News items from Carbon Capture & Sequestration: In The News

Like the House bill, the Boxer-Kerry draft would provide emissions allowances to fund commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration, although it does not provide specifics. It also establishes performance standards for emissions of greenhouse gases from new coal-fired power plants.

Like the House bill, the Boxer-Kerry draft would provide emissions allowances to fund commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration, although it does not provide specifics. It also establishes performance standards for emissions of greenhouse gases from new coal-fired power plants.

Dongguan Power plans to implement the gasification scheme at an existing 120-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant, turning it into an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant that uses cheap, moisture-laden lignite coal. The retrofit should be operating in 2011. That will provide its developers with a demonstration to determine whether technology will work in larger IGCC plants and whether it is a process suitable to integrate carbon capture and storage technology...

Dongguan Power plans to implement the gasification scheme at an existing 120-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant, turning it into an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant that uses cheap, moisture-laden lignite coal. The retrofit should be operating in 2011. That will provide its developers with a demonstration to determine whether technology will work in larger IGCC plants and whether it is a process suitable to integrate carbon capture and storage technology...

Chinese President Hu Jintao has said that technology and finance will be key factors in addressing the universal problem of climate change. Likewise necessary is global cooperation through the common adoption of action plans, such as the Bali Roadmap, which proposes the transfer of climate-friendly technologies from developed countries to developing countries. Countries have also begun to work together to develop innovative technology. For example, the joint institute of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), initiated by China, is establishing research labs with the U.S. and Europe.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has said that technology and finance will be key factors in addressing the universal problem of climate change. Likewise necessary is global cooperation through the common adoption of action plans, such as the Bali Roadmap, which proposes the transfer of climate-friendly technologies from developed countries to developing countries. Countries have also begun to work together to develop innovative technology. For example, the joint institute of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), initiated by China, is establishing research labs with the U.S. and Europe.

State-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) said on Sunday it would spend 2.8 trillion won ($2.34 billion) on developing environment-friendly technology by 2020.

KEPCO will allocate the green investment, starting from 2010, to eight sectors, including integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), carbon capture and storage, smart grid, infrastructure to power electric cars, nuclear power for exports, electric-energy housing, high-voltage direct current and superconductivity technology, the statement said.

State-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) said on Sunday it would spend 2.8 trillion won ($2.34 billion) on developing environment-friendly technology by 2020.

KEPCO will allocate the green investment, starting from 2010, to eight sectors, including integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), carbon capture and storage, smart grid, infrastructure to power electric cars, nuclear power for exports, electric-energy housing, high-voltage direct current and superconductivity technology, the statement said.

The European Union's ambition to lead the fight against climate change faces a setback as its target of rolling out full-scale carbon capture and storage plants by 2015 is increasingly seen by experts as unrealistic.

The EU may not have any low-carbon coal plants built by 2015, under a target to trial "up to 12" commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants by then, as governments turn off the finance taps in response to global recession.

The European Union's ambition to lead the fight against climate change faces a setback as its target of rolling out full-scale carbon capture and storage plants by 2015 is increasingly seen by experts as unrealistic.

The EU may not have any low-carbon coal plants built by 2015, under a target to trial "up to 12" commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants by then, as governments turn off the finance taps in response to global recession.

University of Calgary scientist David Keith says governments need to earmark more research funding for technologies to capture carbon dioxide in surrounding air to save the planet. Keith has successfully tested an air capture technology last year. The market for carbon capture technologies is estimated to reach $1 billion a year within 20 years.


In a paper published in Science journal Thursday, he says technology could efficiently reduce carbon dioxide emissions from sources such as airplanes and home furnaces.

University of Calgary scientist David Keith says governments need to earmark more research funding for technologies to capture carbon dioxide in surrounding air to save the planet. Keith has successfully tested an air capture technology last year. The market for carbon capture technologies is estimated to reach $1 billion a year within 20 years.


In a paper published in Science journal Thursday, he says technology could efficiently reduce carbon dioxide emissions from sources such as airplanes and home furnaces.

NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant’s carbon dioxide into the earth.

NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant’s carbon dioxide into the earth.

The world's largest carbon capture project launched by a coal-fired power plant broke ground in July in Shanghai.

After completion, which is scheduled before the end of this year, the project will capture as many as 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually.

The carbon capture project has been identified as a significant element in China's effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Shanghai Shidongkou Second Power Plant, a subsidiary of Huaneng Power International Inc, is the second carbon capture program developed by its parent company.

The first project is in Beijing. The second project, located on the outskirts of Shanghai, is expected to cost about 150 million yuan ($22 million).

The world's largest carbon capture project launched by a coal-fired power plant broke ground in July in Shanghai.

After completion, which is scheduled before the end of this year, the project will capture as many as 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually.

The carbon capture project has been identified as a significant element in China's effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Shanghai Shidongkou Second Power Plant, a subsidiary of Huaneng Power International Inc, is the second carbon capture program developed by its parent company.

The first project is in Beijing. The second project, located on the outskirts of Shanghai, is expected to cost about 150 million yuan ($22 million).

Includes video that features interviews with local residents in Barendrecht.

Includes video that features interviews with local residents in Barendrecht.