The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) of Australia and the Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI) of China recently signed an agreement for a joint collaborative research in Post Carbon Capture Technology (PCC) in coal-fired power plants. Under the agreement, a pilot scale PCC facility will be installed at the Huaneng Beijing Co-Generation Power Plant as part of CSIRO’s research program. The pilot plant is reportedly designed to capture 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from the power station. The performance of the PCC pilot plant will be evaluated under Chinese conditions. Briefly, Post Carbon Capture Technology “chemically traps” the carbon dioxide found in the “flue gas” (hot gases from the burning of coal) by a liquid solution. The liquid solution is then heated to release the trapped CO₂, and reused. The liberated CO₂ is subsequently compressed, liquefied and ultimately “stored” by “geo-sequestration techniques”, such as burial in deep geological formations, or burial in deep saline aquifers. PCC can equally be used in biomass-fired power generation plants, and could be an effective tool to mitigate climate change..