As governments and businesses strive to meet net-zero targets and effectively address the climate crisis, they must significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, like carbon dioxide (CO2). Regulating and reducing ongoing CO2emissions alone, however, will not be sufficient to avert the worst effects of global warning. Governments and businesses increasingly see active CO2removal as a necessary lever in the fight against climate change.
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)andcarbon dioxide removal (CDR)technologiesare key initiatives trying to tackle this challenge. Corning is applying its expertise to two primary technology approaches:
- Direct-air capture (DAC) technologyaims to reduce CO2already in the atmosphere. Some DAC facilities are already in operation and a significant number are currently in different planning phases globally. Most DAC facilities will leverage a process called adsorption. In this process, ambient air cycles through sorbent-coated structured media, like honeycomb substrates, to adsorb CO2. The CO2is then desorbed and transported to be sequestered or utilized.
- Point-source capture technologyaims to extract CO2from energy intensive industrial exhaust sources. The CO2is captured and then sequestered for permanent storage or utilization.
碳捕捉行业rapidly expanding and advancing to meet the goal of pulling giga tons of CO2out of the atmosphere by 2050.