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Australia launches its first geosequestration plant Wednesday, designed to bury carbon dioxide underground and cut back the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Geosequestration is an experimental low-emission technology with the ability to reduce plenty of greenhouse gas emissions from burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas.
Peter Cook, chief executive of the project, said the plant located in the southern state of Victoria is one of the few worldwide and the first in the southern hemisphere.
“The project has a very important role in demonstrating the technical and environmental feasibility of geosequestration to Australia and the world and preparing the way for its widespread application,” said Cook in a statement.
The Australian project called CO2CRC Otways Project, which was researched and developed with the support of federal and state government, was designed to capture and lock in 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and release it 6,500 feet underground into an old natural gas reservoir.
