carbon dioxide capture plant News
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New coal plants with 15 year life are economically and environmentally attractive
Recent reports to the contrary, new coal-fired plants are both economically and environmentally attractive compared to operating existing coal-fired plants or replacing them with alternative energy generation. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine Company in its new 'CO2 Decisions' which is one of the Decision Trees in Power Plant Air Quality Decisions. Existing coal-fired plants are ...
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E.ON and Siemens switch on pilot CO2 capture facility at the Staudinger coal-fired power plant
E.ON and Siemens are starting up a pilot CO2 capture plant at the E.ON power plant Staudinger in Grosskrotzenburg near Hanau. The two companies are thus pushing further ahead with the development of a process geared toward climate-friendly coal-based power generation. A lab-proven process is to be employed under real operating conditions at the power plant’s hard-coal-fired Staudinger Unit 5. The ...
By E.ON AG
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MHI Receives ´Environmental Business Award´ for CO2 Recovery Plant
- In "eco japan cup 2012," Environmental Business Contest - Tokyo, Feb 25, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an "Environmental Business Award" in the eco japan cup 2012 for its innovative carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant. The eco japan cup is an environmental business contest sponsored primarily by Environmental Business Women, a general ...
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World`s First Integrated CCS of Coal-fired Power Plant Emissions Begins
A carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) demonstration project jointly under way by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Southern Company, a major U.S. electric utility, has begun underground injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) recovered from emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant. The event marks an important milestone in the world's first integrated CCS project for flue gas ...
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CCS is moving forward
Two large components arrived today at the pilot plant for CO2 capture in Buggenum, the Netherlands. Through its subsidiary Nuon, Vattenfall is now actively working with development of three different carbon capture technologies. Important parts of the CO2 capture pilot are put into place today. The pilot is located at the Willem Alexander power plant in Buggenum and will start up operations in ...
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To clean up coal, Obama pushes more oil production
America's newest and cleanest coal-fired power plant comes with a catch: The heat-trapping carbon dioxide removed from its smokestack pollution will help force more oil out of the ground. Some environmentalists complain that it ends up releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than is stored underground as waste. It's another example of the Obama administration promoting new, cleaner ...
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Obama`s climate plan takes aim at coal plants
America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The plan aims to reduce power-plant emissions of carbon dioxide, increase America's reliance on natural gas and renewables and make trucks, homes and businesses more efficient. Some parts of the plan will take months to work ...
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