Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels

http://www.desmogblog.com/2019/11/21/jacobson-stanford-carbon-capture-fossil-fuels-renewables
Date Written:  2019-11-21
Publisher:  Desmog
Year Published:  2019
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX24048

A study in the peer-reviewed journal Energy and Environmental Science, concludes that carbon capture technologies are inefficient at pulling out carbon, from a climate perspective, and often increase local air pollution from the power required to run them, which exacerbates public health issues. Replacing a coal plant with wind turbines, on the other hand, always decreases local air pollution and doesn't come with the associated cost of running a carbon capture system, says Jacobson.

Subject Headings

• Renewable Energy