9^th World Climate Change Congress

Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Carbon sequestration is a set of technologies which can greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing coal- and gas-fired power plants and large industrial sources. Carbon sequestration includes: Capture of CO2, Transport of the captured and compressed CO2 and Underground injection and geologic sequestration of the CO2 into deep underground rock formations. It is important because it could play an major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while enabling low-carbon electricity generation from power plants and it can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants, as well as certain industry types such as natural gas and ethanol processing plants.