HOUSTON, Oct. 13 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

Shipping container-sized system could offer power plants an energy-efficient approach to carbon capture as electricity demand surges

By J.J. Adams - 713-743-8960

As AI drives unprecedented demand for electricity, University of Houston researchers are developing a compact technology designed to make carbon capture more practical for power plants supporting the growing AI industry.

UH Engineering Professor Mim Rahimi and former UH Ph.D. student Ahmad Hassan, who is currently at Harvard University as a postdoctoral associate, detailed the technology, called Small Modular Electrochemical Containers (SMECs), in a study published in Environmental Science & Techn...