EPA Moves Ahead With Clean Power Plan Component
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Kemper County CCS Project Price Tag Spikes by $35M
Electric utility Mississippi Power said this week that the price tag for construction of its Kemper County Energy Facility carbon capture and storage project had climbed by another $35 million as of March. The new-build, post-combustion CCS facility in total is now expected to cost over $6.72 billion, the company said in a monthly filing […]
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International
U.K. MPs Set Recommendations for Fifth Carbon Budget
A British Parliamentary committee on Wednesday supported an advisory panel’s recommendation for future carbon emissions reductions while offering some suggestions of its own, including targeting aviation emissions for cuts. The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the United Kingdom to by 2050 slash carbon emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels. Toward this, the government is […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Wyoming Breaks Ground on Integrated Test Center
Construction formally began Wednesday on Wyoming’s Integrated Test Center, a $21 million facility for research on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology. The facility, to be built at the Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station near the city of Gillette, is due for completion in summer 2017. The first research teams will be finalists in a current carbon […]