The Grand Challenges in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Berend Smit,Ah-Hyung Alissa Park,Greeshma Gadikota

doi:10.3389/fenrg.2014.00055

Abstract

1 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA 2 Energy Center and Laboratory of Molecular Simulation, Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 4 Department of Chemical Engineering, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA *Correspondence: berend-smit@berkeley.edu

Highlights

If we were in a global war against climate change, we would carry out largescale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) (Smit et al, 2014)
Some argue that if we fight the war against climate change via CCUS, this implies that we are promoting the continued use of fossil fuels instead of replacing fossil fuels by renewable energy such as solar and wind
The contribution of fossil fuels in our energy supply is over 80%, while the renewable is only 10% (International Energy Agency (IEA), 2013)

Summary

Introduction

If we were in a global war against climate change, we would carry out largescale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) (Smit et al, 2014). INTRODUCTION If we were in a global war against climate change, we would carry out largescale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) (Smit et al, 2014).

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