How "Carbontech" Can Help Save Our Planet

Created By RISC | 3 years ago

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Many organizations and enterprises now seek to minimize their carbon emissions. But that won’t be enough. Some human activities cannot become carbon neutral. Offset such emissions requires us to also remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Carbon sequestration involves converting carbon dioxide in the air into a solid or liquid and storing it in long-term natural reservoirs, such as oceans, soil, or rock layers.

Carbon capture involves capturing carbon dioxide from major sources such as fossil power plants and storing it. The term "Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)" is often used. Iceland, though, is using direct air capture (DAC).

Carbontech is a technology to create economic value from captured carbon to make the operation cost-effective. In other words, the carbon captured is used in other products. Carbon-containing elements could be used in concrete, for example, to reduce carbon while increasing value.

There are many strategies to reduce carbon dioxide, from the individual to corporate to national level. If we all work together, we can achieve net zero emissions to make our world a better place.

Story by: Woraporn Poonyakanok, Senior Research Engineer at RISC

References:
How Do You Define Carbontech? The Big Climate Tech Hype for 2021 https://cleanenergyventures.com/clean-energy-venture-capital/how-do-you-define-carbontech-the-big-climate-tech-hype-for-2021/
Carbon sequestration in soil http://e-library.ldd.go.th/library/flip/bib9747f/files/basic-html/page26.html
The Global CO2 Initiative https://www.env.go.jp/earth/cop/cop22/common/pdf/event/16/02_presentation3.pdf