The Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI) has launched a new tool called the Sectoral Integrations Map that offers a visual guide on integrating carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in different industries.
Acknowledging the challenge of finding a synergic link between existing business operations and carbon removal solutions, this tool offers a simplified layout that indicates exactly those intersections.
On an industry level, this resource can serve as a valuable asset for many stakeholders, as it identifies gateways for incorporating CDR into existing value chains across commercial, policy, and research activities.
Specifically, it outlines where CDR activities meet with the ones performed by sectors like energy, agriculture, construction, and heavy industry.
In that regard, it points to the spots where CDR projects can be adopted into already established business processes centered around waste biomass, heat, and geologic storage.
Beyond CDR implementation opportunities, the Sectoral Integrations Map also highlights the challenges that lie ahead and that would need to be addressed, like gaps in policy or infrastructure needs.
These obstacles often include issues like transport networks, CDR project permitting, and credible and reliable MRV practices to track and account for the progress achieved.
Additionally, the map shows the dependencies between the different sectors, like direct air capture (DAC) technology being linked to low-carbon power, or biochar compatibility with regional logistics related to handling biomass.
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While the Sectoral Integrations Map is currently available online, the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative team clarifies that this resource is open to feedback and comments, and researchers and project developers can provide their suggestions as new information emerges.
The launch of this tool comes a year after the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative made its official market debut.
Spearheaded by Carbon180’s ex science and innovation director Anu Khan, this independent nonprofit organization was created with a mission of providing technical help and capacity building for CDR policy, with a special focus on quantification standards.
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