Dutch To Pursue Carbon Storage Project
Date: 19-Nov-09
Country: NETHERLANDS
Author: Catherine Hornby
AMSTERDAM - A project to capture and store carbon dioxide underground near the Dutch town of Barendrecht will go ahead in phases, the Dutch Economy and Environment ministers said on Wednesday, despite local opposition to the plan. Initially a small storage test site will be constructed, and will be followed by a larger site as long as no complications emerge in the test phase, the ministers said in a statement.
The concerns of locals had been taken into account but the ministers argued that capture and storage of CO2 is a necessary transition technology to help cut emissions.
