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Publish date: November 26, 2009
Written by: Veronica Webster
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Energy company ScottishPower’s prototype CO2 capture unit at Longannet Power Station in the UK has been in operation since May. Testing will continue at the plant until February and ScottishPower’s scientists believe that CO2 capture and storage will be ready for full scale demonstration by then.
Reducing the energy required to capture CO2 is critical given that one of the main issues for CCS is cost. This represents a step forward towards the goal of commercial deployment of CCS by 2020.
“What this means in real terms is that we’re not just reducing energy, but also reducing the cost. And that is key to the future of CCS, being able to capture CO2 effectively and efficiently without it being cost prohibitive to ourselves or consumers”, said ScottishPower Chief Executive Nick Horler at The Carbon Capture and Storage Forum in London on Wednesday November 25th.
Read the full press release here.
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