Drax power station located in North Yorkshire, England has set a record of becoming the first in Europe to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from wood-burning. The pilot bioenergy carbon capture and storage project is expected to capture a ton of carbon dioxide a day and Drax power station will also seek to find ways to store and use the CO2 captured, reports Reuters. Drax revealed that the project is the first of its kind in the world to capture carbon emissions from a biomass plant. Earlier attempts to capture and store emissions underground (CCS) in Europe have failed. However, the hope is that finding ways of using the carbon dioxide, rather than simply storing it, will help the technology to become more economically feasible.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 10, 2019 03:56 UTC