China, Britain jointly tackle coal emission

China and Britain have kicked off a joint project to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at thermal power plants in China through carbon capture and storage technology.

The Near Zero Emissions Coal Initiative aims to reduce the carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fuelled projects, such as thermal power plants, to near zero by 2020. Carbon capture and storage technology is new and still being trialled.

Research shows the technology will help thermal power plants to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by at least 85 percent.