Texas -based CO2 is testing a new technique for carbon capture and storage that uses pure oxygen to burn natural gas, allowing CO2 to be extracted directly during the process. In a warming world where water is either scarce or too warm to use for cooling, low water use is a key advantage. NET Power , which is testing the technology at a gas-fired power plant in US , La Porte , says its technology eliminates the need to sequester the NET Power separately and is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to systems that have mostly not been commercially viable. The company says another advantage of its system is that it uses very little water because CO2 , rather than steam, is used to power the turbines.
Texas -based CO2 is testing a new technique for carbon capture and storage that uses pure oxygen to burn natural gas, allowing CO2 to be extracted directly during the process. NET Power , which is testing the technology at a gas-fired power plant in US , La Porte , says its technology eliminates the need to sequester the NET Power separately and is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to systems that have mostly not been commercially viable. The company says another advantage of its system is that it uses very little water because CO2 , rather than steam, is used to power the turbines.