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Power Plant Emissions Ranked as a Climate Action Tool

For the first time, the carbon dioxide emissions of the world's 50,000 power plants, the most concentrated source of greenhouse gases, have been compiled into a massive new database called CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action. Power sector emissions account for 25 percent of the global total of carbon dioxide, 40 percent of carbon emissions in the United States, and are a primary cause of ...

Nov. 16, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

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 ...

Sep. 14, 2012

By Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)

EV batteries vs. a Minnesota winter: which will prevail?

Xcel Energy blog We know Minnesotans are hardy stock, but will their electric cars match their owners’ mettle? That’s one of the things being tested by the City of St. Paul and Drive Electric Minnesota, a collaboration of businesses, nonprofits and government agencies in the Twin Cities. They’ve teamed up to build an EV infrastructure and put the new cars and vans through their ...

Feb. 8, 2011

By 3BL Media

Astronauts, efficiency and apollo 13

Xcel Energy Blog I know that some people don’t think that energy efficiency is very compelling, but there are a lot of astronauts who would disagree with that. In space, energy efficiency literally saves lives. When Apollo 13 lost electrical power, the astronauts’ survival came down to their ability to conserve enough energy to bring them back to Earth. After shutting down all ...

Feb. 3, 2011

By 3BL Media

DOE awards US$71m to accelerate innovative carbon capture project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Arizona Public Service (APS), Phoenix, Ariz., has been awarded $70.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand an existing industrial and innovative reuse carbon mitigation project. Arizona Public Service’s ongoing algae-based carbon mitigation project, previously selected via competitive solicitation, will be ...

Sep. 16, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

DOE Marks Major Milestone with Startup of Recovery Act Demonstration Project

Today, the Department of Energy joined Tampa Electric Company (TECO) to celebrate the successful startup of a pilot project to demonstrate a warm gas cleanup carbon capture technology in a coal gasification unit at the Polk Power Plant Unit-1 in Tampa, Florida. The project, which is approximately $3 million under budget, included $168 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. ...

Apr. 9, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Infocast`s Power Generation Summit 2011

Infocast will present their upcoming Power Generation Summit from November 2-4, 2011 at the Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, D.C. The strategic landscape for generation owners, generation developers and generation investors is shifting and the Summit is a unique forum for leading power industry players to sharing perspectives and strategize on the right generation portfolios for ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By Infocast

Union of Concerned Scientists: Driving Electric Is Cleaner Than Ever

Electric vehicles have lower global warming emissions than the average new gasoline car everywhere in the country, even when the electricity comes from the dirtiest coal-dominated electric grid, according to a new analysis released by the Union of Concerned Scientists.The analysis, which looked at the latest data on power plant emissions, revealed the average electric vehicle on the road today ...

May 8, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Novinda Receives $6 Million in Funding

Novinda Corp. today announced that it received $6 million in Series C equity financing to support the product launch of the industry’s first non-carbon reagent for mercury emission control in coal-fired power plants. This third round of equity funding was provided by New Venture Partners and Altira Group, extending their cumulative investment in ...

Feb. 13, 2012

By Novinda Corp.

Novinda Joins Forces with PartneRep to Expand Its Market in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas

Novinda Corp., a provider of mercury emission control solutions, announced today that it has joined forces with PartneRep, Inc. for market development and sales of its flagship product, Amended Silicates. PartneRep, a professional manufacturers’ representative company, specializes in technology solutions for power plant utilities that improve plant ...

Apr. 3, 2012

By Novinda Corp.

Xcel Energy on track to surpass CO2 reduction goal by 2020

Xcel Energy today announced a 16 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, or 14 million tons, since the utility in 2005 began a reduction strategy in its eight-state service territory. The company's goal is to achieve a 20 percent CO2 reduction by 2020, and the latest projections are that it will surpass that goal by up to 7 percent. "We all share the goal of satisfying the country's ...

Apr. 22, 2013

By Xcel Energy

New interactive tools show continuing SO2 reductions at coal-fired power plants

New interactive tracking tools are now available on EPA’s Web site to help the public follow nation-wide changes in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants. Using interactive charts and Google Earth satellite maps, the public can now observe recent changes in SO2 emissions and other indicators at individual coal-fired power plants in the Acid Rain Program. The Acid Rain ...

Nov. 23, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

CO2 capture has to be addressed now

Capturing CO2 and sequestering it underground is an attractive longer term option for greenhouse gas reduction, but decisions regarding it cannot be postponed. Many of the decisions which power plants are making today will impact their CO2 capture costs. Therefore, capture has to be considered an urgent subject for analysis. These are the conclusions reached by McIlvaine in its just published, ...

May 12, 2009

By The McIlvaine Company

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)

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. Announces Lead Counsel for SEA® Technologies Patent Strategy

The Company has engaged Caldwell Cassady & Curry to lead its SEA® technologies licensing and patent enforcement program throughout the USA LEWIS CENTER, Ohio, Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (OTCQB: MEEC) ("ME2C" or the "Company"), a leader in mercury emissions control in North America, today announced it has engaged Caldwell Cassady & Curry P.C., an ...

Nov. 8, 2018

By ME2C Energy Emissions Corporation

Vistra Energy Supports Plan to Transition Illinois Coal Plants and Repurpose Sites for Solar and Energy Storage

Vistra Energy supports legislation to be filed in the Illinois General Assembly by State Senator Michael Hastings and State Representative Luis Arroyo, which the company views as a visionary and comprehensive transition plan for its subsidiaries' central and southern Illinois coal plants.The Illinois Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Act of 2019 will help mitigate the uncertainty surrounding these ...

Mar. 28, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Clean Energy Systems Secures $30 Million to Accelerate Zero Emission Power Plant Technology

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Clean Energy Systems (CES) has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for $30 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funding to accelerate development of zero emission power plants using a variety of fuel sources. The DOE will provide $30 million under ARRA to support development of a first of a kind commercial-scale oxy-fuel turbine, which ...

Sep. 9, 2010

By Clean Energy Systems, Inc. (CES)

EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost

The costs of achieving a more ambitious EU climate target are estimated to be moderate. Upscaling greenhouse-gas emissions reduction from the current 20 percent by 2020 to 40 percent by 2030 would be likely to cost less than an additional 0.7 percent of economic activity. This is a key finding from an international multi-model analysis by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF28) and comes at a ...

Jan. 16, 2014

By The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

President Obama’s climate strategy and policy options

According to multiple reports, President Obama is expected to make a major announcement on climate change in the coming days. On Monday, June 24, the World Resources Institute will host a media briefing on what to look for in the upcoming announcement. WRI staff will be joined by other policy experts to discuss potential actions, such as emissions standards for power plants, renewable energy ...

Jun. 21, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

New IEA report shows technology can transform energy system but emphasises need for decisive policy action now

A host of new technologies is ready to transform the energy system, offering the potential to drastically reduce carbon emissions, enhance energy security and generate a huge investment return, the International Energy Agency<http://www.iea.org/> (IEA) said in its flagship energy technology publication launched today. The book, Energy Technology Perspectives ...

Jun. 11, 2012

By International Energy Agency

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