Not feasible at any price? Study questions carbon storage

Could it be that economics isn't the biggest hurdle standing in the way of our goal of safely locking away carbon dioxide using carbon capture and storage (CCS)? Two engineering professors in the US are arguing that the physical challenges of CCS have been wildly underestimated. Christine Ehlig-Economides of Texas A&M University and Michael J. Economides…

ByThe Global ViewApril 27, 20101Comment

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Ancient rocks in Oman could yield clues to carbon storage

A group of British researchers have returned from a trip to the Middle East with new insights about how to possibly store large volumes of carbon dioxide deep underground. That strategy -- called carbon capture and storage, or CCS -- is considered to be a vital part of the effort to reduce atmospheric carbon levels and…

ByThe Global ViewApril 13, 20102Comments

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Universities get £6.9 million to study carbon capture, storage

E.ON and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have awarded £6.9 million in research funding to four university-led projects investigating carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel power stations. Project teams led by the universities of Nottingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Leeds will investigate combustion and CO2 capture and transport…

ByThe Global ViewMay 8, 20091Comment

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Report: Bush officials intentionally killed carbon capture project

Officials in the Bush administration intentionally used inaccurate cost figures and promoted a plan experts said was unworkable before ultimately killing the FutureGen carbon capture and sequestration pilot project, according to a new US Congressional report. Highly touted as an effort that could make coal an environmentally benign source of energy, FutureGen was to have been…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 12, 20090Comments

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2009 ‘pivotal year’ for carbon sequestration

This year promises to be a critical one for the nascent carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) industry, according to a new study from Emerging Energy Research (EER). The study, "Global Carbon Sequestration Markets & Strategies, 2009 - 2030," notes that more than 120 carbon sequestration projects are currently under way around the globe, with most of…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 13, 20090Comments

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Shell plans 1,000Mw Dutch carbon capture power plant

Oil giant Shell and Dutch energy company Essent are to study the feasibility of a 1,000MW carbon capture and storage (CCS) power plant in the Netherlands. The companies say most of the CO2 produced by the power plant would be captured and stored underground. Coal and solid biomass would be gasified to produce synthesis gas, which…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 10, 20081Comment

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Aussies put $100m into carbon capture

Australia, the largest exporter of coal in the world, has unveiled plans to sweep carbon underground. The Australian government has announced it will fund a $100m (that's in Aussie dollars) a year carbon capture and storage (CCS) institute. It will help Australia to meet a G8 commitment to have at least 20 industrial scale CCS projects…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 22, 20080Comments

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Plans to bury Europe’s CO2 emissions under North Sea

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is undoubtedly the hot green topic of the moment. Hardly a day goes by without a new story on it and even the mainstream newspapers are writing enthusiastically about it as a potential saviour of the planet. As we've pointed out here on Greenbang many times before there's a whole other…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 22, 20080Comments

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EC invites tenders for carbon capture project

Brussels bureaucrats at the European Commission (EC) are preparing to establish what could be a massively important network of projects to demonstrate the use of the controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in power plants. As part of this the EC has this week put out a call inviting tenders for companies to bid to…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 12, 20080Comments

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Coal-fired carbon capture experiment begins

The controversial subject of carbon capture and storage (CCS) - liquefying toxic carbon emissions and burying it underground - is in the headlines again this week with the world's first demonstration of CCS tech at Vattenfall's coal-fired Schwarze Pumpe power station in Germany. The pilot starts on Wednesday using Alstom's oxy-combustion technology for a 30MW coal-fired…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 9, 20080Comments

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Not feasible at any price? Study questions carbon storage

Ancient rocks in Oman could yield clues to carbon storage

Universities get £6.9 million to study carbon capture, storage

Report: Bush officials intentionally killed carbon capture project

2009 ‘pivotal year’ for carbon sequestration

Shell plans 1,000Mw Dutch carbon capture power plant

Aussies put $100m into carbon capture

Plans to bury Europe’s CO2 emissions under North Sea

EC invites tenders for carbon capture project

Coal-fired carbon capture experiment begins

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