it work?
3 years, 11 months ago

What is carbon capture and how does it work?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Carbon capture and renewable energy could turn UK’s emissions negative by 2033, says National Grid …

A Midwest pipeline promises to return carbon dioxide to the ground
4 years ago

A Midwest pipeline promises to return carbon dioxide to the ground

Salon  

Most pipelines that snake around the United States carry carbon that was buried underground for millions of years and then dug up, destined to be burned in a combustion engine or furnace or boiler and emitted into the atmosphere. If it gets built, the project will prove a new business model for carbon capture in the biofuels industry and expand …

The device that reverses CO2 emissions
4 years ago

The device that reverses CO2 emissions

BBC  

The device that reverses CO2 emissions Carbon Engineering Carbon Engineering is planning the world's largest direct air capture plant, in Texas, USA Cooling the planet by filtering excess carbon dioxide out of the air on an industrial scale would require a new, massive global industry – what would it need to work? When it becomes operational in September, Carbon Engineering's …

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