A variety of technological advances being developed by the CSIRO can dramatically reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. According to CSIRO's chief of energy technology, Dr David Brockway, one of the key initiatives being developed by the group's division of energy technology and energy transformed flagship (known as post combustion capture or PCC) can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 85 percent from existing coal and gas-fired power stations when coupled with carbon storage. PCC works by capturing greenhouse emissions after the fuel is burnt in a power station. It can be retro-fitted to existing power plants, integrated into new power stations and used in conjunction with renewable systems, such as solar power, to minimise efficiency losses from power stations.
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