Japan stores 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide on the seabed for the first time

According to reports, a Japanese company announced that it has successfully stored 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide on the seabed near Hokkaido
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This is the first time that Japan has stored a large amount of carbon dioxide on the seabed
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? According to reports, the Japanese CCS survey company announced on the 25th that it had successfully conducted a subsea storage test of carbon dioxide on the seabed near Tomakomai City, Hokkaido
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In this test, the company compressed and stored carbon dioxide discharged from an oil refinery in Hokkaido on the seabed, and has stored 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide
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No carbon dioxide spill has been detected so far, and the company will continue to monitor it in the future
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? This is the first large-scale carbon capture and storage technology test in Japan
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In order to conduct this test, construction of related facilities began in 2012
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According to the report, this test was commissioned by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, etc.
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? The company said that carbon capture and storage technology has been applied in some parts of the world, and large facilities have the capacity to process 3 to 4 million tons of carbon dioxide each year
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? Carbon capture and storage technology refers to the use of technical means to separate the produced carbon dioxide in facilities such as thermal power plants that burn coal and other traditional fossil energy, and transport, compress and seal it underground to prevent carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere and causing the greenhouse effect
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This type of technology is regarded as a technical solution to address climate change, but due to limitations in funding and process maturity, the scope of application is still limited
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