Open AccessSignificant Geological Storage Capacity for Carbon in the United States, Report Finds
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo280002
Subject(s) - tonne , carbon sequestration , carbon dioxide , environmental science , metric (unit) , carbon fibers , natural resource economics , energy storage , carbon capture and storage (timeline) , business , environmental economics , earth science , environmental protection , waste management , climate change , computer science , geology , engineering , chemistry , economics , physics , oceanography , organic chemistry , algorithm , marketing , composite number , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
The United States has enough capacity to store a mean estimate of about 3000 metric gigatons (Gt) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) through geological sequestration, according to a new assessment that looks at the potential for technically accessible geological CO 2 storage in the country. That storage capacity is more than 500 times the nation's 2011 energy‐related emissions, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated at 5.5 Gt, and more than 90 times the 2011 global emissions of 31.6 Gt.