Emissions abatement, CCS - Page 1

Rolls-Royce sets out net-zero road map
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by The Rolls-Royce Power Systems business unit aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030 compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon...

Cormetech to demonstrate improved DAC technology
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Cormetech has been selected for an award from the US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, to advance...

Wärtsilä launches major test programme on H2 and NH4 as fuels
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Wartsila has launched a major test programme to advance the adoption of hydrogen and ammonia as viable engine fuels for power and marine applications through advanced testing on...

GE signs agreement for green H2-fuelled power plant
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by GE and Cricket Valley Energy Centre have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to develop a green hydrogen technology roadmap and advance a demonstration project...

Orca DAC has achieved DNV validation
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by Climeworks’ new large-scale direct air capture plant ‘Orca’ has successfully achieved independent third-party validation from DNV. Permanent carbon dioxide removal is considered to be...

Drax and MHI to create world’s largest negative emissions project
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., part of the MHI Group, have agreed a long-term contract for Drax to use its carbon capture technology, the Advanced KM...

ESB and dCarbonX to partner on green H2 storage
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by ESB and dCarbonX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint assessment and development of offshore green hydrogen subsurface storage in Ireland. This partnership is seen...

‘Pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050 is narrow’ – IEA special report
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 by The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is...

Air-captured-CO2 project in Oman
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 by Swiss company Climeworks and Omani company 44.01 have joined forces to explore the potential of geological storage of direct air-captured CO2 in the Middle East in a...

‘Groundbreaking’ analysis reveals potential net zero cost reductions
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by The Carbon Trust says that ‘Flexibility in Great Britain’, is its most in depth analysis to-date on the subject, underlines the vital role of flexibility in delivering an...

UK industry wide plan to cut emissions
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 by An ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector and over £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals has been announced by the...

Three major firms commit to exploring carbon capture
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 by Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore ways to support the development of carbon capture and storage at biomass-fired heat...

Wärtsilä invests in direct air capture of CO2
Tuesday, March 02, 2021 by Wärtsilä has invested a further €1 million in Soletair Power Oy, a Finnish CO2 direct air capture technology company. In 2019 Wärtsilä invested €500,000 in the company, which...

C-Capture completes £8m funding round
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 by C-Capture has completed an £8 million funding round supported by existing shareholders IP Group, Drax, and bp Ventures, with additional funding from the British Business Bank’s...

GE aeroderivatives to help retire Martin Drake coal plant
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 by Colorado Springs Utilities is to purchase and commission six GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines packages. The compact LM2500XPRESS is 95% factory-assembled into modules to...

MHI invests in H2 production
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on 10 February that it has invested in C-Zero, a hard tech startup located in Santa Barbara, California., to accelerate the first...

Nordic utilities call for swift revision of EU 2030 legislation
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 by Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall, the three largest Nordic energy utilities, have put out a statement that welcomes the EU’s revised 2030 climate target of at least -55% as a crucial...

India should plan for post-2030 green hydrogen market
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 by ‘Green’ hydrogen is expected to become cost competitive with hydrogen from fossil fuels in India by 2030, according to a new report from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)....

Funding for world’s first net zero industrial cluster
Wednesday, January 06, 2021 by A share of £8 million in government funding will be invested in developing a comprehensive cluster plan by Net Zero North West ‘to prepare North Wales for a net zero future’. The...