Publications: GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 When looking beyond the simple measure of greenhouse gas emissions to the total environmental impacts of the implementation of low carbon technology, carbon capture and storage falls behind other low carbon technologies such as wind and solar power generation, a life cycle study published this week in the Proceedings […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 AUSTIN, Texas – Through the adoption of new polices, support of carbon capture and storage projects and a commitment to global cooperation, China continues to make progress toward the deployment of CCS technology, Xu Shishen, Chief Engineer with the China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute, said during a […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 As stakeholders continue to develop their comments for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, concerns over certain factors of the proposed standards continue to mount and were expressed by a panel of state regulators at an event hosted by Resources for the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 AUSTIN, Texas – Unique considerations exist when exploring the potential deployment of carbon capture and storage in the world’s developing nations, according to a panel of global experts participating in a discussion at the International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, held here last week. Because of the global nature […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 AUSTIN, Texas—While much work goes into the physical site characterization of a planned carbon capture and storage project, social site characterization is often not given the attention it needs, Emma ter Mors, senior researcher at Leiden University in the Netherland, said during a plenary address at the International Conference […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 While progress in battling climate change outside of a global climate agreement has been substantial, the importance of such an agreement and the need for that agreement to be well structured should not be underestimated, Special Envoy for Climate Change with the Unites States Department of State Todd Stern […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 A new technology which can produce low-cost electricity from natural gas-fired plants with no atmospheric emissions, according to its North Carolina-based developers, NET Power and affiliate 8 Rivers Capital, will be demonstrated in a 50MWt natural gas plant located in Texas. The $140 million plant will be funded with […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 AUSTIN, Texas—The logistics of using carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery are often misunderstood, which can cause trouble for those involved in the practice when it comes to policy development, Greg Schnacke, Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for Denbury Resources, Inc said during the International Conference on Greenhouse Gas […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 AUSTIN, Texas – While the use of carbon capture and storage technology has widely been considered a means to reduce carbon emissions in the coal industry, its eventual transition into natural gas energy production is essential, Juho Lipponen, head of the CCS Unit at the International Energy Agency, said […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/17/2014 A new hybrid form of absorption discovered by a team of researchers from California, Switzerland and China may address issues present with two promising but flawed methods of capturing carbon, according to a paper published by the team this week. Currently, liquid absorption is the leading method used for […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 Summit Power Group and CPS Energy this week signed a new power purchase agreement for power generated at the Texas Clean Energy Project being developed near Odessa, Texas. The two parties had been in negotiations since CPS let a prior agreement expire at the end of 2013 due to […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 AUSTIN, Texas—While significant progress has been made in last decade in the carbon capture and storage industry, more must be done to ensure the technology’s readiness to act as a major contributor to climate mitigation efforts in the future, Julio Friedmann, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal in the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 AUSTIN, Texas—The role that policy should play in the future of carbon capture and Storage was debated by experts at the International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, held here this week. Kelly Thambimuthu, chairman of the International Energy Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program, suggested that for CCS […]

The following interview with Tore Amundsen, Chairman of the CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM), was conducted by GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor Reporter Abby L. Harvey on the sidelines of this year’s International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, held this week in Austin, Texas. GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 To start things off, can you provide some information […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 The government of Norway has restructured its carbon capture and storage deployment strategy to focus on supporting a full-scale CCS demonstration project elsewhere in the European Union instead of within its own boarders, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced this week. Work to develop a full-scale demonstration […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 The province of Alberta’s new Premier Jim Prentice stated that he will not support new CCS projects in Alberta during string of interviews this week and last. Emily Wood, Press Secretary for Prentice’s office, told GHG Monitor late this week that during the interviews, “the Premier said he was […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 A lawsuit brought against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new source performance standards was thrown out by a U S. District Judge this week in Nebraska. The state’s Attorney General, Jon Bruning, filed suit against the agency in January following the release of an updated version of the proposed […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 The University of Wyoming is now accepting applications for the position of director in the school’s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM), according to a notice issued by the school. The new director will fill the position currently being held by former National Energy Technology Laboratory Director Carl Bauer on […]

GHG Monitor 10/10/2014 IN DOE Grace Bochenek officially began work as the director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory this week. Bochenek replaces Scott Klara, who has led the lab in an acting capacity since taking over for former Director Anthony Cugini last fall. Prior to beginning work with NETL, Bochenek served for eight years […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 Coming on-line this week, SaskPower’s Boundary Dam in Canada became the world’s first post-combustion coal-fired carbon capture and storage project. “It is huge. It literally could be a game changer. Almost any company now or any government, if they’re going to continue to burn coal, should be looking at […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 An international team of scientists has found that environmental damage that would be caused by a small-scale sub-seabed carbon dioxide leak would be minimal, according to the results of a study published late last week. The study was conducted off the shore of Scotland using a controlled CO2 leak […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 When considering the energy security of the United States, climate action must be a part of the conversation, a senior White House official said this week during a panel discussion hosted by the Department of Energy. "The future of energy security … must be met against a second dimension […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 Mississippi Power reported an additional $59 million in overruns for Kemper County Energy Facility in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. The latest increase, when added to previously reported overruns, results in an $88 million increase in the project’s since the company’s last quarterly filing […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 Due to an overly aggressive timeline and flawed targets, the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emission standards for existing coal-fired power plants cannot feasibly be implemented, Mark McCullough, Executive Vice President for Generation with American Electric Power said during the United States Energy Association’s Annual Energy Supply Forum this […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 What had looked to be a promising pilot program testing technologies from Canadian-based CO2 Solutions and Neumann Systems Group (NSG) has been canceled, CO2 Solutions announced late last week. However, the company also announced that testing of its own enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology will be conducted at the University […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency late last week approved a Class VI Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit for Archer Daniels Midland’s Illinois Industrial CCS Project (Ill-ICCS). The permit allows ADM to construct a well for the injection of carbon dioxide more than 5,000 feet underground into the Mount Simon geologic […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 The National Energy Technology Laboratory late last week awarded a contract worth $99 million to US&S – E2 I, LLC, to perform Site Operations Support, according to a notice posted on the FedBizOpps website. The contract covers various services including: site management support; environment, safety, and health (ES&H) support; […]