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NETL has initiated a four-year plan to develop a direct air capture (DAC) process that integrates expertise from the Lab’s extensive materials design, computational materials design, computation fluid dynamics, and process system design research portfolios to advance a cutting-edge technology that will remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
DAC technologies use sorbents to pull CO2 directly out of the air in contrast to point source capture processes that capture the greenhouse gas at power plants or industrial facilities. While point source capture will need to be effectively deployed as part of decarbonization efforts, DAC technology will be critical for counterbalancing hard-to-decarbonize sectors like agriculture, shipping, and aviation and for addressing legacy emissions.
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