NANOGLOWA is a pan-European research project based in Holland. It brings together academic specialists, power plant owners, and other energy industry experts from 14 European countries. The project has set out to eliminate the problem of CO2 in the atmosphere. The solution, according to the project founders, is to capture the CO2 and bury them in underground "gas fields."

The primary goal of the project is to develop the most efficient way to capture the CO2 emissions in order to move them to the underground holding stations. The project aims to employ the latest in nanotechnology to find their solution. They believe that nanostructured membranes have the capacity to capture and separate carbon dioxide emissions for safe storage. Currently, the cost of installing and maintaining the system is too high to be cost-effective, but the project sponsors are working diligently to create an affordable system.

Should NONOGLOWA prove successful, it could change the current status of fossil fuels. The search for environmentally friendly fuel sources has focused on alternatives to fossil fuels. If the project succeeds, it may remove the high environmental cost of burning fossil fuels.

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Labels: Advanced Energy, Nanotechnology