CCS is the fossil fuel industry's bid for a solution to the climate problem. CCS is often called a transition technology - a bridging technology - into a distant future when the world may switch to renewable energy...
CCS is not a single technology but a complex of technologies aimed at capturing CO2 at power plants or large industries for subsequent storage underground...
CCS is currently still in its pilot stage, but slowly on the way to the demonstration stage. Energy companies and many politicians still envisage a vital role for CCS in the fight against climate change. For many years CCS was linked mostly to electricity generation at coal-fired power plants but today industrial CCS attracts much interest.