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15th March 2010
Energy companies E.ON and ScottishPower have received awards from the UK government as part of its on-going competition to develop a commerciallyviable clean coal project.
10th 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.
19th February 2010
NYSE-listed coal company Peabody Energy and clean coal developer GreatPoint Energy have agreed to pursue development of coal-to-gas and coal-to-hydrogen projects in the US and worldwide with carbon capture and storage that would achieve near-zero carbon emissions while liberating vast quantities of stranded oil.
8th February 2010
Carbon capture technology company Skyonic Corporation, based in Austin, Texas, has been awarded a $3m grant as part of the National Energy Technology Laboratory for Capitol’s stimulus funding packages which it administers in conjunction with the Department of Energy. Skyonic will use the new capital to fund the first phase of its carpbon capture technology, providing modeling for the final construction of the plant in 2010.
5th 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.
2nd February 2010
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.
22nd 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).
17th December 2009
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.
15th December 2009
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $334m to expand a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at American Electric Power’s (AEP) Mountaineer power plant.
2nd December 2009
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.
24th November 2009
Powerfuel’s proposed power plant in Yorkshire is a step closer to winning €180m funding from the European Commission for the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
27th October 2009
Power developer Summit Texas Clean Energy, a Summit Power Group company, has reached an agreement with emissions reduction project developer Blue Source, to market nearly three million tons of CO2 to be captured annually from Summit’s West Texas power project.
27th October 2009
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded $151m in funding to 37 innovative wind, solar and biofuel research projects.
12th October 2009
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a £3.5m project to review potential sites suitable for storing CO2 offshore and discover how much storage capacity is available in the UK.
5th October 2009
Sithe Global Power has applied to the Department of Energy for a $450m grant under the CCPI 3 programme to implement carbon capture and sequestration technology at its Desert Rock Energy Project, a proposed coal-fired power plant to be erected in Navajo Nation territory in New Mexico.
5th October 2009
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.
25th September 2009
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.
22nd September 2009
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.
22nd September 2009
Germany’s E.ON and Siemens are putting a pilot CO2 capture plant into operation at the E.ON power plant Staudinger in Grosskrotzenburg near Hanau, Germany.
18th August 2009
The Scottish Government is to invest £1.6m in Aberdeen’s Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC), through the European Regional Development Fund.
17th August 2009
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.
13th August 2009
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.
13th August 2009
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.
10th August 2009
US electric utility Duke Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore renewable and clean energy technologies with China Huaneng Group, China’s biggest electric utility.
4th August 2009
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released analyses that show a full portfolio of electricity sector technologies could simultaneously address the challenge of growing load demand while meeting carbon constraints and limiting increases in the cost of electricity.
22nd July 2009
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.
16th July 2009
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.
13th July 2009
Tenaska, the managing partner for the $3.5bn commercial-scale coal gasification with carbon capture Taylorville Energy Center, has been selected by the US Department of Energy for a loan guarantee programme.
7th July 2009
Duke Energy, a US electricity provider, has filed plans with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission describing a proposed carbon dioxide storage project in southwest Indiana.
2nd July 2009
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.
23rd June 2009
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.
22nd June 2009
UK trade union Unite has said that that with support from the UK government, the UK’s future energy needs could create 10,000 skilled manufacturing jobs over the next ten years.
17th June 2009
A massive increase in clean, green energy and full take up of electric and alternative fuel vehicles is needed to drastically cut emissions by 2050 and transform Scotland into a low carbon economy, in line with new measures as part of the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Delivery Plan, which sets out a vision to meet the world leading Climate Change Bill target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
17th June 2009
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.
15th June 2009
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.
12th June 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced more than $300m worth of investments that will boost a range of clean energy technologies - including carbon capture from coal, solar power, and high efficiency cars and trucks. The move reflects the Obama Administration’s commitment to a broad based strategy that will create millions of jobs while transforming the way we use and produce energy, according to a DOE statement.
29th May 2009
ScottishPower has launched a test carbon capture and storage project that will hopefully see CO2 emissions extracted from Longannet power station in Scotland.
18th May 2009
US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced that $2.4bn from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The funding is part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to develop technologies to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change, into the atmosphere while creating new jobs, according to a statement.
28th April 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently passed by Congress contains an array of energy initiatives that seeks to overhaul the American energy landscape. With a renewed and purposeful focus on energy research and development, climate change, and tax policy, the Act aims to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, increase our renewable energy production and efficiency, accelerate deployment of smart grid technology, and provide funding and support to those involved in tackling the nation’s energy challenges, according to Rahoul Roy, Paul G Afonso and Anil P Ranganath of law firm Brown Rudnick.
28th April 2009
Speaking at the National Academy of Sciences, US President Barack Obama pledged to increase investment in scientific research and innovation.
23rd April 2009
A future that curbs emissions from new coal fired power stations, and will see the UK lead the world in the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, was proposed by UK Secretary for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband today.
23rd April 2009
Powerspan Corp., a clean energy technology company, has closed over $50m in new financing from a group of new investors including George Soros, Tenaska Energy, Inc., investment management firm AllianceBernstein, and private equity firm Persimmon Tree Capital, and returning investors NGEN Partners, The Beacon Group, The Tremont Group, RockPort Capital Partners LP, Calvert, Angeleno Group, Fluor Corporation and FirstEnergy Corp.
22nd April 2009
In today’s budget address, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced measures to support the UK’s burgeoning green economy. These included £1bn in support of the fight against climate change and a commitment for the UK to cut CO2 emissions by 34 per cent by 2020.
16th April 2009
GE Energy, a developer of advanced coal technology, has joined an Australian government-supported initiative to boost the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage projects globally.
6th April 2009
Norway is proposing to allocate up to NOK20bn ($3bn) for green investments, through a new investment programme from its Government Pension Fund.
31st March 2009
Alstom, a power generation company, and The Dow Chemical Company, a diversified chemical company, have teamed up to design and construct a pilot plant to capture CO2 from a coal-fired boiler at one of Dow’s facilities in West Virginia, US.
5th March 2009
Venture-backed carbon capture technology company GreatPoint Energy, Inc., has partnered with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to support clean energy technology development in the state.
4th March 2009
Dr Kevin Akhurst, managing director for generation at RWE npower has unveiled plans to treble the size of the company’s carbon capture pilot project at Aberthaw Power Station in Wales from 1MW to 3MW.
26th February 2009
US energy technology companies Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy Corporation have formed a limited liability company to be called Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture, to develop and commercialise a new and advanced carbon capture power plant design.
26th February 2009
UK Secretary for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband is looking to develop carbon capture and storage schemes (CCS), despite facing challenges in funding from the government, according to The Guardian.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'--- 1 Comment
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