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June 29, 2009 (CSLF) The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum today announced that New Zealand has become the newest member of the international carbon storage body. CSLF members approved New Zealand's bid for membership during a meeting of the Forum’s Policy Group. More
June 29, 2009 (China) Work is underway on China's first clean coal-based power plant in the northern city of Tianjin. The $1bn project, called GreenGen, will be the country’s first commercial-scale plant to use carbon capture and storage. More
June 12, 2009 (United States) The Obama administration gave conditional support today for a federal-industry partnership that would build an advanced coal-burning power plant in Illinois to trap and store carbon dioxide emissions, reversing a Bush-era decision to abandon the FutureGen project.
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May 29, 2009 (United Kingdom) ScottishPower today flicked the switch on a groundbreaking test project that will see CO2 emissions extracted from Longannet power station - the first time in the UK that they have been captured from a working coal-fired power plant. More
May 18, 2009 (United States) The U.S. Department of Energy says it will provide $2.4 million to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage technology. More
May 12, 2009 (Australia) The [Australian] Government is making a massive $2.4 billion investment in low-emission coal in the budget. It is putting $2 billion of new funding into the development of industrial-scale carbon capture and storage projects to boost Australian technology, protect jobs and tackle climate change. More
May 5, 2009 (United Kingdom, China) The Carbon Trust signed a groundbreaking agreement in Beijing with the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation to develop and deploy low carbon technologies in China. More
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