4.3 Carbon sequestration
The Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage proposes three methods of underground storage for carbon. Why is deep-ocean storage rejected at this point in time?
There is also the potential for CO2 storage to increase the oil potential of oil wells.
A diagrammatic version of how this would work is provided by the Guardian article ‘How carbon capture and storage could work in the UK’.
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To summarise this section, watch the short video ‘Carbon capture technology tested’ on the BBC News website. Also have a look at the BBC News report ‘“Clean” coal plants get go-ahead’.
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4.2 Carbon capture technologies