Scientists' New Method Could Help Cement Plants Remove CO2 From Atmosphere
ETH Zurich researchers said calcium-looping direct air capture could cut cement’s climate impact by 78% by 2050 and make plants net-negative.
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Cement factories are known as major emitters of carbon, but researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new method that allows the factories to actually remove a large amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. According to the researchers, it is ‘very promising from a climate perspective’.
Scientists' new method could help cement plants remove CO2 from atmosphere
A new approach developed by researchers at ETH Zurich could transform cement plants from major sources of carbon emissions into facilities capable of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Cement is essential to modern civilisation. Roads, bridges, homes, offices and countless other structures depend on it. But there is a major environmental cost: cement manufacturing is responsible for an estimated 5–8 per cent of global carbon dioxide (CO…
How cement plants can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere
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In a new study, ETH researchers show that emissions could be greatly reduced if cement production were coupled with a technology for the direct removal of CO2 from the atmosphere, the so-called Direct Air Capture (DAC).
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