DOE Official: Progress in New Energy Tech. Only a Starting Point
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CCS Experts: Perception of CCS as Coal-Exclusive Hinders Deployment
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 The treatment of coal amid growing concern over climate change is problematic for the advancement of carbon capture and storage technology, industry experts said during this week’s National Conference and Global Forum… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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National Coal Council: CCS Not on Track, More Demonstrations Needed
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 While progress has been made towards the full deployment of carbon capture and storage technology in the United States, the Department of Energy is not where it needs to be to support full-scale deployment of the technology,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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North Sea Countries Ideal for CCS, Policy Hurdles Remain, Paper Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 Due in part to a large potential for carbon storage in the North Sea, surrounding countries are physically ideal to lead the European Union in deployment of the technology, however, early progress has slowed due to economic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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States Concerned with ‘Glide Path,’ Outside the Fence Measures in Carbon Reg.
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency has identified several key areas within its proposed carbon emission regulations for existing coal-fired power plants that remain a concern for many states, Reid Harvey, Director of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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NETL Announces New Funding Opportunity for Capture Technologies
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory announced this week the availability of a total of approximately $43 million in funding for lab- and bench-scale pre- and post-combustion carbon capture… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Binding CCS Targets Should be Instituted in EU by 2030 New Paper Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 The European Union is lagging behind when it comes to the deployment of carbon capture and storage, according to a new report commissioned by the European Commission to assess the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Directive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Challenges to EPA Regulations Nothing New, EPA Admin Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency remains undaunted by threats from Congress to attempt to block the agency’s proposed carbon emissions regulation for existing coal-fired power plants, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Admin. Official: Managing Carbon Pollution Key to Combating Climate Change
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, highlighted this week the importance of the Environmental Protection Agency’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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DOE Begins Pilot Testing on New Membrane Carbon Capture Technology
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 Pilot testing on a new membrane-based carbon capture technology with a potential 90 percent capture rate has begun at the Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture Center in Wilsonville, Ala., DOE announced this week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Wrap Up
GHG Monitor 1/30/2015 IN THE STATES Virginia state lawmaker Ronald Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach) introduced a bill in the Virginia State House of Delegates last week that would require the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Under the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]