GERMANY APPROVES PROACTIVE STANCE ON CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GERMAN government has given the go ahead in principle for additional spending on research into carbon capture and storage, including - initially - three pilot plants sequestering CO2 from coal-fired power plants. Germany has a large coal sector, with many deposits being dirty-burning lignite. In a statement, it declared: "Brown and black coal will be indispensable energy sources for Germany in the medium-term."
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THE GERMAN government has given the go ahead in principle for additional spending on research into carbon capture and storage, including - initially - three pilot plants sequestering CO2 from coal-fired power plants. Germany has a large coal sector, with many deposits being dirty-burning lignite. In a statement, it declared: "Brown and black coal will be indispensable energy sources for Germany in the medium-term."
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