Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) processes remove carbon dioxide (CO2) that would otherwise be emitted from fossil fuel power stations and other industrial processes and transport it for permanent underground storage. In Great Britain (GB), storage of CO2 will only take place offshore in saline formations or depleted oil and gas fields.

CCS is an integrated process involving three stages:

1. Capture of CO2 from power stations and other large industrial sources, 2. Transporting CO2 (usually in pipelines) to a storage site, 3. Permanent storage of CO2 in deep geological features.