A Coal Plant in India Is Turning CO2 Into Baking Soda The new method of carbon capture is cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient than the industry standard In India, one company, CarbonClean, has developed a new way to remove carbon dioxide from the environment, by turning it into baking soda . CarbonClean is using their new technology at a coal-fired power plant in the city of Tuticorin. The company claims that they can trap more than 66,000 tons of carbon per year at the plant. Like most CO2 capture technologies, CarbonClean's method uses a solvent that traps the CO2 and converts it into a more inert form. The most common industrial solvent is amine, while CarbonClean's solvent is a new chemical that is slightly more efficient at capturing CO2. It's also c heaper and less corrosive, while the required machinery is smaller and cheaper to build. Crucially, the chemical's small extra capturing efficiency allows CarbonClean to earn enough money to run the p...
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