Carbon capture, cleaner coal
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is firming up as a key technology to achieve energy security while significantly reducing Australia’s carbon footprint. The resources sector has played a crucial role in world-first projects in Australia that have demonstrated there are no technical barriers to implementing CCS. The technology involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, power stations or industrial facilities such as steel, LNG or cement plants and safely storing it deep underground in geological formations. Now the race is on to improve the commercial viability of the game-changing technology so more large-scale projects can be rolled out across fossil fuel- heavy industries. Expert agencies including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have found large scale deployment of…