TECHNOLOGY
M
MENTUM BUILDS IN
L W-CARBON TECHNOL GIES
WRITTEN BY : DOMINIC ELLIS
If net zero targets are to be reached , low-carbon technologies are going to play a pivotal role
The industrial sector is responsible for 21 % of global CO2 emissions , releasing more than 9GT of CO2 per year , driven primarily by emissions from the cement , chemicals , and steel sectors . Decarbonising the cement , steelmaking , and chemicals industries alone will cut global industrial emissions by half , but these industries are projected to continue growing for the long term .
Therein lies the challenge for the industrial sector : How can carbon neutrality be attained while meeting the increasing demand for products ?
Lux ' s report , Decarbonisation of Industry : The Path Toward Carbon Neutrality , introduces a framework for assessing the technologies for decarbonising industry and defines the challenge that entails by categorising its carbon reduction technologies according to their complexity and ease of adoption . Decarbonisation technologies can be split into three levels of complexity :
84 November 2021