Behind the investment is the paper manufacturer Billerud Korsnäs and Luleå University of Technology.
The hope is to be able to store the emissions from Billerud Korsnäs' factory in Karlsborg outside Kalix.
- The core of the project is to find a more energy efficient way to capture the carbon dioxide in the flue gases and then find suitable places to store it in the bedrock, says the ore geologist and project manager Glenn Bark to Ekot.
Get ten million in support
The basalt researchers are looking for is porous.
Carbon dioxide and water are pumped into the pores where they react with the rock.
- After two years, that mixture has been converted to carbonate material and then it is a solid form, says Glenn Bark.
The Swedish Energy Agency supports the project with SEK 10 million.