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14 December 2011

Global approach required to stimulate CCS: expertp

coal_170SQ The commercialisation of carbon capture and storage technologies will require a coordinated global approach, according to one expert.

14 December 2011

UK government encourages ‘wrong’ type of bioenergy usep

grasssss_170SQ A recent study led by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) concluded that bioenergy has the potential to produce ten per cent of the UK's demand but an expert has suggested that current incentives are encouraging the wrong type of use for the renewable fuel.

8 December 2011

Bioenergy review calls for it to meet 10% of UK energy needsp

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.

6 December 2011

Vattenall pulls out of German CCS project

Chimney_170SQ 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.

19 October 2011

UK pulls plug on Longannet CCS project

The planned Longannet carbon capture and storage project due to be built by in Scotland will no longer go ahead under new government plans.

20 September 2011

UK’s North East identifies CCS as cleantech priorityp

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

16 September 2011

Energy Technologies Institute launches £3m CCS modelling project

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.

5 September 2011

Coal gasification and CCS spin-out seeks funding for scale-up

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[...]

2 August 2011

Algal specialist MBD Energy weighs exchange options for $100m listing

Australian carbon capture and storage and algal synthesis specialist MBD Energy told NewNet it will look to raise between A$60m ($65.22m) and A$100m ($108.7m) when it carries out its planned initial public offering next year.

27 June 2011

Shell wins $753m deal to build CCS project in Alberta

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.

6 June 2011

What does Germany’s no to nuclear really mean?

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.

7 April 2011

Alcoa consortium launches carbon capture pilot project

NYSE-listed metal mining company Alcoa is to launch a carbon capture pilot programme in collaboration with CO2 Solution and Codexis, which may allow the emissions to be neutralised and resold.

12 October 2010

Tenaska carbon capture projects receive grants

Two projects from power development company Tenaska Energy intended to help reduce carbon emissions from power generating plants have received grants from the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute based in Australia.

9 July 2010

US announces federal funding of $67m to increase CCS efficiency

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.

17 March 2010

UK plans £6.5bn increase to economy through carbon capture and storage

The UK government said carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants may add £6.5bn to the economy as it awarded £6.3m to Scottish Southern Energy (SSE) for its trial project in Yorkshire.

11 January 2010

US announces $2.3bn in new clean energy manufacturing tax credits

US President Barack Obama has announced awardees of the clean energy manufacturing tax credit in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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.

8 October 2009

E.ON shelves UK’s Kingsnorth coal plant

Energy giant E.ON has decided to defer an investment decision on its Kingsnorth coal-powered plant for up to two to three years.

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.

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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