A number of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have been proposed across different sites in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, which may lead to flue accessories being used in inventive new ways.
One of these projects is set to take place at Hatfield Colliery and is the only initiative of its kind to attract state funding, after it collected a £165 million European Union (EU) grant in December 2009, reports the Yorkshire Post.
The owners of Drax power station are also exploring a potential CCS plant to operate alongside its current operations, with an EU funding big already submitted.
Belgian power firm C:GEN is one other company planning CCS technology at Killingholme in North Lincolnshire.
The Carbon Capture Journal has revealed that the The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) will generate an innovative new system that aims to capture carbon dioxide from power stations.
Entitled UNO Mk 3, the technology will be developed for field-scale testing courtesy of a grant from Brown Coal Innovation Australia.