“ Like other companies we have a 2050 net zero target , but we don ’ t think that ’ s enough ”
ROGER MARTELLA , CCO & CSO , GE VERNOVA
Q . WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NOVEL APPROACHES TO INTEGRATED DECARBONISATION SOLUTIONS THAT GE VERNOVA HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS RECENT REPORT ?
» We continue to focus on our 2050 net zero goal . There , we identify four breakthrough technologies that we want to see commercialised later this decade or early next decade . These are small modular nuclear reactors , hydrogen as a fuel , carbon capture , sequestration and direct air capture .
One of our key messages is this is a decade of action . We need to lay the foundation for improving the trajectory of climate change by improving carbon intensity and other metrics .
We know that with technology this decade , we ’ re not going to get to net zero . So , at the same time , we have to be in the labs innovating the breakthrough technologies for the 2030s . We draw an analogy to both and we have two separate goals . How do we improve the trajectory on carbon intensity for the near term ? How do we continue to innovate technologies towards our 2050 goals for the long term ?
74 February 2025