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Carbon Capture & Sequestration

Follow "CO2" in an adventure tour of its new home Underland to learn how the researchers at the Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2, an Energy Frontier Research Center, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are using new investigative tools, combined with experiments and computational methods, to build a next generation understanding of molecular - to - pore scale processes in fluid-rock systems, and to demonstrate the ability to control critical aspects of flow and transport in porous rock media, in particular as applied to geologic sequestration of CO2.

Cleaning Up Coal
Pete McGrail, a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is part of a team studying basalts to determine how carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently stored in these massive, deep underground rock formations. | Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

How we're making coal a better energy source than it used to be.

Geek-Up[6.3.2011]: Inked PV, Diagnostic Tools and Tough Microscopes

Solar photovoltaics in ink form? Scientists have also engineered a technique to help doctors identify Alzheimer’s in its early stages and discover new therapies for this disease.

Innovative Geothermal Startup Will Put Carbon Dioxide To Good Use
A basic overview of GreenFire's process to convert CO2 into electricity. | Photo courtesy of GreenFire.

GreenFire Energy began work to demonstrate a process that would use CO2 to harness geothermal energy to make electricity. What is more, the technology has the potential to add carbon sequestration – not to mention reduced water consumption – to the benefits already associated with geothermal power.