Article: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, PARTNERS SEEK SAFE CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE FOR 'GREENER' POWER GENERATION

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 6 -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham issued the following news release:

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the capture and permanent safe storage, or sequestration, of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is in collaboration with Southern Company, the parent company of Alabama Power.

Funded by the DOE through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the UAB research has two principal goals. First, it will help identify the geological formations that are best and safest for the ...

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