Climate Adaptation
There’s a Plan to Bury Asia’s Carbon Emissions Under The Sea
- Japanese, Australian firms working on seabed injection project
- Capture projects have faced technical difficulties, high costs
Photographer: Kristian Helgesen/Bloomberg
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Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under the ocean floor off the coast of Australia.
Perth-based Transborders Energy Pty is working with partners including Tokyo Gas Co. and Kyushu Electric Power Co. on proposals to ship emissions from heavy industry in Australia and potentially across the Asia-Pacific region, and use a floating hub -- technology currently deployed in the gas sector -- to inject the material under the seabed.