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Elon Musk is donating $100 Million to the best Carbon Capture Technology
Why does it matter?
It was only a matter of time. With the U.S. officially recommitting to the Paris Climate Accord, major corporations worldwide are starting to take a more diversifying approach to their strategy and in some cases, dedicate serious ressources to solve the carbon dioxide emission puzzle. In my previous article , I explained how Hydrogen is the technology garnering the most interests during the current energy transition. Coupling Renewable energy with green hydrogen production has attracted a lot of interests from major oil and power corporations throughout the world. Elon Musk is a well-respected figure in the engineering world. More often than not, he’s been at the forefront of the best technologies of our time. For him to publically commit to the CO2 emission problem is a huge point for climate change. It is not clear what level of invovlement he will have in the process, however one has to wonder how far this simple tweet by Elon might go. Last time Elon invested that much into something, it turned out quite well. Hint: Space X?
In this article, I willl try to give you a high level view of the most promising carbon capture technologies in the works today. Some will be at the commercial/industry level, some will be in development/research stage. The idea is to give…
