Erik Lindeberg has been researching the idea of Carbon Capture and Storage since the 1980’s, when it was an infant technology. As Chief Scientist of Reservoir Technology at SINTEF Petroleum Research, Scandinavia’s largest independent research organisation, he has been an advocate of CCS as a way to overcome the climate problems caused by excessive anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. He has been working on issues related to CO2 storage for more than twenty years, including separation, transport and storage....Read More

Every hour of every day CO2 is being pumped into the earth’s atmosphere. A consequence of heavy industry that is integral to developed economies, CO2 emissions are one of the pre-eminent political and economic issues world leaders have been grappling with in the sphere of environmental policy.

Reducing CO2 has been the focus of much debate, however, some level of CO2 will always be produced by industry. With climate scientists clear on the effect of too much Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, this month’s Comment Visions talks to someone with a different approach to the issue.

Dr Erik Lindeberg thinks that where CO2 is concerned, the answer can be found by going underground. In northern Norway he and his team of researchers are developing ground breaking new technology to capture CO2 and store it within the earth, using the planet’s natural underground reservoirs.

This type of carbon capture and storage is at the cutting edge of new scientific approaches to climate change and , to date, has only been trialled on a small scale. However, Dr Lindeberg believes that the large scale application of the technology he’s working on could reduce CO2 emissions at source by 80%.

With so much at stake, this month’s Comment Visions looks at a man whose vision could revolutionise our environment.

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