are planning huge plants in north east scotland and texas, which will each remove up to a million tons of carbon dioxide a year. but what of the carbon once it s captured? nick kwek is in iceland, where a very green energy facility is leading the way. this is one of the cleanest geothermal power plants on the planet. but it s also the test bed for some new technology which could make a huge difference when it comes to the global fight against climate change. the hellisheidi power station s emissions are being used by carbon capture and storage company carbfix, that s turning c02 to stone. it comes in directly from the power station and it enters that tower from the bottom here. then we inject cold water at the top and the c02 becomes dissolved in water. crucial to the process is this giant oversized sodastream like tower. it makes sparkling water, then it s ready to be transported to our injection site.
so it was a huge risk taking for us but already today, a large share of that capacity is contracted, and we are very thankful and happy that this happened and that, actually, fuels and motivate us to get going and actually already work on the scale up of the next plan. on a larger scale, companies such as carbon engineering are planning huge plants in north east scotland and texas, which will each remove up to a million tons of carbon dioxide a year. but what of the carbon once it s captured? nick kwek is in iceland, where a very green energy facility is leading the way. this is one of the cleanest geothermal power plants on the planet. but it s also the test bed for some new technology which could make a huge difference when it comes to the global fight against climate change. the hellisheidi power station s emissions are being used by carbon capture and storage company carbfix, that s turning c02 to stone.
against climate change. the hellisheidi power station s emissions are being used by carbon capture and storage company carbfix, that s turning c02 to stone. it comes in directly from the power station and it enters that tower from the bottom here. then we inject cold water at the top and the c02 becomes dissolved in water. crucial to the process is this giant oversized sodastream like tower. it makes sparkling water, then it s ready to be transported to our injection site. these metal igloos or giant christmas puddings, depending how hungry you are is where we start to get subterranean. here, the carbonated liquid is forced a kilometre underground, where it meets the volcanic basalt rock. basalt has a lot of the metal that is required to permanently bind the c02. so once it gets in contact with the basalt, it s gonna form stable carbonate minerals, where it will be permanently stored.
the hellisheidi power station s emissions are being used by carbon capture and storage company carbfix, that s turning c02 to stone. it comes in directly from the power station and it enters that tower from the bottom here. then we inject cold water at the top and the c02 becomes dissolved in water. crucial to the process is this giant oversized sodastream like tower. it makes sparkling water, then it s ready to be transported to our injection site. these metal igloos or giant christmas puddings, depending how hungry you are is where we start to get subterranean. here, the carbonated liquid is forced a kilometre underground, where it meets the volcanic basalt rock. basalt has a lot of the metal that is required to permanently bind the c02. so once it gets in contact with the basalt, it s gonna form stable carbonate minerals, where it will be permanently stored. so it is an ideal rock.
on a larger scale, companies such as carbon engineering are planning huge plants in north east scotland and texas, which will each remove up to a million tons of carbon dioxide a year. but what of the carbon once it s captured? nick kwek is in iceland, where a very green energy facility is leading the way. this is one of the cleanest geothermal power plants on the planet. but it s also the test bed for some new technology which could make a huge difference when it comes to the global fight against climate change. the hellisheidi power station s emissions are being used by carbon capture and storage company carbfix, that s turning c02 to stone. it comes in directly from the power station and it enters that tower from the bottom here. then we inject cold water at the top and the c02 becomes dissolved in water. crucial to the process is this giant oversized sodastream like tower.