carbon removal technology News
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Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of contracts available to build world’s biggest carbon capture project at Drax
Drax is teaming up with Worley, NOF, and the West & North Yorkshire and Hull & Humber Chambers of Commerce to deliver a series of events that will provide British businesses with further information about how they could win contracts to deliver its vital carbon removal technology, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). ...
By Drax Group
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Businesses from across the region come together to learn how they can contribute to building the world’s biggest carbon capture project at Drax
More than 328 businesses came together this week at an event run by renewable energy company Drax and its engineering, procurement and construction partner, Worley, to learn how they can win contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to deliver Drax’s vital carbon removal technology, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). More than 328 businesses from across ...
By Drax Group
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Carbon Engineering chosen as sustainability partner for Virgin’s new rewards club, Virgin Red
Today, the Virgin Group launched its new rewards club, Virgin Red, on an exclusive, invitation-only basis. In a world-first for a loyalty programme, Virgin Red has included an option for members to directly support the development of an emerging climate change solution – Direct Air Capture (DAC). Carbon Engineering’s (CE) DAC technology is a key solution that can remove carbon dioxide ...
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Senate approves tax extender bill with two polluter provisions
The bill the Senate approved today on tax extenders contains two harmful environmental provisions. One extends liquid coal tax credits and another weakens window efficiency standards, according to experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Liquid coal emits nearly twice the global warming pollution as conventional fuel. Even if some of the production emissions are captured and stored, ...
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Mobile carbon capture technology removes 1000 kg CO2/day from Polish coal power plant
Power plants are a major source of CO2 emissions and contributor to global warming. This study reports on a portable technology to remove CO2 from their combustion exhaust gases. Pilot testing on a coal burning plant in Poland captured thousands of kilograms of CO2 per day. This could be a viable future means of mitigating CO2 emissions from the power generation sector. The average temperatures ...
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OPIC Board approves $250 million to support ContourGlobal solutions` clean energy project for bottling plants
The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) today approved up to $250 million to support ContourGlobal Solutions' energy-efficiency project which will enable a major Coca-Cola bottler to significantly reduce its carbon dioxide emissions while also reducing energy consumption and costs. The OPIC loan facility will support ContourGlobal Solutions Holdings Ltd. and ...
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Is Carbon Capture doomed to fail?
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is backed by governments and the International Energy Agency (IEA) as one of the best methods of reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and saving the planet from overheating. The problem is that despite this enthusiasm and the fact that CCS (also called carbon sequestration) is technically possible, it is not happening. It is cheaper and easier to ...
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CE Named a 2020 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
The World Economic Forum has announced its selection of the most promising Technology Pioneers of 2020, who are shaping industries from agriculture to clean energy while also working on sustainability issues and much more. Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian company working to deploy Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere, was ...
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India set to defy warnings on coal’s climate impact
The man responsible for maintaining India’s power supply says he wants the country’s coal production to double within the next five years. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable energy, says India needs to dig twice as much coal as it does today if it is to meet its soaring energy demand. By 2019, it is expected to be consuming two trillion units of ...
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Carbon capture goes down the tubes
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is backed by governments and theInternational Energy Agency (IEA) as one of the best methods of reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and saving the planet from overheating. The problem is that despite this enthusiasm and the fact that CCS (also called carbon sequestration) is technically possible, it is not happening. It is cheaper and easier to build ...
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Success of climate talks vital for 2°C target
Achieving a global climate agreement soon could be crucial for the objective to keep global mean temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius. The challenges of meeting the long-term target will otherwise increase drastically both in terms of the required emissions reductions and economic impacts. This is shown by the first comprehensive multi-model-based assessment of so-called Durban Platform ...
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ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat to Advance Breakthrough Atmospheric Carbon Capture Technology
ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat said recently (6/27) that they have signed a joint development agreement to advance breakthrough technology that can capture and concentrate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources, including power plants, and the atmosphere. The companies will evaluate the potential scalability of Global Thermostat’s carbon capture technology for large industrial use. If ...
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Capturing carbon straight from the air: what are the costs?
Carbon capture from power plants has gained much attention as a means to decrease greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). A recent study assesses an alternative method that directly removes carbon dioxide from the air. The findings indicate that this method is comparable in costs to the mitigation costs estimated by the IPCC and the Stern report. Targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been ...
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Department of Energy Invests $72 Million in Carbon Capture Technologies
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. ...
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ITIF Urges Congress to Ignore White House Budget Request for Key Energy Programs and Press for More Innovation
The Trump administration has proposed slashing federal investments in energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) by $3.2 billion, but a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a leading think tank for science and technology policy, calls on Congress to ignore the administration's proposal and allocate more funding to elevate clean energy ...
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U.S. Launches Carbon Negative Earthshots to Remove Gigatons of Carbon Pollution from the Air by 2050
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced this week the U.S. Department of Energy's new goal to remove gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and durably store it for less than $100/ton of net CO2-equivalent. The "Carbon Negative Shot," the third target within DOE's Energy Earthshots Initiative, is the U.S. government's first major effort in carbon dioxide removal ...
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