carbon capture
noun
plural carbon captures
1
: any of various methods of removing carbon dioxide (as from industrial emissions) to reduce its presence in the atmosphere
Carbon capture can be applied to large-scale emissions processes, including coal and gas-fired power generation …—
Global CCS Institute
Global CCS InstituteDirect ocean carbon capture operations look a bit like desalination or wastewater treatment plants, though something quite different is going on inside their systems of filters, tubes, pumps and tanks.—Brooke Staggs
Brooke StaggsAramco has developed an innovative mobile carbon capture system that sharply reduces CO2 emissions from a heavy-duty truck.—Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
also
: such a method combined with storing the carbon dioxide to keep it from entering the atmosphere : carbon capture and storage
Those bent on bringing down the fossil-fuel industry are also less than thrilled with the … push for technologies such as carbon capture, which removes and stores carbon emissions … —Valerie Richardson
Valerie Richardson 2
: the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by living vegetation : carbon sequestration
Plants perform carbon capture every day through photosynthesis, and they actually do so quite well.—Patrick Biller
Patrick BillerTrees are nature's best carbon capture technology and have been working to clean the air since the first leafy frond appeared on Earth …—Georgette Kilgore
Georgette KilgoreExamples of carbon capture in a Sentence
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Scientific ingenuity, unshackled by overly burdensome regulations, provides solutions like carbon capture and storage technology that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2024
As the Biden administration is committing nearly $4 billion toward jumpstarting a new carbon capture industry in the U.S., CBS News was given an inside look at two companies taking different approaches to process.
—Ben Tracy, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
On the other side of the country, in Augsburg, west of Munich, MAN Energy Solutions is repurposing compressors, typically used to transport oil and gas, for large-scale carbon capture projects and building the biggest heat pump system in the world in the city of Esbjerg in Denmark.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
One other scenario would reduce the height of the black bar in the right panel of Figure 2, by deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) to remove and bury emissions from a fraction of the 18 EJ/year of fossil fuels consumed.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The federal and provincial governments were instrumental in supporting Dow, and both levels of government have announced new incentives to accelerate the development of new carbon capture, use and storage technologies (CCUS).
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2024
In 2022, however, the state Legislature passed a bill banning carbon capture projects from boosting oil production.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
Industrial carbon capture also does nothing to reduce the health damage caused by fossil fuels.
—Jonathan Foley, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
November 28, 2023 There’s a debate over whether carbon capture is crucial to meeting emissions-reduction goals, or is a distraction from the transition to renewable energy.
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2024
As the Biden administration is committing nearly $4 billion toward jumpstarting a new carbon capture industry in the U.S., CBS News was given an inside look at two companies taking different approaches to process.
—Ben Tracy, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
On the other side of the country, in Augsburg, west of Munich, MAN Energy Solutions is repurposing compressors, typically used to transport oil and gas, for large-scale carbon capture projects and building the biggest heat pump system in the world in the city of Esbjerg in Denmark.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
One other scenario would reduce the height of the black bar in the right panel of Figure 2, by deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) to remove and bury emissions from a fraction of the 18 EJ/year of fossil fuels consumed.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The federal and provincial governments were instrumental in supporting Dow, and both levels of government have announced new incentives to accelerate the development of new carbon capture, use and storage technologies (CCUS).
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2024
In 2022, however, the state Legislature passed a bill banning carbon capture projects from boosting oil production.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
Industrial carbon capture also does nothing to reduce the health damage caused by fossil fuels.
—Jonathan Foley, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2023
November 28, 2023 There’s a debate over whether carbon capture is crucial to meeting emissions-reduction goals, or is a distraction from the transition to renewable energy.
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
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