Climate Change

Using CO2 as an industrial feedstock could change the world. Here's how

A flexible tube for CO2 is pictured before the first official run of the mini plant "Schwarze Pumpe" in Spremberg, September 9, 2008. Vattenfall's CO2-free power plant is a pilot project for carbon capture and storage (CCS) - the first power plant in the world that will take the toxic emissions from coal and bury them deep in the ground

The CO2 we capture can be used as a raw material in a range of applications Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Volker Sick
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan
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