How does carbon capture and storage work?

The process of carbon capture and storage allows us to take CO2 out of the atmosphere via air capture, as well as directly from emissions, for example from power stations.

This CO2 could then be used to make goods, creating a circular economy, as well as compressing it and storing it under the ground in geological formations - much like trees and plants sequester carbon via their roots, but on a much larger (and faster) scale!

Carbon capture and storage has been proposed for use in the UK at Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, making it Scotland's first power station equipped with a carbon capture plant to remove CO2 from its emissions.