Saturday, July 13, 2013

A way to use fossil fuels but keep the carbon out of the air


IEA Technology Roadmap for CCS examines the urgent steps for deploying the one large-scale way to lock away emissions

2 July 2013

Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is a group of technologies that can allow continued use of fossil fuels in power production, albeit at the rates reduced from today’s levels, and still achieve the global goal of limiting temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius. CCS also is the only large-scale mitigation option currently available for deep cuts in emissions from industrial sectors such as cement, iron and steel, chemicals and refining. As the new IEA publication Technology Roadmap: Carbon capture and storage 2013 Edition explains, CCS is a necessary component of a low carbon future.

See full Press Release: http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/agencyannouncements/name,39367,en.html