As aforementioned there are currently 74 active CSS projects happening all over the world. They can all be viewed here, but I'm going to quickly look at what England is doing with this technique.
There are 4 developing projects happening in the UK to date. Two of the potential schemes are being implemented in Teesside and Lincolnshire, and both use pipelines to transfer pre-combusted carbon into local geology. Both should be complete by 2016 and are in mid-stages of development and testing.
The third project in North Yorkshire is slightly different; whereby the CO2 will be injected into saline formations. As opposed to pre-combustion, the capture type is oxy-combustion, whereby the fossil fuel is burned with pure oxygen as opposed to air and releases almost no nitrogen.
The final project is nearby in South Yorkshire differs slightly, as CO2 will be injected under the North Sea geology to aid oil and gas recovery, and qualified for EPPR funding due to the potential of developing a cluster of sites around the Humber area.
This shows the EU is considering CSS as a serious option for removing atmospheric CO2. Currently the UK government funds CSS through 5 bodies (Department of energy and climate change), and I expect in the future this number will grow; as will the number of CSS projects in England and the whole of the UK.
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