Carbon capture

Carbon capture

Carbon capture, carbon sequestration, or CCS (carbon capture and storage) are all terms to describe relatively new technologies designed to let major producers of CO2 emissions, such as fossil fuel-burning power stations, prevent the CO2 they create being released into the atmosphere. Instead it is stored by being injected into underground or undersea geological formations. Some CCS technology is already in operation on a limited scale in other countries but its use is not yet widespread.

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