Store CO2 Underground and Extract Electricity

Store CO2 Underground and Extract Electricity

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This looks like a maze, but it's actually a schematic of a way to combine CO2 storage and geothermal energy production. Starting with CO2 on the left, follow the arrows to learn how the proposed pilot test will work.

A team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists hopes to become the first in the world to produce electricity from the Earth’s heat using CO2. They also want to permanently store some of the CO2 underground, where it can’t contribute to climate change.

About a year from now, two nondescript shipping containers will be installed in a field in Cranfield, Mississippi. They’ll house turbines designed to generate electricity in a way that’s never been done before. If initial tests go well, the technology could lead to a new source of clean, domestic energy and a new way to fight climate change