Building carbon capture without sharing power costs 30% more

New research shows that building carbon capture plants in Europe costs much more if they operate alone. Connecting them to the electricity grid and using more storage sites across the continent can cut costs by up to 30%.

Governments and companies planning to remove carbon from the air now have clear cost penalties for certain choices. Simply building carbon capture plants as stand-alone facilities, or limiting where the carbon can be stored, will make the entire effort significantly more expensive. The numbers suggest that integrated planning from the start is crucial for making these projects financially viable.