Iceland: Capturing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Hellisheiði Geothermal Plant

Researchers In Iceland Can Turn CO² Into Rock. Could It Solve The Climate Crisis? (WBUR)

A team of young researchers there is capturing carbon dioxide emissions from the Hellisheiði geothermal plant and infusing it into basalt rock that lines these volcanic plains.

Unlike previous capture and injection attempts, these emissions don't leak out. Instead, it becomes a non-polluting organic part of the underground landscape.

It's a raw windy day, sleet pelting, when we visit the so-called Carbfix project. We're issued hard hats and protective gear before we head out by car with Kári Helgason, the project's manager. He gestures out the window at a small, white Swiss prototype carbon injection well, housed in a white shack.

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