In the first three quarters of 2024, there were only two carbon transportation and storage trades, totaling just $0.194 billion, which is less than 5% of the $4.3 billion investment in carbon capture from January to September. This is also just 11% of last year's $1.7 billion investment in transportation and storage. One of the trades involves the European Commission approving funding for the D'Artagnan project of Air Liquide Group located in France. This funding accounts for over 90%. The remainder comes from a total engineering contracting (EPC) contract provided by Nucor Corp. and Exxon Mobil. This contract involves the transportation and storage portion of the carbon capture project at the Nucor steel plant in Louisiana. In contrast, in the first nine months of 2024, power generation and direct air capture (DAC) received over $1 billion in investments, with power generation obtaining nearly one-third of the investment largely thanks to the US Department of Energy providing $1 billion for five power generation projects in the US. The US Department of Energy also granted $1.1 billion for DAC projects developed by Occidental Petroleum Corp., Heirloom, and Climeworks.