Brose: Engineered carbon removal supply will scale significantly between 2024 and 2027
Raphael Brose · A breakout year for carbon removal? · Dec 6, 2022 · at 11:36
Raphael Brose, head of Microsoft's Carbon Removal Program, forecasts when engineered carbon removal plant capacity will match corporate demand.
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“I think we should be seeing a lot more supply for engineered carbon removal in twenty-twenty-four, twenty-twenty-five, 26, and 27. Those are when we see the first first-of-a-kind, really large plants coming online, and that's when I think that supply is gonna going to catch up with demand.”
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