Study: Direct Air Capture costs must fall by 75 per cent to drive widespread adoption

Cecilia Keating
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Climeworks Orca plant, Iceland (Credit: Climeworks)
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Climeworks Orca plant, Iceland (Credit: Climeworks)

Nascent technology will need to scale at twice the speed seen in the solar sector, consultancy giant BCG warns

The cost of direct air capture (DAC) projects needs to fall by 75 per cent if nascent carbon removals technologies are to become a commercially viable climate solution, according to new research. A...

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