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Alabama’s National Carbon Capture Center successfully tests carbon-reduction technology for concrete production
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff June 30, 2021
The National Carbon Capture Center in Alabama worked with CarbonBuilt using technology developed at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to successfully test permanently storing carbon dioxide in concrete blocks. (Ike Pigott / Alabama NewsCenter)
A pioneering technology that can permanently store carbon dioxide (CO
2) in concrete blocks has gone through successful testing at the Alabama-based National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC).
CarbonBuilt and the NCCC, located next to Alabama Power’s Plant Gaston in Wilsonville, announced the completion of the multiweek test of carbon utilization and concrete production technology. The test successfully injected CO