Dac

Direct Air Capture (DAC) is the use of engineered equipment — fans, sorbents, solvents, or electrochemical cells — to separate carbon dioxide from ambient air, concentrate it, and hand it off to either permanent storage or industrial use. Unlike point-source capture at a power plant or cement kiln, DAC has no flue gas to draw from: it works against an atmospheric concentration of roughly 425 ppm, which is the central reason it is both energy-intensive and, when paired with geological storage, one of the most durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options available. For buyers and policymakers building portfolios with century-plus permanence, DAC sits alongside mineralization and bio-oil sequestration as a small-but-growing share of the durable removals market. ...

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