How can we ensure energy is clean, secure and affordable?

Jan 18, 2021

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.

Carbon capture and storage is one of many tools we should use to address the 'energy trilemma' Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) - BM2E49911L701

Shunichi Miyanaga

Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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