GHG Monitor Vol. 1, No. 217

Budget & Policy

Alberta Releases Coal Transition Plan

The government of Alberta, Canada, last week announced agreements with TransAlta, Capital Power, and ATCO, the owners of the province’s last coal-fired power plants, to shut down the facilities by the end of 2030. “The agreements will see the companies, which own six coal-fired electricity units originally slated to operate beyond 2030, provided with transition […]
  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Electricity Produced in Second Kemper County Gasifier

    Mississippi Power’s Kemper County Energy Facility carbon capture and storage project last week generated its first electricity using syngas produced in its second gasifier. “This is a substantial step forward for the project,” Mississippi Power Chairman, President, and CEO Anthony Wilson said in a press release. “We are now closer to integrating all of the […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Espinosa Calls for Carbon Capture and Storage Development

    Carbon capture and storage technology is essential to addressing climate change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa said last week during a speech at the 2016 Zero Emission Conference in Oslo, Norway. Espinosa urged attendees to advance research and development of the technology. “You can continue to research and work […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Comoros, Israel Join Paris Agreement

    Membership in the Paris Agreement on climate change grew to 114 last week with the ratifications of Comoros and Israel. The deal, which establishes a legal framework under which nations are to pursue domestically determined climate actions, entered into force on Nov. 4, just days before the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties […]

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