According to research by the University of Queensland, carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be a good solution for a low carbon future in the Australian state.
Published last month, the study scopes the establishment of a large-scale CCS hub in southern Queensland, which showed the technology could significantly reduce the areas carbon emissions over the coming years.
Researchers found an annual 13 million tonne emission cut, the equivalent of taking 2.8 million cars of the road each year, could be achieved by retrofitting the states most modern existing baseload power plants with CCS technology.
Director of the project, University of Queensland Professor Andrew Garnett, said the scheme would need to commence almost immediately in order to reach its full potential, but would require a number of investments.
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