High Praise for Edinburgh University

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 15:07

EDINBURGH University has been praised by David Cameron for its work on carbon capture research in India.

The Prime Minister made the remarks during his official visit to the country. He said: "We believe we can have a technology leadership on this, developed through some of our best universities, like Edinburgh ... that are doing incredible work on carbon capture and storage. That's the sort of technology we can then share, and export and invest with other countries."

Mr Cameron said one of the purposes of his visit to India was to increase collaboration in energy research.

Jon Gibbins, Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture at the Edinburgh University, said : "Our engagement with scientific colleagues there has highlighted the challenges of introducing this technology in a developing country.

"But these challenges are balanced by the unique contributions that CCS can make in reducing CO2 emissions, as part of a need that we all share to avoid the risk of dangerous climate change eroding future economic and social gains."

CCS allows for the CO2 generated by coal, gas or oil-fired power plants to be captured and stored underground, for example in depleted oil fields.