2008-08-19
First Carbon Sequestration Test in Central Appalachians Begins. Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), August 19, 2008. "Researchers began a small-scale test yesterday to determine whether [about 1,000 tons of CO2] can be captured in a coal seam [that can't be mined in Russell County] instead of being released into the air… Dominion Virginia Power held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for a coal-burning plant it is building in adjacent Wise County… The Russell County test will last two months, said Nino Ripepi, project manager… The test, which will use an existing coalbed methane well to inject the CO2, will help determine the viability of carbon storage technology for commercial use [and] will be the first such test in the central Appalachian region."
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