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Published online 16 January 2008 | Nature 451, 232 (2008) | doi:10.1038/451232b
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Europe to capture carbon
New power stations could be forced to store greenhouse-gas emissions.
New power stations across Europe could be routinely fitted with carbon-dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology within two years under a proposal by the European Commission.
Next week, the commission will propose a directive on geological storage of CO2 that would require all new fossil-fuel combustion plants to have “suitable space on the installation site for the equipment necessary to capture and compress CO2”.
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