Big energy geek news this week as the Lacq carbon capture coal plant finally came online in France; the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofit on a commercial scale. The technology came from energy company Total, which retrofited an existing gas-fired boiler to the tune of 60 milion Euros. Britain, which pioneered study of CCS but then dropped the ball, was embarrassed and defensive as quoted by the Guardian. In its ideal performance, CCS could trap 90 percent of a power plant's carbon emissions. Although everyone agrees that carbon capture is an absolute necessity to get greenhouse gasses under control, the technology has moved much more slowly than expected, and is still years away from being commercially viable on a large scale. Let's get moving, people, the glaciers can't wait for you to get your oxycombustion calculations right!!
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