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August 31, 2010
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Undersea carbon storage to boost UK energy saving efforts
Big Green Smile – Aug. 31
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has explained the importance of carbon capture and storage to complement UK energy saving efforts.
Energy question of the week: Can the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide be stored ...
German Aerospace Centre (blog) – Aug. 30
The idea of filtering carbon dioxide out of coal power station exhaust gases and storing it underground is certainly very attractive. A pilot power station – Schwarze Pumpe in Lusatia – has been burning coal in pure oxygen since 2008; and it is possible to segregate the resulting carbon dioxide emitted by this oxyfuel process. Another power station in nearby Jänschwalde will soon be commissioned. Other approaches to filtering emissions are showing promise around the world, and segregating greenhouse gases should not be a major problem in the future. However, such processes consume energy, thus reducing the overall efficiency of the power station.
France Injects $1.7B Into Renewables, Green Chemistry, Carbon Capture
Reuters – Aug. 31
Over the next four years, the government will distribute €900 million ($1.14 billion) in loans and €450 million ($570 million) in subsidies. The funds will go toward biofuels, carbon capture and storage, green chemistry, and solar, marine and geothermal energy. The government has not said how much money each category will receive.
Western Australia rejects federal offshore oil, gas agency:minister
Platts – Aug. 31
The pact also requires establishing the world's largest proposed carbon capture and storage project for LNG. The A$43 billion Gorgon project is being developed by a consortium that includes Chevron,ExxonMobil, Shell and Tokyo Gas.
Climate Change
Report: Climate science panel needs change at top
Washington Post – Aug. 31
Scientists reviewing the U.N.'s international climate change panel called Monday for a major overhaul in the way it is run, but they stopped short of calling for ousting its current leader.
Russia submits 1st Kyoto CO2 offset project to U.N.
Reuters – Aug. 30
Russia has submitted its first clean energy project to a U.N. climate panel for registration to earn carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations' Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Monday.
Japan Forsees Starting Carbon-Emissions Trading in 2013, Panel Reports
Bloomberg – Aug. 31
Japan plans to start emissions trading in 2013, as the government revived a climate-protection draft law that was scrapped earlier this year when then Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned.
August 30, 2010
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Endesa Starts Construction of Plant that wil Use Limestone-based CO2 Capture ...
TTKN News – Aug. 27
The facility is a 1 MWt pilot plant integrated into the La Pereda thermal plant, designed to treat up to 2,600 m3/h of combustion gases and with a capture capacity of 8 tonnes of CO2 per day, with efficiency of around 90%.
DECC publishes licensing plans for undersea carbon storage
Business Green – Aug. 27
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published details of how it will license the storage of carbon dioxide under the seabed in a response to industry comments on its recent proposal for carbon storage schemes.
Award for groundbreaking research in capturing Carbon Dioxide
Sydney Indymedia – Aug. 28
A University of Sydney researcher has received an award for groundbreaking work into capturing carbon emissions - research important to mitigating climate change by reducing atmospheric carbon pollution. Dr Deanna D'Alessandro, a postdoctoral fellow based in the School of Chemistry at Sydney University, was awarded a L'Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowship for her research on ways to capture and release carbon dioxide, hydrogen and other gases using molecular sponges.
Implementation the crux for China energy plans: IEA
Reuters – Aug. 27
The IEA said in a recent report that carbon capture and storage technologies -- which strip greenhouse gases from coal before or during combustion -- could contribute around 18 percent of China's required emission cuts. "In this plan CCS is not there, and one might have thought they could have used it as a business opportunity to promote it -- perhaps we will see that in the next stage."
Climate Change
UN climate body probe report due
BBC News – Aug. 30
An international committee reviewing the "processes and procedures" of the UN's climate science panel is set to report on Monday.
China, Japan willing to push forward climate talks
EastDay.com – Aug. 30
China and Japan are willing to push forward international climate change talks, based on respective responsibilities and capabilities of both countries, a senior Chinese official said at the sideline of the third China-Japan high-level economic dialogue.
Disappointed By Congress, EPA Pursues Climate Change
NPR – Aug. 29
The last time we spoke to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson in October of last year, she was pretty hopeful that Congress would pass a climate change bill. They didn't, and now the agency is issuing new rules and regulations that will do some of the things it hoped Congress would.
In Alaska, Doubts About Climate Change Rise With a New Politician
New York Times – Aug. 26
Alaska's cliffhanger primary is poised to propel a climate skeptic toward the U.S. Senate, observers say, likely bolstering the number of nominations achieved by conservative candidates who challenge manmade global warming.
Japan plans to bind large firms to CO2 caps: draft
Reuters – Aug. 30
Japan's compulsory emissions trading scheme is set to start in April 2013 and cover large CO2 emitting companies, a draft of the government's proposals showed on Monday, but several issues are still open to debate.
August 27, 2010
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Teesside CCS network would underpin jobs
nebusiness.co.uk – Aug. 27
INDUSTRY chiefs have said a ground-breaking coal project could be key to developing Teesside’s revolutionary Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) network.
New pre-combustion CCS plant enters DECC competition
New Civil Engineer – Aug. 26
A new pre-combustion carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plant has been proposed for a site adjacent to the Alcan aluminium works at Lynemouth, Northumberland.
Carbon-capture project near Craig gets boost
Grand Junction Sentinel – Aug. 26
A project to study the potential of carbon sequestration in northwest Colorado received a $5 million boost from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Colorado state geologist said.
Under sea CO2 storage licensing plans published (Press Release)
Environmental Expert (press release) – Aug. 27
The Government today set out how it will license the storage of carbon dioxide under the sea bed, following responses to its recent consultation on the geological storage of CO2.
Climate Change
Administration backs utilities in climate case
Washington Post – Aug. 27
Administration officials said the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory moves to restrain carbon dioxide emissions made the lawsuit unnecessary, and the acting solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to return the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
Pledges of climate aid, vital to U.N. deal
Reuters – Aug. 26
Pledges by rich countries to provide developing nations with "fast start" funds to fight climate change are closing in on a $30 billion goal for 2010-12, but some fail the demand for new money.
August 26, 2010
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Can carbon capture and storage fix climate change?
Helium – Aug. 24
Perhaps you have heard Oprah say: “When we know better, we do better.” This is a short lesson that we all must consider. We can learn to reduce CO2 destruction, because now, we “know better,” about green house gases, the whole cost of dirty fuels, and how too many of us mean less earth for everything else that purifies our air, cleans our water, and ensures vitality of our soil. Can we sequester CO2 and put it to our service in these goals?
Teesside bids to be an energy pioneer
nebusiness.co.uk – Aug. 24
A WORLD-FIRST coal project announced today could make Teesside a clean energy front runner - and revolutionise the UK’s energy security. B9 Coal at Wilton will combine underground coal gasification (UCG) with leading-edge fuel cell technology to power a massive 500 megawatt station.
Carbon Capture Has A Ways To Go
Forbes – Aug. 24
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has entered mainstream thinking, although the technologies have not yet been tested and established on any useful scale.
CO2 study group stalled
Illinois Times – Aug. 24
A commission created in 2009 to study issues related to carbon capture and sequestration has yet to meet, despite being charged with reporting to the Illinois General Assembly by the end of the year.
Climate Change
Obama Admin Urges Supreme Court to Vacate Greenhouse Gas 'Nuisance' Ruling
New York Times – Aug. 25
The Obama administration has urged the Supreme Court to toss out an appeals court decision that would allow lawsuits against major emitters for their contributions to global warming, stunning environmentalists who see the case as a powerful prod on climate change.
EU Waits to Set Limits on UN Carbon Offsets as Lobby Urges Fast Action
Bloomberg – Aug. 25
The European Union is waiting with a proposal that may restrict United Nations carbon credits in its cap-and-trade program as the lobby group for emission traders urges a quick decision.
UK and Norway team up to tap North Sea potential
Business Green – Aug. 24
Moreover, the statement also indicated that the two countries will join forces at upcoming international negotiations on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies as they attempt to accelerate the development of projects around the North Sea that will aim to store captured carbon under the seabed.
August 25, 2010
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Stoltenberg see 'huge' energy challenge
Upstream Online – Aug. 24
Norway's contribution includes research into carbon capture, among other things via a technology test centre at Mongstad due to open in 2012.
Climate Change
India Sets Aside $6.4 Billion to Fight Climate Change
ecopolitology (blog) – Aug. 25
The Indian government has sanctioned $6.4 billion to finance the efforts to mitigate the perspective impacts of climate change on the environmentally sensitive and populous areas of the country.
'No man-made fix' for rising seas
BBC News – Aug. 24
Scientists led by John Moore from Beijing Normal University, China, write that to combat global warming, people need to concentrate on sharply curbing greenhouse gas emissions and not rely too much on proposed geoengineering methods.
Peterson: Cap and trade 'dead' in Congress -- but not at EPA
MinnPost.com – Aug. 24
Carbon cap and trade legislation is effectively "dead" in Congress, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson told feed industry executives Monday, with the chief struggle over carbon regulation now solely being played out in and around the Environmental Protection Agency.
US energy 'appetite' trimmed in 2009
UPI.com – Aug. 25
Americans are using less energy overall and availing themselves of more renewable energy sources, a report says.
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