Carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) (or carbon capture and sequestration) is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide  from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally an underground geological formation. The aim is to prevent the release of large quantities of into the atmosphere (from fossil fuel use in power generation and other industries). It is a potential means of mitigating the contribution of fossil fuel emissions to global warming and ocean acidification. Although has been injected into geological formations for several decades for various purposes, including enhanced oil recovery, the long term storage of is a relatively new concept. The first commercial example was the Weyburn-Midale Carbon Dioxide Project in 2000. Other examples include SaskPower's Boundary Dam and Mississippi Power's Kemper Project. 'CCS' can also be used to describe the scrubbing of from ambient air as a climate engineering technique.