Accelerating decarbonization will take a combined technological and regulatory framework that continues to promote the health, safety, and well-being of society. While the regulatory framework in the U.S. remains elusive and can at times be polarizing, the technological sea change that is necessary represents an enormous opportunity for engineers and scientists.
The industrial sector will continue to represent the most challenging area to decarbonize for the foreseeable future. Net-zero-carbon heat sources, electric heat, net-zero-carbon fuels, and heat management technologies are viable research and development (R&D) pathways that can be explored. However, engineers and scientists should also be engaged in developing a viable regulatory framework for a decarbonized future so that a reasonable result can be achieved that benefits society.
In the Accelerating Decarbonization special section, CEP explores how chemical engineers are contributing to defining the technologies that are needed to decarbonize industry and how their contributions could impact the eventual regulatory framework that is needed to reach a...
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