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carbon capture and storage
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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.
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