Posts Tagged ‘carbon sequestration’

12 April 2012

Policy pathway unveiled for CCS commercialisationp

The International Energy Agency has laid down suggestions for policies that will catalyse the commercialisation of carbon capture and storage technology.

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14 February 2012

Duke to collaborate with China Huaneng on CCS

US power company Duke Energy has signed a three-year agreement with China Huaneng expanding the companies’ research cooperation in advanced coal and carbon capture sequestration.

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2 February 2010

US electric utility Exelon to fund clean coal demonstration plant

Exelon Corporation said it intends to join non-profit organisation FutureGen Alliance, which is developing a state-of-the-art clean coal demonstration facility to be located in Mattoon, Illinois.

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17 December 2009

Global governments commit $4bn to carbon capture and storage projects worldwide

The US and Australian governments and the EU have committed more than $4bn in support for 13 carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects. The projects being supported include power plants of about 300MW.

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2 December 2009

US university researchers receive EPA grant to study carbon emission storage

Researchers Ron Falta and Larry Murdoch from South Carolina's Clemson University have received an $891,000 grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency to study the safe storage of CO2 in geological formations located deep below the earth's surface.

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5 October 2009

US announces £1.4bn Recovery Act funding for carbon capture and storage

The US Department of Energy has awarded 12 CO2 capture projects awards as part of the first phase of funding from $1.4bn of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

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25 September 2009

UK to launch consultation on carbon capture and storage ahead of hosting international summit

The Department of Energy Climate Change (DECC) has launched a consultation which aims to harness the huge potential of the North Sea for storing CO2 ahead of an upcoming forum to be held in October 2009. The consultation proposes the regulatory framework to ensure that exploration, development and management of the potential storage sites is safely carried out and effectively coordinated with other uses of the sea.

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22 September 2009

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection funds new carbon capture technology

The US state of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection is to provide a $1m grant to assist the project testing of new carbon capture technology designed to capture at least 95 per cent of CO2 from a coal-fired test plant near Pittsburgh.

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7 September 2009

Carbon Capture and Storage Continues to Garner Attention on Capitol Hillp

Fresh on the heels of the Energy Department's decision to move forward with FutureGen, a public-private partnership to design, build and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant in Illinois, US Senators Bob Casey and Mike Enzi have introduced the Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009 (or the 'Casey-Enzi Bill'), writes Annemargaret Connolly and Matthew Morton of law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges.

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18 August 2009

Scottish Government invests £1.6m in funding in the Scottish European Green Energy Centre

The Scottish Government is to invest £1.6m in Aberdeen's Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC), through the European Regional Development Fund.

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17 August 2009

Cooperative Research Centre receive £10m in funding to continue research into carbon capture and storage

The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (C02CRC) has received £10m in funding from the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre to continue research until 2015.

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13 August 2009

Australian carbon capture and storage research collaboration receives government funding

Australian carbon capture and storage (CCS) research collaboration the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) has been funded in the 11th selection round of the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program. The group is one of ten successful CRCs funded.

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13 August 2009

ScottishPower carbon capture and storage consortium boosted with appointment of Shell and National Grid

Shell UK and National Grid are joining ScottishPower's carbon capture and storage (CCS) consortium, as the energy company sets out to deliver the UK's first commercial size CCS system operating from a coal-fired power station by 2014.

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7 August 2009

C-Quest Capital invests in carbon sequestration company SunOne Solutions

C-Quest Capital has invested in carbon sequestration company SunOne Solutions, according to Reuters.

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22 July 2009

E.ON makes bid for European carbon capture funding

Energy company E.ON has submitted an entry for European funding in support of its proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) development at Kingsnorth in Kent, England.

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16 July 2009

US and China announce joint clean energy research effort

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Chinese Minister of Science Wan Gang, and Administrator of National Energy Administration Zhang Guo Bao have announced plans to develop a US-China Clean Energy Research Center.

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2 July 2009

Secretary Chu announces $408m in Recovery Act funding for new technologies to advance carbon capture and storage

US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that projects by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International have been selected for up to $408m in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The two projects selected - an existing power plant in North Dakota and a new facility in California - will incorporate advanced technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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23 June 2009

GDF SUEZ begins construction of 800MW biomass and coal power station in the Netherlands

GDF SUEZ, through its subsidiary Electrabel, has begun construction of an 800MW combined biomass/coal fired power station in Rotterdam. The project represents a total investment of €1.2bn. It forms part of a wider investment programme that will see GDF SUEZ spending € 30bn over the period 2008-2010.

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17 June 2009

UK clean coal to support up to 60,000 jobsp

Clean coal technology could bring between £2-4bn a year into the UK economy by 2030, and support between 30,000-60,000 in jobs such as engineering, manufacturing and procurement, according to new independent research published today.

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15 June 2009

Secretary Chu announces agreement on US carbon capture and sequestration project

US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has agreed with the FutureGen Alliance that advances the construction of the first commercial scale, fully integrated, carbon capture and sequestration project in the country in Mattoon, in the state of Illinois.

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