Burying Carbon Underground - Solution for the Future
With hundreds of tons of CO2 pumped into the sandstone of Ketzin, Germany, project manager and professor for mineral and rock physics Frank Schilling believes he has found a way to store carbon dioxide for generations. As the number of coal fired power plants increases, Schilling’s method could be a successful technique to dispose of the CO2 emissions. Shell, Vattenfall, BP, and other major energy and oil companies are financing the project, and Statoil is already successfully managing a offshore Carbon Capture and Sequestration System. This project could change global energy policy and be the most desirable way in future to mitigate the effect of greenhouse gases.
