Publications: GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/22/2015 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could assist with the application of a reliability safety valve and reliability monitoring as the Environmental Protection Agency implements proposed carbon emission standards for existing coal fired power plants, FERC commissioners said in a letter sent late last week to the EPA. Under the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/22/2015 Supporting clean coal technologies, such as carbon capture and storage, will allow the United States to address the threat of climate change without sacrificing the nation’s economy, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said this week at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider a set of pending […]

GHG Monitor 5/22/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY Energy efficiency measures will be key to implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants at a manageable cost, according to a report released this week by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. The proposed regulations would set state-specific carbon emission targets and […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency late last week sent its proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new-build coal-fired power plants to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. The rule, which would largely mandate the use of carbon capture technology on all new-build coal fired power […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 Gassnova has identified a potential path forward for the realization of a full-scale carbon capture and storage project in Norway in a new pre-feasibility study conducted for the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and released late last week. Gassnova identified three emitters that show promise as potential carbon capture […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted last week in favor of a draft report on the European Energy Security Strategy containing language in support of carbon capture and storage. The document includes two compromise amendments addressing CCS, one that calls for actions to […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 The University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center will receive $2.5 million to support carbon capture and storage research under a two-year cooperate agreement reached with the Department of Energy this week. The funding will be used for research intended to “assist the energy industry in deploying […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) introduced a bill this week that would place strict limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants. The “Affordable Reliable Energy Now Act [ARENA]” contains language that would repeal the EPA’s proposed carbon emissions […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) this week introduced a package of bills aimed at supporting the development of clean coal technologies. The package consists of five measures, many of which pull from Heitkamp’s Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act, which the Senator […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 Following the Conservative Party’s victory in last week’s election in the United Kingdom, proponents of carbon capture and storage are still unsure what the future will hold for the technology. The Conservatives have not made clear their stance on the use of CCS, saying in their manifesto only that […]

GHG Monitor 5/15/2015 IN DOE The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has awarded an estimated $2.5 million to David Heldebrant, a researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, to support his research into combined capture and conversion of CO2. The funding will span five years and will cover Heldebrant’s year-round salary plus research expenses. […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/8/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa.— Motivation for investment in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has taken a hit due to low oil prices and the shale gas revolution, which has provided the potential for quick income for investors, Steve Melzer, president of Melzer Consulting, said here last week at the 14th Annual Carbon […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fossil Energy Funding Debated as House Energy Spending Bill Hits Floor Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unveiled this week a new strategy to fight the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulations for coal-fired power plants as he faced off against EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a hearing of the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Grace Bochenek, the new Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, this week stressed the importance of expanding NETL’s industry partnerships in her vision for the future of the organization. “NETL is a great organization. It has great partnerships. It’s done great work. What I want to do […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The solution to battling climate change will be based in science and for that reason the discussion surrounding the issue must be shifted away from the ideological form it has taken and back to a technical platform, former Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal said here this week […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 Flour is challenging Lockheed Martin’s recent win of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s new Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services contract. Fluor Energy Technology Services, LLC, which is believed to include incumbent AECOM, filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office this week. The Fluor team was one […]

GHG Monitor 5/1/2015 IN CONGRESS The House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted this week to advance Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield’s (R-Ky.) “Ratepayer Protection Act,” a bill aimed at halting the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants. The EPA’s proposal, which is currently the subject of […]