A poster-child project for protest against carbon capture and storage (CCS) – Shell’s plans to bury carbon dioxide under the town of Barendrecht in the Netherlands – looks more likely to take place despite local opposition, after Dutch MPs voted to approve its construction on Tuesday.

The House of Representatives’ approval did not come without a few resolutions – such as setting up a compensation scheme for those affected by the project, and requesting that the pro-CCS government present evidence that the trial is needed to achieve the country’s target of cutting 1990-levels of carbon dioxide emissions 30% by 2020.

Pending approval of these resolutions by the ministry of economic affairs, Shell can now start applying for permits, though there is still the possibility of a legal challenge to the permitting process. Spokesperson Wim van der Wiel says the company hopes to get all permits in place by late 2011 – so this story will rumble on a while.

Meanwhile, Barendrecht residents and the town council are still opposed to the project. “If this goes wrong, I’ll know where to find you,” one resident yelled at economic affairs minister Maria van der Hoeven in a December information-session, the newspaper NRC Handelsblad reports.