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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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
But a growing body of research suggests the math doesn’t quite add up for bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS).
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Indeed, carbon capture and sequestration is analogous to scrubbers – devices that the EPA has required for decades to remove pollutants such as fine particulates, sulfur dioxide and mercury from power plant smokestacks.
—Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Still, the regulation is expected to lead to greater use of carbon capture equipment.
—Chris Carlson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
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
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
But a growing body of research suggests the math doesn’t quite add up for bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS).
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Indeed, carbon capture and sequestration is analogous to scrubbers – devices that the EPA has required for decades to remove pollutants such as fine particulates, sulfur dioxide and mercury from power plant smokestacks.
—Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Still, the regulation is expected to lead to greater use of carbon capture equipment.
—Chris Carlson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
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
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“Carbon capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbon%20capture. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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