(News Bulletin 247) – GE announces that the advanced research division of GE Vernova has been selected by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate the viability of a new concept of direct capture of CO2 in the air (DAC) which could emerge near Houston (Texas).
This study, worth $3.3 million over two years, will see the researchers take an interest in a new design of the CO2 capture system: the system would in fact be powered by a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) WRX-300 from 300 MW developed by GE Hitachi.
The idea is then to be able to capture the CO2 directly in the ambient air and store it underground. It may also be used as a value-added product, for example as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
According to GE, once completed, the project could potentially remove up to 1 million tonnes of CO2 from the air each year.
It also fits perfectly with the Biden administration’s plan to capture and remove between 400 million and 1.8 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year by 2050.
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