Funding applicants for the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) DAC hubs program will need to consider environmental and energy justice in these applications.ĭAC is a range of technologies that remove CO 2 directly from the atmosphere.
Various factors can make regions more suitable for DAC siting, including a location near existing low-carbon energy sources, existing infrastructure, and geologic storage assets of potential hub regions.Seven regions throughout the US are optimal areas for hubs, each with its own unique advantages.DAC removes CO 2 from the atmosphere and will help achieve US climate goals.Here are some key takeaways from the atlas: To help identify these locations, the Great Plains Institute (GPI), in partnership with Carbon Solutions LLC, developed An Atlas of Direct Air Capture, Opportunities for Negative Emissions in the United States. Direct air capture (DAC) is one of many carbon management technologies that can provide opportunities for the US to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions to meet midcentury climate goals while providing environmental and economic benefits to local communities.Ĭertain factors make building a DAC facility or hub more cost-efficient, making it important to determine what places are best to locate them.
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