Past efforts to capture carbon dioxide so it doesn’t worsen climate change have been small-scale and littered with expensive failures. But supporters say the new tax incentives in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are transformative enough that, combined with the lessons of the past 20 years, the technology is finally ready to take off.
Lehigh Hanson Inc., one of the largest concrete makers in the US, says early this year it will start running a new cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, that could capture 95% of its carbon dioxide emissions by 2028. If successful, the project would demonstrate that one of the world’s most polluting industries can go almost carbon neutral.
