carbon capture and utilization (CCU) News
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Energy-intensive industries vow to support Europe’s green transition
Campaigners welcome a commitment to carbon neutrality by heavy industries but warn that the current plan lacks concrete policy proposals. Europe’s most energy-intensive industries (EIIs) have committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, outlining their masterplan to overcome challenges and exploit opportunities. The document was published as the European Parliament declared a climate ...
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SoCalGas and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Announce U.S. Department of Energy Funding of Carbon Capture Project
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $300,000 in funding to a project that would advance the development of a process called Integrated CO2 Capture and Conversion to Methanol (ICCCM). Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) projects are an important component in helping California ...
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White House Publishes Mid-Century Strategy For Deep Decarbonization
On November 16, 2016, the White House filed the Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Paris climate deal. The strategy highlights the role that U.S. government-funded research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) had on the technological advances of the last century, and the potential to increase the pace and ...
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Breakthrough industrial carbon capture, utilization and storage project begins full-scale operations
The Energy Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith today attended a dedication ceremony at the Air Products and Chemicals hydrogen production facilities in Port Arthur, Texas. Supported by a $284 million Energy Department investment, the company has successfully begun capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and is now using that carbon for ...
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Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration 2015 Now Accepting Applications
Graduate students and early career professionals can gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) by participating in the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program. The initiative, supported by Department’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the CCUS Research ...
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An industry first: SNC-Lavalin successfully integrates a commercial post-combustion CCUS system into a coal-fired power plant
SaskPower recently set a precedent when it fired up a commercial-grade carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) system at its Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan. It’s the first time that a CCUS system of this size has ever been retrofitted into a coal-fired plant anywhere in the world. SNC-Lavalin was proud to provide complete EPC and training services for the project’s ...
By SNC-Lavalin
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Statement by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on new EPA Carbon Pollution Standards
"Today, the Environmental Protection Agency has taken a significant step in implementing President Obama’s Climate Action Plan by releasing its draft rule addressing future power plants. The power sector is a vital part of the solution to addressing climate change, one of the critical global issues of our time; this sector currently contributes about 40% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Construction Work Progresses at Large-Scale Carbon Capture Demonstration Facility
On March 16th, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) successfully installed the absorber tower at the carbon capture demonstration facility construction site along the Mikawa Power Plant, which is operated by Toshiba ESS’s subsidiary SIGMA POWER Ariake Corporation, in Omuta city, Fukuoka, Japan. The tower, the largest structure in the carbon capture demonstration ...
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National Carbon Capture Center Surpasses 100,000 Hours of Technology Testing
The National Carbon Capture Center, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored research facility managed and operated by Southern Company, announced it has surpassed 100,000 hours of technology testing. This milestone marks significant work by the internationally known test facility to accelerate the development of advanced technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from natural-gas and ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $131 Million for CCUS Technologies
Recently (4/24), the U.S. Department of Energy'sOffice of Fossil Energy announced up to $131 million for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) research and development projects through one new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and the winners of five project selections from a previous FOA. Under the new FOA, Engineering-Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Coal FIRST Initiative Invests $80 Million in Net-Zero Carbon Electricity and Hydrogen Plants
This week the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy announced selection of four projects for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts. When fully negotiated and awarded, it is estimated that approximately $80 million in federal funding will ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Update
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) Senior Investment Officer Khalid Abedin spoke at the opening event for the U.S. Energy Association’s CCUS Road Show on January 28, 2020, in Washington, DC. LPO staff will be participating at future events in New Orleans (March 17) and Houston (April 21). LPO will also be presenting at the ...
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Battelle-led Team Successfully Completes Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership CCUS Research
Battelle and its team of partners have successfully concluded the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) research associated with the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), paving the way forward for commercial deployment.Battelle led MRCSP in three phases, starting with the initial characterization phase in 2003, moving to multiple small-scale pilot tests in the ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $110M for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced approximately $110 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under three funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Approximately $75M is for awards selected under two FOAs announced earlier this fiscal year; $35M is for a new FOA. These FOAs further the Administration's commitment to ...
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GE-Led Carbon Capture Technology Project Aims to Achieve 95% Reduction of Carbon Emissions
GE Gas Power announced this week that the company's front-end engineering design (FEED) study "Retrofittable Advanced Combined Cycle Integration for Flexible Decarbonized Generation" will receive $5,771,670 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management following successful completion of the award negotiation phase. This funding is focused on ...
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IEA and China host high-level gathering of energy ministers and industry leaders to affirm the importance of carbon capture
The energy ministers of Canada, China, Norway, and the United States, as well as heads of delegation from Australia and the European Commission, along with leaders from the industry and key organisations, were invited by the International Energy Agency and China to review how to increase collaboration in order to drive further deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The ...
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DOE Announces $52.5 Million to Accelerate Progress in Clean Hydrogen
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $52.5 million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies and support DOE's recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector. Clean hydrogen is a form of renewable energy that if made cheaper and easier to produce can have a major ...
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GE Releases Position on Climate Change: Calls for Accelerated Deployment of Renewables & Gas Power To Drive Impactful, Faster Decarbonization
Building on its commitment to carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030 and announced intention to exit the new-build coal power market, GE recently (Dec 15) shared its position that the accelerated and strategic deployment of both renewable energy and gas power can make substantial progress in combatting climate change in the near-term, while securing a path to a lower-carbon emitting world in ...
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Energy Department Announces Awards to Projects Advancing Innovative Clean Coal Technology
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department announced today the selection of eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The Energy Department’s $7 million investment - leveraged with recipient ...
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CONSOL Energy, VCCER Announce Research Project Aimed at Identifying Coal Seam Carbon Storage Alternatives
CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX) and the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER) at Virginia Tech announced today their collaborative efforts on a research project to be conducted in Buchanan County, Va., with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The project is one of the carbon storage alternatives being explored by the NETL and will ...
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