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What is CarbonSAFE-Illinois

CarbonSAFE is a US DOE led program designed to accelerate commercial-scale use of carbon capture and storage technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere from industrial and power generation sources. CarbonSAFE builds on extensive work investigating and applying these technologies through the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships initiative. Projects in CarbonSAFE are focusing on developing geologic storage sites capable of being used for several decades with ultimate storage of over 50 million tonnes of anthropogenic carbon dioxide. The research under CarbonSAFE is intended to develop technologies as part of a larger portfolio of methods to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.

Feasibility project CarbonSAFE - Macon
Pre-feasibility project CarbonSAFE - East Sub-Basin
Wabash project Wabash - CarbonSAFE

Contacts

CarbonSAFE-Illinois Macon County
Steve Whittaker - Principal Investigator
Jared Freiburg - Co-Principal Investigator
Illinois State Geological Survey
University of Illinois
615 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, Illinois 61820
sgwhit@illinois.edu

CarbonSAFE-Illinois East Sub-Basin
Hannes Leetaru - Principal Investigator
Illinois State Geological Survey
University of Illinois
615 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, Illinois 61820
hleetaru@illinois.edu

Wabash-CarbonSAFE
Christopher Korose - Principal Investigator
Steve Whittaker - Co-Principal Investigator
Illinois State Geological Survey
University of Illinois
615 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, Illinois 61820
korose@illinois.edu

Feasibility project map Pre-feasibility project map Wabash project map