PUB building $2.5m system to test carbon capture technologies in desalination process

The system is expected to be ready by the first quarter of next year. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - To help offset its carbon emissions, national water agency PUB is constructing a $2.5 million pilot system at its research and development facility in Tuas to test the viability of carbon capture and utilisation technologies.

These technologies work by removing planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air so that it can be stored underground or used to create other products, such as concrete or fuel.

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