More than eight billion tonnes of annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are being overlooked in a climate debate focused too narrowly on energy policy, according to Brad Page, CEO of the Global CCS Institute.
The institute has released two new public information reports highlighting the long-term application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in a variety of industrial sectors.
CCS was first applied to natural gas processing in 1972, a sector that now boasts nine operational large-scale CCS projects with annual capture potential of more than 20 million tonnes of CO2.
The first report, titled Introduction to Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage, summarises 17 CCS projects across sectors including natural gas processing, fertiliser manufacturing and hydrogen production.
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