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What to do with all that carbon?

A leading British energy institute will study technologies to economically capture and store carbon dioxide emissions from power stations and turn it into solid ...

May 31, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Idle Nebraska nuclear plant cleared to restart

he Nebraska nuclear plant that has been idle for nearly three years because of flooding and a series of safety concerns was cleared to restart on Tuesday. The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the Omaha Public Power District's Fort Calhoun nuclear plant is ready to generate electricity for the first time since April 2011. NRC inspectors spent more than 23,000 hours reviewing the ...

Dec. 17, 2013

By Associated Press

Software and Hardware Upgrades Could Cut Global CO2 Emissions from Coal and Gas Power Plants by One Billion Metric Tons

GE today released a new analysis of global power plants, which found that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the world's fleet of coal and gas plants can be reduced by 10 percent -- the equivalent of removing 95 percent of cars off U.S. roads -- when existing hardware and software solutions are fully applied. The analysis is the first to quantify the emission reductions of using existing ...

Dec. 6, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Jun. 26, 2013

By Associated Press

Fact Sheet: President Obama To Announce Historic Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants

Today at the White House, President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will release the final Clean Power Plan, a historic step in the Obama Administration’s fight against climate change. We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged. The effects of climate change are already being felt across the ...

Aug. 3, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Making carbon capture more affordable

New research from CO2CRC suggests that the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from Australian power stations could be reduced by 25 percent. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to make deep cuts in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a major contributor to climate change, by capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions from major sources such as power stations. One of the ...

Feb. 25, 2009

By Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC)

Duke Energy Completes New 74.9 MW Hamilton Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy recently (1/8) announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-megawatt (MW) Hamilton Solar Power Plant in Jasper, Fla. The plant's carbon-free power is enough to energize more than 20,000 homes at peak production. "Duke Energy solar projects bring the greatest amount of renewable energy on line for customers in the most efficient and economical way," said Catherine Stempien, ...

Jan. 10, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Copenhagen needs CCS

With little more than 50 days to go until Copenhagen, two sets of international climate talks take centre stage in London this week. First, ministers from 20 countries are coming together to tackle one of the most pressing challenges to a global deal on climate change: coal. For people who are concerned about the climate as well as keeping the lights on, coal is the fuel we must clean up. It ...

Oct. 19, 2009

By GLOBE SERIES

ACEEE Releases Tool for Including Building Codes in States’ Clean Power Plans

Today the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a step-by-step guide that helps states document and claim emissions reductions resulting from building energy codes as a means of complying with their obligations under the Clean Power Plan. The paper is the first in a series of guidance documents that demonstrate how a state can take advantage of energy efficiency in its ...

Mar. 16, 2015

By American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Enviros Challenge Proposed Coal Gasification Power Plant

SEATTLE, Washington, September 20, 2007 (ENS) - Public power agency Energy Northwest is moving forward with plans to construct a 680-megawatt coal gasification power plant at the Port of Kalama in southwestern Washington state. The consortium of publicly owned utilities has asked the state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council to hold adjudicatory hearings in late October, followed by a ...

Sep. 21, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Dominion Solar Investment In Virginia Approaches $1 Billion

Dominion is investing more than $800 million in solar power in Virginia, with much of it being built at little or no cost to most customers, according to the company. Additional solar projects are now in the planning stages. "Our company has made a major commitment to develop significant blocks of solar generation to meet customers' energy needs going forward," said Paul Koonce, CEO of Power ...

Feb. 15, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

China, US seek `clean coal` agreement as industry struggles

U.S. and China officials took a major step Tuesday toward an agreement to advance "clean coal" technologies that purport to reduce the fuel's contribution to climate change - and could offer a potential lifeline for an industry that's seen its fortunes fade. The agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and China's National Energy Administration would allow the two nations to share their ...

Aug. 25, 2015

By Associated Press

McCarthy Defends Proposed Carbon Rule For Power Plants in Advance of Hearings

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy preemptively countered claims that proposed carbon dioxide standards for power plants would harm the economy as the agency prepares for a series of public hearings on the proposal. McCarthy told reporters July 28 that the EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan, which would set carbon emissions standards for existing power plants, will create ...

Jul. 28, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

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 ...

Jul. 1, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Bold, transformational energy research projects win US$151m in funding

The Department of Energy today announced major funding for 37 ambitious research projects – including some that could allow intermittent energy sources like wind and solar to provide a steady flow of power, or use bacteria to produce automotive fuel from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The $151 million in funding is being awarded through the Department’s recently-formed Advanced Research ...

Oct. 27, 2009

By US Department of Energy

Carbon capture milestone for CSIRO in China

The project represents another first for the CSIRO PCC program - the first capture of carbon dioxide in China using a PCC pilot plant. It begins the process of applying the technology to Chinese conditions and evaluating its effectiveness. PCC is a process that uses a liquid to capture carbon dioxide from power station flue gases and is a technology that can potentially reduce carbon dioxide ...

Jul. 31, 2008

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Obama calls out fossil fuel interests for fighting solar

President Barack Obama on Monday accused fossil fuel interests and other critics of his energy policies of trying to restrict consumers from accessing solar, wind and other renewable sources in order to protect the status quo. "That's not the American way," Obama said in a speech at a green energy conference in Las Vegas. "This is about the past versus the future. America believes in the ...

Aug. 24, 2015

By Associated Press

Power Plant Rule Is Flexible But Reductions Are Aggressive, Complex, State Officials Say

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon dioxide standards for existing power plants provide states tremendous flexibility, but the emissions targets are complex and very aggressive, officials said at a forum Oct. 14. States are still assessing how the EPA's proposed rule will affect their power sector and which of the options the agency poses will be the most attractive, state ...

Oct. 14, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage project

Edward Davey is at Peterhead today (Feb. 24, 2014) announcing funding for the next stage of Shell’s Peterhead CCS project. Find out more: read the Peterhead press notice read the Written Ministerial Statement find out more about Carbon Capture and Storage find out more about the CCS Commercialisation Competition The FEED study will allow a detailed programme of engineering, ...

Feb. 24, 2014

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Clean Footprint Executive Meets with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy

Recently, the Founder of Clean Footprint, John Porter, met with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy. The Administrator traveled to Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando to discuss energy initiatives prior to the Clean Energy Plan announced yesterday. During her visit she participated in a classroom experiment to test air pollution, met with students studying ...

Jun. 4, 2014

By Clean Footprint

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