The Zero Net CO2 Industrial Plant: A Holistic Approach

摘要

Most developed countries are committed, or about to commit, to massive reductions oftheir greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including CO_2 emissions. Honoring these commitmentsrequires, or will eventually require, the industrial sector to reduce its carbon emissions.Industrialists need strategies to ensure that they can become low-CO_2 in a cost-effective way,without having to relocate to countries with less stringent carbon regulation (carbon leakage). Tomeet this challenge, they will have to develop innovative approaches, relying on attractivebusiness models. Building Zero Net CO_2 (ZNC) industrial plants could be one of the mostambitious of theses approaches, and perhaps the one that most industrialized nations willultimately have to deploy.This article reintroduces the concept of a ZNC industrial plant, and gives some insightsabout the various levers which can be used to design such a plant. Some examples of existingZNC industrial plants are given.