Public debate on C)2 emissions at Huddersfield University

Nov 16 2009 By Emma Davison

Securing our energy future

“The problem is there has been no clear Government policy in place about this.

“But with carbon capture technology, our project is capable of saving five million tonnes of carbon a year.

“That’s more than the carbon savings from every wind farm built and operating in Britain today.”

Professor Bob Cywinski, Dean of Applied Sciences at the university, talked about his involvement with developing a new particle accelerator technology to help the generation of safe nuclear energy.

He said: “Events like this encourage people to ask questions about the future of energy and it’s absolutely something that we should be talking about.

“There are things people can do from insulating their homes to not driving to work.

“But I think the responsibility has shifted now to the responsibility of the industries and Government.

“We need think of existing and new technologies and initiatives like Richard’s have got to be the way forward.”