Australia Spearheads World-First Carbon Capture Hub

Australia Spearheads World-First Carbon Capture Hub
A coal-fired power station at sunset in Pocerady, Czech republic. kamilpetran/Adobe Stock
Daniel Khmelev
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Australia has announced a new $220 million carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in South Australia amid outcries for the technology to be scrapped altogether.

The federal government has lauded CCS as a critical pathway for reducing emissions in emissions-intense industries, such as energy, whereby emitted carbon dioxide is captured and piped into naturally formed underground reservoirs.

Daniel Khmelev
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Daniel Khmelev is an Australian reporter based in Perth covering energy, tech, and politics.
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