Wednesday 1 September 2010
B9 Coal propose new carbon capture
A new entrant has applied to the government competition to fund a carbon capture and storage plant, relying on a different form of the technology from other applicants.B9 Coal is proposing to build a 500MW plant at the Rio Tinto Alcan plant at Lynemouth, in Northumberland, where the carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion would be captured and then stored underground.
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This reminds me of how we used to think that burying radioactive waste was ok. Not a good idea!
ReplyDeleteCarbon Capture is going to become increasingly important. The use of carbon banks, esp bio ones will dominate the next half of this century, until we can get renewable sources to a viable state
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