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. 2020 Jul 3;11:3299. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16510-3

Table 6.

Land area requirements for the MgO looping process.

Lower bound Upper bound 1 GtCO2
CO2 captured [MtCO2 yr−1] 60 180 1000
Total plot land area [Mha] 0.04 0.11 0.61
Grid electricity land area [ha] 91 286 1,500
Solar electricity land area [ha] 8,300 26,100 138,000
Total land area (grid) [Mha] 0.04 0.11 0.61
Total land area (solar) [Mha] 0.05 0.14 0.75