Cleaner Tech
The World’s Next Big Carbon Capture Challenge? Figuring Out How to Use It
Skepticism about how to commercialize — and use — carbon capture is growing. So is the debate over how to deploy it equitably and safely.
The Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Arnot coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Carbon capture could help mitigate emissions at polluting power plants, but with the technology largely unproven at scale, it also risks extending their lives.
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Carbon capture is having a moment.
Companies such as Chevron Corp. are building technology to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks while others such as Microsoft Corp. are investing in startups working to yank the greenhouse gas out of the air directly.