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CCB and ZEG receives a NOK 77m grant from Enova to establish pilot plant for clean hydrogen production
At CCB Energy park on the west coast of Norway, Coast Center Base (CCB) is to establish a plant for production of clean hydrogen from gas, with integrated CO2 capture, using the ZEG technology. Today, CCB and ZEG Power have announced that the project receives a 77mNOK grant from Enova. CCB has entered into a partnership with ZEG Power, a Norwegian company that has developed technology and ...
By ZEG Power AS
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Utility CO2 mitigation markets will grow at double-digit rates
Operators of coal-fired power plants are committing billions of dollars in expenditures to reduce the quantities of CO2 per kilowatt of power produced. These expenditures are accelerating at double-digit rates. Forecasts of the revenues for CO2 capture, efficiency improvements and research are provided in the new Utility CO2 Mitigation Markets published online by the McIlvaine Company. The ...
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ZEG Power and CCB enters into strategic cooperation to establish cost efficient, clean hydrogen production from gas at Kollsnes
The target is to establish significant capacity for clean hydrogen production from gas at Kollsnes, enabled by ZEG Power’s innovative ZEG-H2 plants, based on an enhanced reforming technology with integrated CO2 capture. “We are very happy to initiate this exciting project together with ZEG Power”, says CEO Øyvind A Langedal at CCB. “CCB sees clear synergies between ...
By ZEG Power AS
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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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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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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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Energy firms join CO2 research programme
The international energy companies E.ON, ScottishPower and Statkraft have underlined their commitment to meeting the climate challenges by joining SOLVit - a pioneering R&D programme into carbon capture technology, led by Aker Clean Carbon, the Norwegian CO2 technology company. The R&D institute SINTEF and the university NTNU are selected research partners. “We are very pleased that some ...
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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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Summit Power & Linde Join Forces to Develop Projects Deploying Carbon Capture from Natural Gas
Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon power projects, and the technology company The Linde Group today announced they have teamed up to develop commercial-scale natural gas-fired power plants that will capture up to ninety percent (90%) of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that would otherwise have been emitted. The new power plants will combine well-established and commercially ...
By Linde Group
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B&W Awarded $2.8 Million in DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Research
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE: BWC) announced today that its Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) subsidiary has been selected to receive $2.8 million in financial assistance funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to study chemical formulations to improve the performance of its Regenerable Solvent Absorption ...
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MHI Awarded Concept Study of 3,400ton/day CO2 Recovery Facility
- One of World's Largest Recovery Plants for CHP Power Station - Tokyo, Oct 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been awarded by Statoil, an international energy company with headquarters in Norway, to undertake a concept study for a technology qualification program (TQP) for one of the world's largest carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facilities. The approximately ...
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Vattenfall inaugurates world`s first pilot for a coal-fired power plant with CO2 capture
Germany’s Secretary of the Chancellery, Thomas de Maizière, and Prime Minister of Brandenburg, Matthias Platzeck, together with Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research Lars Leijonborg Tuesday officially launched the commencement of operations at Vattenfall’s pilot unit for a coal-fired power plant with CO2 capture, the world's first of its kind. The pilot unit, which has a thermal ...
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Cutting CO2 emissions from existing coal plants
Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and former undersecretary of the US Department of Energy, has unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. The report is based on the findings of a major MIT symposium on retrofitting coal-fired power plants, and identifies a range of possible next steps for the consideration of policy ...
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Chemical looping is step towards fuels with lower carbon impact
A move towards fossil fuels with reduced CO2 emissions is an integral part of the transition towards a sustainable energy future. Both the energy and transportation industries could benefit from liquid hydrocarbon fuels with a smaller carbon footprint, to help meet emissions targets. New research suggests that chemical looping technologies could be used to produce fuels with a lower impact, as a ...
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New Report for COP24 on the Global Energy Revolution
As a contribution to COP24, a new report from power utility Drax Group informs the debate on decarbonising the global energy system, evaluating how rapidly nations are transforming their energy systems, and what lessons can be learned from the leading countries across five energy sectors. The report was commissioned by Drax and delivered independently by researchers from Imperial College London ...
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OriginOil Enters Strategic Partnership with Major Bio-Capture Player
Master agreement covers product deliveries, joint development, technology protection and exclusivities LOS ANGELES - OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it entered recently into a strategic partnership agreement with MBD Energy Limited, its ...
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Regional partner announces plans for carbon storage project using CO2 captured from coal-fired power plant
Southern Company and the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB), one of seven members of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, have announced plans to store carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from an existing coal-fired power plant. The project represents a major step toward demonstrating the viability of integrating carbon ...
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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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Injection of CO2 Started at ON Power’s Geothermal Plant in Nesjavellir, Iceland
Carbfix’s new pilot CCS plant at ON Power’s geothermal plant at Nesjavellir, Iceland is now operational and injection of CO2 and H2S has started at the site. This is a result of significant research and development carried out within the EU Horizon2020 project GECO to further improve the Carbfix technology. The captured CO2 is injected into the basaltic subsurface at the Nesjavellir injection ...
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