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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That’s why many in the biofuels industry argue that carbon capture pipelines are the best option to obtaining tax credits.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
Carter’s district, which snakes from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, is benefiting from several companies investing in hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel and carbon capture – industries related to Louisiana’s proximity to oil and gas.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 16 June 2024
The agency said that the rules, which alter some of the timelines for implementing carbon capture systems outlined in last year’s proposal, would result in $370 billion in net climate and health benefits over the next two decades and avert 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
At the same time, oil-producing states can argue that the agreement reflects their preference for a gradual decline in fossil fuel use but leaves open the possibility that the world can avoid complete elimination of that dependence by relying on technologies for carbon capture or removal.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global trade association of airlines, projects that SAF will be behind 65 percent of the 2050 targets, with additional support coming from emerging electric and hydrogen technologies, as well as offset and carbon capture programs.
—Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2023
Owners of a Texas coal plant equipped one of their four coal-burning generators with the largest carbon capture project attempted to date in the United States.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
State regulators directed the plant to switch to burning natural gas, abandoning the original plans for carbon capture.
—Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
That report also said Shell will continue allotting $1 billion annually toward heavy duty hydrogen as well as atmospheric carbon capture and storage.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
Carter’s district, which snakes from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, is benefiting from several companies investing in hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel and carbon capture – industries related to Louisiana’s proximity to oil and gas.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 16 June 2024
The agency said that the rules, which alter some of the timelines for implementing carbon capture systems outlined in last year’s proposal, would result in $370 billion in net climate and health benefits over the next two decades and avert 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
At the same time, oil-producing states can argue that the agreement reflects their preference for a gradual decline in fossil fuel use but leaves open the possibility that the world can avoid complete elimination of that dependence by relying on technologies for carbon capture or removal.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global trade association of airlines, projects that SAF will be behind 65 percent of the 2050 targets, with additional support coming from emerging electric and hydrogen technologies, as well as offset and carbon capture programs.
—Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2023
Owners of a Texas coal plant equipped one of their four coal-burning generators with the largest carbon capture project attempted to date in the United States.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
State regulators directed the plant to switch to burning natural gas, abandoning the original plans for carbon capture.
—Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
That report also said Shell will continue allotting $1 billion annually toward heavy duty hydrogen as well as atmospheric carbon capture and storage.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
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