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Environmentalists have criticised a UK government report stating that the North Sea could store 100 years worth of carbon for focusing too much on old, coal-driven power rather than embracing renewable energy sources.
Click here for full storyChris Huhne has hit back at reports suggesting the government is watering down its commitment to phase out the UK's dirtiest power plants, insisting the government remains fully committed to banning new coal-fired power stations built without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Writing in a letter to the Guardian in response to yesterday's front page story claiming that the UK's dirtiest coal plants have won a government reprieve, the energy and climate change secretary said the "idea that we are watering down our commitment is simply incorrect".
Click here for full storySiemens will help a Florida power generator capture the carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fired power plant on Tampa Bay. The pilot test seeks to demonstrate Siemen's Postcap technology, which absorbs CO2 with an amino acid salt formulation.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s Outback serves as a huge carbon sponge and can absorb even more greenhouse gases that cause global warming if its natural resources were just managed properly.
Click here for full storyScottish and Southern Energy (SSE), the Perth, Scotland-based utility giant, yesterday (13 July) revealed that it is considering entering the £1 billion competition to develop clean power stations in the UK. The company said it had launched a feasibility study for carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its gas-fired power station at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Plans for a different capture scheme at Peterhead were shelved by BP in 2007 after Government delays. However, a spokeswoman for SSE told The Herald that if Government could be persuaded to extend the competition to include gas, the company “would certainly consider entering”.
Click here for full storyThe South Korean government said in a statement on Monday that the country's total public and private investment in carbon capture and sequestration would reach an estimated 2.3 trillion won ($1.92 billion) to 2019. Of the total, public sector investment would account for 1.2 trillion won, it said in a statement.
Click here for full storyTwo years after the G8 leaders commitment to the broad deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) by 2020, significant progress has been made towards commercialisation of CCS technologies.
Click here for full storyThe assertions made about carbon capture and storage do not acknowledge the reality of the situation.
Click here for full storyThe Carbon Capture Report monitors news and social media from around the world to keep you on top of the latest news on climate change, updated 365 days a year.
Click here for full storyThe Australian government will provide an extra A$40m (£24m) to develop the nation's first carbon capture and use project, energy and resources minister Martin Ferguson said in a speech late yesterday.
Click here for full storyA new research paper from American academics is threatening to blow a hole in growing political support for carbon capture and storage as a weapon in the fight against global warming.
Click here for full storyThe pre-occupation with carbon capture and storage (CCS) by Australia’s political and climate change leaders is forestalling the nation’s potential transition from fossil fuels to optimal renewable energy, according to a visiting United Kingdom academic.
Click here for full storyThe next time you wash your hair, think about this: the same ingredients that make your hair super-shiny can also scrub carbon dioxide from the air. Scientists at GE Global Research have discovered that aminosilicones--active ingredients in hair conditioners, fabric softeners, and flexible high-temperature plastics--can be used to capture CO2 from the flues of coal-powered plants.
Click here for full storyThe Western Australia EPA has recommended to the Minister for Environment that the proposed Griffin Power Bluewaters coal power station expansion only be approved if it is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) 'ready' and retro-fitted for CCS when the EPA concludes that CCS is economically and technically proven, and at least equivalent to benchmarked best practice for greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity.
Click here for full storyThe UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector will be able to sustain 100,000 jobs by 2030 and generate up to £6.5bn a year, the government claimed today (17 March). Unveiling a new strategy to encourage the growth of CCS, the energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, said it represents a "massive industrial growth opportunity".
Click here for full storyThe recent completion of a three-dimensional (3-D) seismic survey at a large Illinois carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test site is an important step forward for the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project’s planned early 2011 startup.
Click here for full storyA country could cut the agriculture sector some slack in the debate on food supplies versus climate change providing certain plants with exceptional carbon storage capabilities are prioritized, students and lecturers heard Thursday.
Click here for full storyThe drive to extract and store CO2 from coal-fired power plants is gaining momentum, with the Obama administration backing the technology and the world’s first capture and sequestration project now operating in the U.S. Two questions loom: Will carbon capture and storage be affordable? And will it be safe?
Click here for full storyIneos, the chemicals group, is in talks about the sale of salt caverns in the North East of England to developers of gas storage sites.
Click here for full storyAustralia's researchers in carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (CCS) technology are making a big impact on the world stage. Geoscience Australia, in conjunction with Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, has developed a collaborative capacity building project between China and Australia on the geological storage of greenhouse gases.
Click here for full storyThe good news is that the Coalition has recognised that climate change is a problem. Until now they have been sending confusing messages.
Click here for full storyOne North East has today published a prospectus for the development of a Carbon Capture and Storage Cluster (CCS) in North East England - pioneering technology which offers major investment and job creation potential for the North East
Click here for full storyAustralian state and federal governments are spending up on carbon capture and storage technology despite a government-funded think tank’s research showing it will be too expensive and too far off to make a difference to greenhouse gas emissions.
Click here for full storyIn the push to cut the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere, solutions usually focus on how to reduce our power use (drive less, insulate our houses better) or how to replace our carbon fuels (coal, oil) with renewable sources (solar, wind, biofuels)
Click here for full storyIndia committing to reduce its carbon emissions by 20-25% by 2020, the government is considering participating in a carbon capture and storage initiative in Australia. A Cabinet note to this effect, initiated by the power ministry, is being circulated among relevant ministries.
Click here for full storyThe Queensland Resources Council expects world leaders to make an about-face on carbon capture technology, after a United Nations committee in Copenhagen refused to include it in its primary funding scheme for green energy projects.
Click here for full storyThe clean-coal industry has been shut out of the global emissions trading scheme at the Copenhagen climate change talks, dealing a blow to the UK, US and Australia.
Click here for full storyAs the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen draws to a close today a major part of Australia’s so-called ‘clean coal’ carbon reduction future looks to have been dealt a financial blow.
Click here for full storyThe Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute has a new program of support to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
Click here for full storyFriends of the Earth has today condemned Australia's Copenhagen delegation for its continued advocacy of carbon, capture and storage (CCS) at the climate negotiations. At the second day of the conference, during the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) plenary, Australia along with the Umbrella group of nations have proposed that carbon capture and storage projects should be included within the controversial Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
Click here for full storyThe Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute announced Monday a $50 million annual fund to support large-scale carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
Click here for full storyMinister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, has announced four projects which will move to the next stage of assessment in the $2 billion Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Flagships Program.
Click here for full storyAustralian coal miners have praised the Federal Government’s AUD 2 billion cash injection into the development of carbon capture and storage technologies as a move that will help protect thousands of coalmining jobs.
Click here for full storyThe head of Australia's peak coal body and a scientist concerned for the future of the Great Barrier Reef hold high hopes for the outcome of the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.
Click here for full storyThe Australian government Tuesday selected four projects for initial funding as part of a A$2 billion plan to support the development of industrial-scale carbon capture and storage projects.
Click here for full storyBARENDRECHT, NETHERLANDS — The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming.
Click here for full storyGE announced that it has received a $400 million contract to deploy compression equipment for what will be the world's largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, under Barrow Island off Australia's west coast.
Click here for full storyAgricultural land could be the focus of an "economic opportunity of unparalleled scale", according to the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, which has called for a re-write of emissions trading legislation to properly recognise "terrestrial carbon".
Click here for full storyMore than £150m is to be spent on a power station in Hatfield, Doncaster. The new facility will use pioneering technology to cut emissions by burning coal without releasing carbon dioxide into the air.
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