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Sharing infrastructure for transporting and storing captured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions across multiple industrial facilities could cut costs by more than 60% and reduce pipeline buildout by more than 75% in Louisiana, according to new research led by engineers at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.

Technologies for capturing and storing industrial CO 2 emissions have been around for decades. Still, only a handful of industrial carbon capture facilities around the world are currently in operation. In most situations, the costs to install such facilities are greater than the value they provide.

"The challenge with carbon capture and storage is who should pay the added costs," said co-author Eric Larson, senior research engineer at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and leader of the Energy Systems Analysis Group. "It's a question of economics rather than technical feasibility."

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