Publications: GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 The Australian Government voted late this week to repeal the country’s carbon tax, under which high carbon emitters had to pay a price for each metric ton of carbon emitted. The tax had been in effect since 2012 and was approximately $23.4 per metric ton of carbon dioxide at […]

GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 IN THE STATES The University of Delaware announced this week that it has cancelled plans to build a natural gas-fueled power plant on its campus. The plant, which would have been built on the university’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) campus, was met with opposition from students and faculty, according to […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 A provision in the Fiscal Year 2015 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, reported out of subcommittee this week, would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using funding to carry out proposed regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing and new coal-fired power plants. “Again this year, there is […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 Unless significant steps are taken soon, the global mean temperature is set to rise 3.7 – 4.8 degrees Celsius, which could lead to catastrophe, according to a report released this week by the Deep Decarbonizatrion Pathways Project (DDPP). The report lays out pathways for several countries, including the United […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 Summit Energy signed two memoranda of understanding this week with Chinese companies to increase collaboration and provide engineering services for Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) carbon capture and storage venture. TCEP will be a 400MW coal integrated gasification combined cycle facility which will incorporate CCS. The project, when […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 U.K-based 2Co Energy has entered into negations to sell its Don Valley Carbon Capture and Storage project to Norwegian company Sargas for “an undisclosed sum,” according to a company release. The project is a new-build 650 MW integrated gasification combined cycle plant planned to be built in South Yorkshire […]

Measure Provides Approx. $600 Million For DOE Fossil Energy R&D   Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 The House voted late this week to approve the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which funds the Department of Energy’s fossil energy R&D efforts, after two days of debate that saw Democrats try several times […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 The United Kingdom’s White Rose project is poised to become Europe’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage project following the formal announcement this week that the venture has been awarded €300 million in funding from the second round of the European Commission’s New Entrants Reserve (NER) 300 program. White Rose […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 Nine states have joined a lawsuit filed by Murray Energy Corp. against the Environmental Protection Agency challenging the legality of the EPA’s recently proposed carbon dioxide emissions standards. The proposed regulations, developed under the Clean Air Act’s section 111(d), set emissions reductions goals for each state and require the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week called on the Environmental Protection Agency to provide documents related to the EPA’s proposed new source performance standards (NSPS) for new-build coal-fired power plants, issuing a veiled threat that they would seek to subpoena the EPA if the request […]

GHG Monitor 7/11/2014 IN THE STATES The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection this week issued a proposed rule to repeal  rules associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program. Earlier this year, a state appeals court ruled that Governor Chris Christie’s (R-N.J.) administration broke the law in 2011 when pulling out of RGGI, […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/3/2014 Unit 3 of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station has been brought online temporarily for testing as its Oct. 2 official grand opening nears. Once operational, the facility will be the world’s first post-combustion coal-fired carbon capture and storage project. While Unit 3 being brought online marks a huge milestone […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/3/2014 The Norwegian Government has agreed this week to participate in a carbon capture and storage research effort under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program according to a release from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The effort will establish a program to support research to be done in […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/3/2014 Scotland may be in the perfect position to become a major player in the future of carbon capture and storage for the United Kingdom, according to a new industry study released last week by Element Energy. The study notes the large storage capacity off the coast of Scotland in […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/3/2014 The European Investment Bank now expects to name the winners of a second round of funding to be provided under the New Entrants Reserve 300 program in mid-July, Kerstin Lichtenvort, team leader on NER300 in the Directorate-General for Climate Action said during a briefing at the European Union’s Sustainable […]

GHG Monitor 7/3/2014 IN EPA The Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed updated air standards for new municipal solid waste landfills that would require them to capture a higher percentage of emissions. Under the updated standards, new MSW landfills would be required to capture two-thirds of their methane and air toxics emissions by 2023, a […]

Todd Jacobson and Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 House lawmakers are expected to take up the Energy and Water Appropriations Act after taking a break for the Independence Day recess, though the prospects for completing the bill have been thrown into turmoil with the Senate version of the bill stalled. The bill, which funds […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 An increase in electricity demand must be addressed on the path to a low-carbon future Didier Houssin, director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology for the International Energy Agency said during an event hosted by the Center for Strategic International Studies this week. Houssin’s presentation was based on data […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 The answer to the world’s carbon emission problem could be as simple as well-managed grazing, a panel of experts testified before the House Natural Resources subcommittee this week. The science behind the use of this holistic process is basic, the panel said. When livestock graze they remove dead plants […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 While the use of captured carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery has historically been a difficult subject to breach politically, it is vital to the future of the American energy sector and must be tackled head-on by the government, a group of panelists and former lawmakers stated at an […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 One year after President Barack Obama announced his Climate Action Plan the measure remains controversial. The Administration took hits this week on the anniversary of the announcement of the plan from those opposed to the measures who claimed thus far the plan has been “all pain, no gain.” Supporters […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 this week to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to require greenhouse gas emission permits from larger emitters that already require permits for other pollutants. The ruling came in a case that challenged the power of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases from large […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 From a purely economic perspective, the United States cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the issue of climate change, according to a new report published by the Risky Business Project. The report, published early this week, has gotten significant attention, due in part the project’s co-chairs, Michael […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 An ad hoc committee formed by Alstom’s board of directors recommended this week accepting an offer put forth by GE for its energy business. GE first submitted an offer to Alstom in late April. Following the announcement of the GE offer, the French Government issued a decree giving the […]

GHG Monitor 6/27/2014 More than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide has officially been captured at the hydrogen-production facility in Port Arthur, Texas, the Department of Energy announced this week. The plant in Port Arthur, run in partnership with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. uses vacuum swing adsorption to capture more than 90 percent […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 6/20/2014 Companies competing for Alstom’s energy business don’t just have the Alstom Board of Directors to appease, but also the French Government, as became clear this week when the government sent back offers deemed insufficient. Early this week Alstom received a joint proposal from Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for […]