Former Republican EPA, DOE Officials Flee Trump
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Innovation & Infrastructure
ION Engineering Takes Next Step in CO2 Capture Test Campaign
Colorado-based ION Engineering said Wednesday it kicked off testing of its carbon capture system at the Technology Center Mongstad in Norway. “ION maintains a world class research and development organization and we look forward to working with the world’s largest and most advanced test facility. TCM is an ideal environment that allows us to validate […]
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Budget & Policy
EIA: Energy Related CO2 Emission Low in First Half of 2016
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2016 were the lowest in 25 years, the Energy Information Administration announced Wednesday. “U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions totaled 2,530 million metric tons in the first six months of 2016. This was the lowest emissions level for the first six months of the year […]
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International
Carbon Clean Solutions Launches Commercial CCUS Project in India
Carbon Clean Solutions Ltd. is set to launch a commercial zero-emission coal-fired power plant near Chennai, India, the company announced Tuesday. The project will capture more than 60,000 metric tons of CO2 from a 10-megawatt coal-fired power station using technology recently tested at Norway’s Technology Center Mongstad. According to the CCSL release, the project will […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
SNC-Lavalin to Develop Business Case for Nat Gas Plant With CCS
The United Kingdom’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) said Wednesday it has appointed engineering group SNC-Lavalin to develop a business care for a natural gas power plant with carbon capture and storage. “Stakeholders in CCS will need compelling evidence of the business case for a new power with CCS project which is why we are taking […]
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Budget & Policy
Potential Section 115 Regulation of Carbon Carries Legal Risk, RFF Finds
With the fate of the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants in the hands of the courts, some have suggested the EPA could tackle carbon regulation under Section 115 of the Clean Air Act if its new rule is struck down. However, that strategy could prove legally risky, Nathan Richardson, […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Contractor Selected for Wyoming Integrated Test Center Lab Construction
The Wyoming Integrated Test Center said Wednesday it had selected Hladky Construction to construct the test labs at the facility. When completed, the test center will have six demonstration sites supplied with flue gas, power, and service water from the Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station power plant. These sites will be available for […]
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Budget & Policy
Correction
An article in the Oct. 11 edition of GHG Daily Monitor mischaracterized comments Michael Crothers, president and country chair of Shell Canada, wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in the Globe and Mail. The lead of the article should have said: “The world needs energy, and thus it needs carbon capture and storage.”