Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration
This online engineering PDH course provides a comprehensive introduction to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as an essential component of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
This course examines the scientific foundations of CDR and its role in complementing direct emissions reductions. It covers diverse portfolio of approaches under development, including direct air capture and storage, biomass carbon removal, enhanced mineralization, marine-based CDR, and afforestation/reforestation. Also, this course includes the technical, economic, and environmental dimensions of scaling CDR, with emphasis on challenges in measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV), life cycle assessment (LCA), infrastructure development, and regional deployment considerations. Advantages and limitations of major pathways are also analyzed in terms of cost trajectories, permanence of removals, energy and land use requirements, and potential co-benefits or trade-offs for communities and ecosystems.
Through real-world case studies and examination of federal initiatives such as the DOE’s Carbon Negative Shot, this course explores the intersection of science, policy, and market development. It highlights how incentives, public-private partnerships, and voluntary carbon markets can accelerate progress, while emphasizing guiding principles of complementarity, diversity of solutions, transparency, and responsibility to ensure effective and equitable deployment.
This 5 PDH online course is applicable to environmental engineers, energy managers, as well as other technical professionals interested in environmental protection, global decarbonization, and carbon dioxide removal.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the core principles of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), its scientific basis, and its role alongside emissions reductions in achieving net-zero
- Identifying and evaluating major CDR pathways such as direct air capture, biomass removal, mineralization, marine CDR, and land-based methods focusing on scalability, permanence, cost, and impacts
- Analyzing deployment challenges, including energy and land use, CO₂ transport and storage, MMRV systems, and life cycle assessments
- Exploring real-world case studies from DOE initiatives and global pilots, considering how regional capacity and community engagement shape outcomes
- Understanding policy and regulatory frameworks, including U.S. programs, voluntary markets, international standards, and practices for transparency
- Evaluating design and market challenges, including integration into climate strategies, environmental safeguards, and business models that drive innovation and community benefits
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