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Carbon capture and storage

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCommon term

In energy & renewables, carbon capture and storage means: Technology that captures carbon dioxide from power plants or factories before it reaches the air, then transports it and stores it permanently deep underground.

In Turkish: karbon yakalama ve depolama, CCS

How it is used

Shortened to CCS; when the CO2 is used, for example in industry, it becomes CCUS (carbon capture, utilisation and storage). Discussed mainly for cement, steel, chemicals and gas plants. Projects are judged by capture rate and tonnes stored per year; cost and scale are frequent concerns.

Example sentences

  1. The cement plant plans to add carbon capture and storage by 2032.

  2. Carbon capture and storage could capture about 90 percent of the CO2 in the plant's flue gas.

Common collocations

  • CCS project
  • capture rate
  • CO2 storage site
  • carbon capture, utilisation and storage
  • net zeroA state in which the greenhouse gases a country or company puts into the air are balanced by the amount it removes, so that its overall contribution is zero.
  • decarbonizationReducing the carbon dioxide emissions of an economy, sector or company, for example by switching to renewable power, electrifying heat and transport and improving efficiency.
  • carbon emissionsCarbon dioxide released into the air, mainly by burning coal, oil and gas. The term is often used loosely for all greenhouse gas emissions.
  • green hydrogenHydrogen produced by splitting water in an electrolyser powered by renewable electricity, so that its production releases almost no carbon dioxide.

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