US announces federal funding of $67m to increase CCS efficiency

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $67m to ten projects aimed at improving the energy efficiency in the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). CCS is seen as a prime technology because of its ability to be retrofitted to existing coal-fired power stations, but as a solution to the emissions problem it is very much in its infancy and must overcome the high energy cost of carbon removal.