Carbon Dioxide Capture Is The New Technology To Eliminate Carbon Footprint
Here is a great article in The Japan Times
- BY CASSANDRA GARRISON
- REUTERS
Norwegian carbon dioxide storage company Northern Lights and its owners have agreed to store emissions captured at fertilizer-maker Yara’s Dutch operation from 2025 in what they say is a commercial breakthrough for the business.
The joint venture founded by oil firms Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell plans to inject CO2 from industrial plants into rock formations beneath the North Sea ocean floor.
Industries from cement to mining are creating plans to cap and cut their planet-warming emissions, and many depend on carbon capture.
Iron and steel
The process of making iron and steel is energy- and carbon- intensive due to the use of fossil fuels like coal to power blast furnaces, and output has grown in recent years.
To hit emissions targets, 75% of CO2 produced globally by the sector needs to be captured, according to the World Steel Association. That equates to 14 steel plants with CCS technology built every year from 2030 to 2070. Currently, the world has only one large-scale iron and steel facility with CCS.
ArcelorMittal, one of the world’s largest steel-makers, signed a Memorandum of Understanding last year with Air Liquide, a France-based industrial gases company, to develop carbon capture technologies with the aim of producing low-carbon steel at its Dunkirk site.
