Video Blog - Environmental Benefits Of Carbon Capture Storage Outlined In New Video

Carbon capture and storage technology is outlined in a new video by the CCS Education Initiative and theDepartment of Environmental Protectionis now available online.

 

 

Carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS, is a process of capturing carbon dioxide emissions from emission sources to prevent them from going into the atmosphere, and then storing them permanently underground in safe geological formations.

 

Pennsylvania ranks third among all states in greenhouse gas emissions, producing 1 percent of the entire planet’s climate changing pollution. Pennsylvania and the nation are likely to continue relying on fossil fuel-generated electricity for at least the next few decades.

 

Earlier this month, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources requested bids on a package of four contracts that will examine geologic information to determine whether any suitable areas in the state exist to store carbon dioxide underground. These activities will build upon the geologic assessments DCNR completed last year, as part of the Carbon Management Advisory Group.

 

DCNR is required by Act 129 of 2008 to complete a site assessment, risk assessment and a cost study to possibly develop a state geologic sequestration network. The act, signed into law in October requires these studies to be completed in April and November of 2009.