GHG Daily Vol. 1 No. 11

CCS Pilot Project Launched on Oslo Waste-to-Energy Plant

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/26/2016 Oslo, Norway’s Waste-to-Energy Agency on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind test plant at its waste incineration plant at Klemetsrud. The waste-to-energy plant is Oslo’s greatest source of emissions, responsible for about 20 percent of the city’s total emissions. Oslo-based Aker Solutions will test its CO2 capture technology at the plant. […]
  • CO2 Utilization Competition Deadline Extended

    GHG Daily 1/26/2016 Alberta, Canada’s, Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) has extended to Feb. 1 the proposal submission deadline for its CAD$15 million funding completion for projects related to the innovative use of carbon dioxide, the independent, not-for-profit organization announced. The funding competition is the second round of CCEMC’s “Grand Challenge,” a three-round […]

  • NETL CO2 Capture Tech to be used in Biofuel Operation

    GHG Daily 1/26/2016 The National Energy Technology Laboratory said last week it has granted a license to renewable energy systems developer CogniTek Management Systems for the use of two patented sorbent carbon capture technologies. “CogniTek plans to incorporate these sorbent technologies into its integrated biomass-to-biofuels conversion process with power generation. This innovative process includes carbon […]

  • Green Groups Reiterate Call to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground

    GHG Daily 1/26/16 Internationally, the rate at which the planet’s fossil fuel reserves are being harvested is not in line with global goals to limit temperature rise, according to a report issued Monday by green groups the Sierra Club, 350.org, and Greenpeace. “To reach a four-in-five chance of preventing catastrophe, we have approximately 565 Gt […]

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