Sizewell C heats up with Direct Air Capture cash
The proposed Sizewell C nuclear power project has secured £250,000 to develop technology that could potentially help it become ‘carbon-negative’
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The proposed Sizewell C nuclear power project on the Suffolk coast has today secured £250,000 in government funding to develop direct air capture (DAC) technology.
Direct air capture involves taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it – some of this carbon dioxide can also be used in other processes, such as the production of synthetic fuels.
Experts from the University of Nottingham and engineering firms Strata Technology, Atkins and Doosan Babcock have been working on a DAC system that will run on low carbon heat.