Germany is working on legislation enabling the use of underground carbon storage, a much-discussed technology that’s preferable to releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a top government official said Thursday. Know more:
BERLIN — Germany is working on legislation enabling the use of underground carbon storage, a much-discussed technology that’s preferable to releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a top government official said Thursday.
The technology has yet to be deployed at scale. Opponents maintain that it is unproven and has been less effective than alternatives such as solar and wind at decarbonizing the energy sector. “Putting CO2 under the ground is quite simply better than releasing it into the atmosphere,” he said. “For this reason, Germany is now working on a carbon management strategy in order to create the legislation for the use of such technologies in this year, by mid-2023.”likely missed its target
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