Posts Tagged ‘carbon capture and storage’
20 January 2012
San Antonio-based utility CPS Energy has agreed to purchase 200MW of power from the US’ first clean coal plant when it is complete in 2015.
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14 December 2011
The commercialisation of carbon capture and storage technologies will require a coordinated global approach, according to one expert.
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8 December 2011
Bioenergy and carbon capture and storage are critical components to meeting the UK's carbon budgets and hitting its 2050 emissions target, an influential review has found.
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6 December 2011
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has abandoned plans for a €1.5bn carbon capture and storage demonstration plant in Janschwalde, east Germany, due to uncertainties with local law.
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1 December 2011
A £20m carbon capture and storage plant has been launched in the UK in a partnership between Scottish and Southern Energy, Doosan Power Systems and Vattenfall.
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19 October 2011
The planned Longannet carbon capture and storage project due to be built by in Scotland will no longer go ahead under new government plans.
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20 September 2011
The UK’s North East is aiming to capitalise on its existing industrial expertise, targeting emerging cleantech opportunities to boost its economy, according to Dermot Roddy, Professor of Energy at Newcastle University
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16 September 2011
The UK's Energy Technologies Institute has launched a £3m project that will help support the future design, operation and roll-out of cost effective carbon capture and storage systems in the UK.
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5 September 2011
Five-Quarter, an underground coal gasification company based in the North East of England and a spin-out from the region’s Newcastle University, is seeking capital to help drive its scale-up efforts. According to Professor Dermot Roddy, a director at the company and a Professor of Energy at Newcastle University, the company is seeking between £20m and[...]
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27 July 2011
Quebec, Canada-based CO2 Solution will look to raise C$2m ($2.12m) in a private placement in order to strengthen its financial base.
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19 July 2011
UK-based Energy Technologies Institute said it will invest £23.5m in Costain's next generation carbon capture pilot plant.
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27 June 2011
The government of Alberta in Canada has signed a CAN$745m ($753m) deal with Shell Canada Energy for the construction of the Shell Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
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6 June 2011
Removing one fifth of its power generation facilities is an extraordinary step for Europe’s industrial powerhouse Germany as it pledges to shutdown all its nuclear facilities by 2022.
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15 March 2011
TSX-listed CO2 Solution has been awarded a loan from the Canadian government for its carbon capture technology.
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9 July 2010
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $67m to ten projects aimed at improving the energy efficiency in the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). CCS is seen as a prime technology because of its ability to be retrofitted to existing coal-fired power stations, but as a solution to the emissions problem it is very much in its infancy and must overcome the high energy cost of carbon removal.
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22 March 2010
To meet European CO2 targets 100 carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants will need to built by 2020 but financial and regulatory challenges must be overcome, industry experts have warned
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12 March 2010
E.ON and ScottishPower have received funding for design and development studies as part of the competition to build one of the world's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants in the UK.
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10 March 2010
NRG Energy has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $154m, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit in Houston, Texas.
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5 February 2010
Carbon capture and storage technology developer Alstom has commended the Obama administration for establishing a task force to promote the development of carbon capture and storage in the US.
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22 January 2010
Abu Dhabi's multifaceted renewable energy initiative, Masdar and the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Alberta, Canada have signed an agreement for government-to-government cooperation on carbon capture and storage initiatives (CCS).
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