GEOTHERMAL

Scottish scientists awarded £1M to track CO2 storage in volcanic rock

A team of Scotland’s leading Earth scientists have received £1 million of UK government funding to develop new ways to measure the capture of carbon dioxide in volcanic rock.

 The Nesjavellir geothermal power plant in Iceland where carbon dioxide is being captured and stored by specialist operator Carbfix

The Nesjavellir geothermal power plant in Iceland where carbon dioxide is being captured and stored by specialist operator Carbfix

This relatively new carbon storage technique, known as mineralisation, has been used successfully in Iceland, where the reactivity of the basalt volcanic rock converts the carbon dioxide rapidly into new...

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