The role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage for economic pathways that limit global warming to below 1.5°C

Jenny G Vitillo; Matthew D Eisaman; Edda S P Aradóttir; Fabrizio Passarini; Tao Wang; Stafford W Sheehan

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104237

The role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage for economic pathways that limit global warming to below 1.5°C

iScience. 2022 Apr 12;25(5):104237. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104237. eCollection 2022 May 20.

Authors

Jenny G Vitillo¹, Matthew D Eisaman², Edda S P Aradóttir³, Fabrizio Passarini⁴, Tao Wang⁵, Stafford W Sheehan⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM, University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 9, I-22100 Como, Italy.
² Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
³ Carbfix, Baejarhals 1, 110 Reykjavik, Iceland.
⁴ Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, viale del Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, NO.38, Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027 Zhejiang Province, China.
⁶ Air Company, 407 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA.

Abstract

The 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, for the first time, stated that CO₂ removal will be necessary to meet our climate goals. However, there is a cost to accomplish CO₂ removal or mitigation that varies by source. Accordingly, a sensible strategy to prevent climate change begins by mitigating emission sources requiring the least energy and capital investment per ton of CO₂, such as new emitters and long-term stationary sources. The production of CO₂-derived products should also start by favoring processes that bring to market high-value products with sufficient margin to tolerate a higher cost of goods.

Keywords: Energy Resources; Energy policy; Energy resources; Energy sustainability.

Publication types

Review