carbon capture and sequestration News
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New NRRI Paper Addresses the Economics of Decarbonization
The National Regulatory Research Institute has released a new paper on decarbonization that describes an important tool for decarbonizing the electric system and the economy carbon capture and sequestration, also known as CCS. NRRI is the research arm of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, which represents the interests of state utility regulators. The Economics of ...
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Secretary Chu announces agreement on Futuregen project in Mattoon, Illinois
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced an agreement 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, Illinois. 'This important step forward for FutureGen reflects this Administration's commitment to rapidly developing carbon capture and sequestration ...
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Secretary Chu announces US$3bn investment for carbon capture and sequestration
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the selection of three new projects with a value of $3.18 billion to accelerate the development of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage at commercial-scale. Secretary Chu made today’s announcement on a conference call with West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, Senator Jay Rockefeller, and President of American Electric Power ...
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DOE seeks proposals to increase investment in industrial carbon capture and sequestration projects
The US Department of Energy has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement soliciting projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from industrial sources and to put CO2 to beneficial use. The successful development of advanced technologies and innovative concepts to prevent CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere is a key component of national efforts to mitigate climate change. DOE ...
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DOE Awards $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the awarding of $100 million for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy. The awards announced today are the second round of funding for EFRCs and the research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production, storage, ...
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Eileen Claussen`s Statement on The Expanding Carbon Capture Through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2014
We applaud Sen. Jay Rockefeller for introducing legislation to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Expanding Carbon Capture Through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2014 would reform and expand an existing tax credit to encourage the use of carbon dioxide captured from power plants and industrial facilities in enhancing production from existing oil fields. Carbon capture and storage is a ...
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Deputy Secretary Poneman statement on second meeting of the U.S. – South Africa bilateral energy dialogue
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and South African Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters held the second meeting of the U.S. – South Africa Bilateral Energy Dialogue yesterday. The Dialogue, aimed at enhancing energy capacities and strengthening the U.S. – South Africa partnership on energy initiatives, built on the inaugural U.S. – South African Energy Dialogue launched ...
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Didier Houssin returns to IEA as director of sustainable energy policy and technology
Didier Houssin took charge this week as the International Energy Agency's<http://www.iea.org/> new Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology (SPT), bringing his expertise from five years as chief of Energy Markets and Security at the IEA. In his new role, Mr. Houssin is responsible for all aspects of energy sustainability, such as energy efficiency policy, energy technology ...
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Energy Department to Award $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced a proposed $100 million in FY2014 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy. Research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production and use. “Transforming how we generate, transmit, store and use energy is ...
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Duke Energy and China Huaneng Group Expand Cooperation to Develop Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and China Huaneng Group have signed a new, three-year agreement expanding their research cooperation in the areas of advanced coal and carbon capture and sequestration technologies. The two parties initially signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2009 to pursue high-level discussions and information sharing on a number of renewable and clean-energy fronts. In 2009, ...
By Duke Energy
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U.S. department of energy announces energy frontier research centers summit & forum
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first Science for Our Nation's Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit & Forum to be held on May 25-27, 2011, at the Renaissance Penn Quarter hotel in Washington D.C. The Summit will bring together scientists and energy policy leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities in applying America's extraordinary ...
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WRI summary of S. 699: department of energy carbon capture and sequestration program amendments act of 2011
S.699 authorizes the Department of Energy to conduct a program to demonstrate commercial application of integrated geologic storage projects, and provides a framework for selection criteria for these demonstrations. Importantly, the bill addresses the long term-stewardship challenges associated with demonstration, including site closure requirements and liability protection. Overview of Bill ...
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Secretary Chu announces up to $154 million for NRG energy`s carbon capture and storage project in Texas
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that a project with NRG Energy has been selected to receive up to $154 million, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Located in Thompsons, TX, the post-combustion capture and sequestration project will demonstrate advanced technology to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. It will also assist with ...
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Secretary Chu opens US-Canada clean energy dialogue
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu today made opening remarks at the first U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue Roundtable at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, DC. The public-private meeting, which will be held June 29-30, is bringing together leaders from private industry to meet with U.S. and Canadian energy leaders to solicit industry input on the goals and activities of the ...
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Secretary Chu announces up to $154 million for NRG energy`s carbon capture and storage project in Texas
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that a project with NRG Energy has been selected to receive up to $154 million, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Located in Thompsons, TX, the post-combustion capture and sequestration project will demonstrate advanced technology to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. It will also assist with ...
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EPA takes action on reducing barriers to the use of carbon capture and sequestration technologies / action supports national framework for the safe use of clean energy technology
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rule to advance the use of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies, while protecting Americans’ health and the environment. CCS technologies allow carbon dioxide (CO2) to be captured at stationary sources - like coal-fired power plants and large industrial operations - and injected underground for long-term ...
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EPA’s Reproposed Carbon Limits Include Separate Standards for Coal, Gas Units
The Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to publish reproposed carbon dioxide limits for new power plants Jan. 8, setting separate standards for coal-fired and natural gas-fired generating units. The EPA released the proposal Sept. 20, following a schedule President Barack Obama laid out, but the agency waited nearly four months to publish the rule in the Federal Register. The new plant ...
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EPA finalizes rules to foster safe carbon storage technology actions part of efforts to reduce barriers to widespread deployment of carbon capture and sequestration, an important set of technologies to combat climate change
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized two rules related to the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies have the potential to enable large emitters of carbon dioxide, such as coal fired power plants, to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This technology allows carbon dioxide to be captured at stationary ...
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Is Obama`s energy plan change we can believe in?
On August 4th the Barack Obama Presidential campaign released a comprehensive program for reform of the US energy system. In the words of Obama supporter and climate blogger and author Joe Romm, it was 'easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a nominee of either party.' The critical question, however, is this: is it an energy plan that will actually do the job of giving US leadership to ...
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EPA Grants First Underground Injection Permits to FutureGen for Illinois Project
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted the first-ever Class VI underground injection permits for carbon dioxide to FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc., which plans to construct an innovative near zero-emission, coal-fired power plant in southern Illinois. In a statement released Sept. 2, the EPA said it approved a permit proposal for the FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture and sequestration ...
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