Assessing the Feasibility of Economy-Scale Direct Air Capture Deployment by 2050

Assessing the Feasibility of Economy-Scale Direct Air Capture Deployment by 2050 | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Brief Communication Assessing the Feasibility of Economy-Scale Direct Air Capture Deployment by 2050 Nicoletta Brazzola, Tatjana Zurbriggen, Adrian Odenweller, Falko Ueckerdt, and 1 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6165238/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Direct Air Capture (DAC) could play a key role in achieving net-zero emissions. Here, we use a probabilistic approach to explore its growth and therefore its contribution to climate change mitigation by 2050. We find that, based on its characteristics alone, DAC may only reach the megaton-scale by mid-century. However, with targeted policy support - especially to increase near-term capacity – a climate-relevant gigaton-scale could still be reached. Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Climate-change mitigation Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Socioeconomic scenarios Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences/Climate-change policy Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. 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