FRANCE NORD PROJECT BRINGS CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION TO THE COUNTRY

BY PACIFICA GODDARD FRANCE, due to its vast array of nuclear reactors and wide experimentation with alternative energy, is one of the lowest carbon emitters in the world. It is perhaps due to the success of nuclear power, though, that the country has not - until recent years - seriously considered developing carbon sequestration and storage (CCS) technologies. Despite their previous shortcomings, however, France has recently indicated that it is ready to get on board with CCS. Grenelle Environnement, an open multi-party debate in France that brings together ...


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