All Posts Tagged With: "carbon capture"
Lack of Climate Bill Hinders Carbon Storage,
Fed Agencies Say
While the U.S. Department of Energy is funding 15 projects with the aim of safely and economically storing CO2 in geological formations, the lack of a climate bill is hindering any larger scale carbon storage, federal agencies said this week.
13Aug2010 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedRegional Update — Sithe Applies for $450M DOE Grant for Carbon Capture at Desert Rock Enegy Project
The coal-fired facility was designed to incorporate environmental technology to remove 98 per cent of sulphur dioxide, 95 per cent of nitrous oxide and more than 90 per cent of mercury. Desert Rock is located near an existing pipeline used to transport CO2 from Colorado to West Texas.
7Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedCarbon Capture Quest Continues
While there remains much debate about the wisdom of pouring funds into removing CO2 from existing and future coal plants, rather than devoting funds to renewable, inherently clean sources of energy like wind and solar, any realistic assessment of the electricity needs of the next half-century concludes that coal will continue to be a major source of power.
5Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedIon Engineering in Deal to License
Carbon Capture Technology
The startup company accelerates development of ionic liquid solutions to control greenhouse emissions with licensing agreement with the University of Colorado.
30Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
