Carbon capture technology tested

New carbon capture technology is being tested for the first time in the UK on a working coal-fired power station. A 30-tonne test unit will process 1,000 cubic metres of exhaust gas per hour from Longannet power station in Fife. Carbon dioxide will be removed using chemicals and turned into a liquid, ready for storage underground. Energy company ScottishPower wants to test technology which could lead to a full scale carbon capture plant becoming operational by 2014. The UK government recently gave the go-ahead for a new generation of coal-fired power stations provided they were able to limit their CO2 emissions...BBC