The UK government recently selected four sites to develop multi-billion-pound CCS projects as part of its scheme to cut 20-30m tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 from heavy industry. Other countries…
Tag: Carbon capture and storage
The American Petroleum Institute did what? Because climate?
Guest “explaining what the API did” by David Middleton Note: The primary purpose of this post is simply to lay out what the API has actually endorsed regarding carbon pricing.…
Cheaper carbon capture is on the way
RICHLAND, Wash.–As part of a marathon research effort to lower the cost of carbon capture, chemists have now demonstrated a method to seize carbon dioxide (CO2) that reduces costs by…
Claim: Carbon Capture Vital to Meeting Climate Goals
Carbon capture vs Renewable Energy? Proponents of contradictory green visions for Britain’s future are fighting over British PM Boris Johnson’s renewable energy policy largesse.
Spreading Asbestos Fibres and Running Fans Might Help Combat Climate Change
Scientists investigating the CO2 absorbing properties of mine waste have discovered asbestos fibres are a good candidate for climate change carbon capture projects.
Offshore Wind Getting Crushed by Carbon Capture
Guest table-turning by David Middleton I actually wrote the title to this thread before I looked up the facts… Offshore Wind Power Is Crushing Carbon Capture Dreams Tina Casey OCT…
U.S. Department of Energy: Coal FIRST Initiative
Guest David Middleton While we miss Gov. Perry here in Texas, he is doing a great job at the Department of Energy… Office of Fossil Energy Energy Department Announces Intent…
Carbon capture and storage – the Edsel of energy policies
Guest essay by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times The war on climate change has produced many dubious “innovations.” Intermittent wind and solar energy sources, carbon markets that…
Carbon capture and storage may have the potential for inducing seismic events
From the National Academies of Sciences News: Hydraulic Fracturing Poses Low Risk for Causing Earthquakes, But Risks Higher for Wastewater Injection Wells WASHINGTON — June 15th — Hydraulic fracturing has a…
Carbon capture and storage – "We still don't know when CCS technologies will be technically proven at full scale"
From the UK Energy Research Centre Carbon capture and storage — new research from UKERC shows tough road ahead to realize potential Research highlights key challenges for the government’s new…
Carbon capture scrapped in the UK, "…descended into farce"
All they needed was unlimited money and it would have worked… From the BBC:
High Costs Bury AEP’s Carbon Burial Plan
Story submitted by Hugh McCullough American Electric Power has scuttled its pilot project to bury CO2 from its Mountaineer coal-burning plant in Red Haven WVa. The original projected cost, before…
CO2 sequestration 'splodes in Saskatchewan
From the “nobody could convince them it was a bad idea in the first place” department… UPDATE: More details now emerging – see below the read more line The Canadian…
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