Inside a futuristic building, a unique carbon capture plant teaches students about the emerging industry of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Despite its potential, CCS is expensive and energy-intensive, leading to debates among environmentalists about its effectiveness in reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Inside a four-storey building, a futuristic air is created by shiny pipes and digital dials. It looks like the interior of a spaceship - so hi-tech that film companies have scouted the location for their productions.It is the only plant of its type in the world - thousands of students from across the globe are taught about carbon capture .
No-one thinks CCS is a silver bullet to reducing carbon dioxide. The process is expensive. It uses a lot of energy to run. Environmentalists say carbon capture is overhyped and will delay the phase-out of fossil fuels. That we should be focusing on reducing emissions and reducing the burning of fossil fuels.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that if we are to limit global temperature increases to 1.5C we need to deploy the technologies that can remove carbon.
The students here come from all over the world. One of them, Jaace Chern, said: "Definitely this kind of technology is interesting. I'm from Malaysia and basically this technology is just emerging from Malaysia. So having the chance of working in this plant gives me first-hand experience of working in it."
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