DACStorE Press Briefing 16.05.2024: Direct Air Capture and Storage in Deutschland - eine großartige Option

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Saving CO2 is a priority for climate protection. But it is not enough. Without actively removing CO2 from the atmosphere, neither the 1.5 nor the 2-degree target can be achieved. This is shown by the latest report from the IPCC. In addition, some emissions can only be avoided at great cost. According to scientific estimates, the active technical removal of CO2 from the atmosphere will be cost-effective from as early as 2035 in order to offset remaining emissions. Direct Air Capture and Storage (DACS) is a particularly promising approach for technically implementing such negative emissions on a large scale. This innovative technology captures CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it in geological formations for the long term.

The aim of the Helmholtz research project DACStorE is to prepare a large and sustainable ramp-up of DACS technology. Six Helmholtz centers and the TU Berlin are researching technical solutions and requirements in an interdisciplinary approach in order to create a roadmap for the widespread introduction of this technology. In a press briefing in Berlin we presented important aspects of DACS in an international and national context. These included Interim results from the fields of systems analysis, technology and materials research and legal research.