Study: CO2 vacuums expected to remain ex • Table.Briefings

Direct Air Capture Anlage auf Island — Direct Air Capture Plant in Iceland – less cost reductions are expected with the technology than previously assumed.

According to a new study, facilities for filtering CO2 from the atmosphere are expected to remain more expensive than previously anticipated in the future. Cost reductions are proving to be challenging. This is bad news for global climate goals.

Technologies for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere could remain more expensive in the future than observers have previously assumed. Researchers from ETH Zurich have analyzed three technologies for Direct Air Capture (DAC) plants for filtering and storing CO2. By 2050, the cost per ton of CO2 filtered from the air could still be between 230 and 540 dollars – nearly double the previous estimates.

Study: CO2 vacuums expected to remain expensive in the future

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