Low Oil Prices, Shale Gas Cause Obstacles for CCS EOR, Expert Says
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Budget & Policy
Oklahoma Amps Up Fight against EPA’s Proposed CO2 Regs.
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has been prohibited from developing a state implementation plan (SIP) to come into compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emission standards for coal-fired power plants under an executive action signed by Republican Governor Mary Fallin late last week. The proposed regulation, […]
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Budget & Policy
Peabody CEO Highlights CCUS in Low-Carbon Economy Transition Plan
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce stressed the importance of supporting the development of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology during a presentation at the IHS CERAWeek event in Houston last week. "All of us share the goals of a strong economy and healthy environment. But there is a far […]
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Budget & Policy
CO2 Solutions Accelerates Capture Technology Demonstration Plans
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 Following successful pilot testing at the Energy & Environmental Research Center in North Dakota, CO2 Solutions is accelerating a demonstrating project of its enzyme-based carbon capture technology. The project was initially slated to run for 2,500 hours at Husky Energy’s Pikes Peak South, Saskatchewan, heavy oil site following installation […]
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Budget & Policy
Southern Co. Exploring Options After Miss. High Court Rate Order Ruling
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 Southern Co. is exploring options for funding the construction of the Kemper County Energy Facility, a new build coal plant that will employ carbon capture, utilization and storage technology, in the wake of a Mississippi Supreme Court decision ordering the utility to return to ratepayers approximately $257 million collected […]
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Budget & Policy
New DOE Science Chief Calls for More CCUS Demonstration Projects
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Department of Energy’s new Under Secretary for Science, Franklin Orr, stressed here last week the need for additional carbon capture, utilization and storage projects in the United States. . “We’ve actually been working on this for a while. … I think there’s really no question in all […]
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Budget & Policy
Alberta Official: Future Financial Support of CCS Unlikely
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa.— The Canadian province of Alberta has taken significant steps to support the deployment of carbon capture and storage but as far as provincial funding of CCS projects is concerned, the province will likely be taking a step back for a while, James Allen, Assistant Deputy Minister of […]
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Budget & Policy
CCS Inclusion in Paris Climate Agreement Looks Likely, Experts Say
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa.— Proponents of carbon capture, utilization and storage remain cautiously optimistic that the technology will be treated fairly in the new climate agreement hoped to be struck during the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to be held in Paris […]
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Budget & Policy
TransAlta Signals Potential Second Try at CCS
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 Electricity generator TransAlta Corp. signaled late last week that it may take another stab at a carbon capture and storage demonstration. The company had abandoned plans for the $1.4 billion Project Pioneer CCS demonstration project in April 2012 citing trouble finding a buyer for the project’s CO2. “Our development […]
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Budget & Policy
European Parliament, Council Strike Deal on Emissions Trading Reform
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 The European Council, European Parliament and the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers this week informally agreed to a draft law reforming the EU Emissions Trading System by reducing the surplus of carbon credits available for trading. The agreement will now have to be agreed to by […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY Advancement in the field of carbon capture and storage in 2014 was significant, but further support is needed for the technology to reach its full potential as a climate change mitigation technology, according to the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Perspectives 2015 report released this week. CCS innovation hit […]