Emissions abatement, CCS - Page 1

Drax to trial pioneering new carbon capture technology
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Drax is collaborating with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles at its North Yorkshire power station in trials of an innovative new carbon capture technology. The...

‘Power consumption to triple by 2050’ – McKinsey report
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by McKinsey & Co has launched its 2022 ‘Global Energy Perspective’ report, an annual in-depth examination of the trends and issues facing the global energy industry, and offers a...

Shell and Uniper to work on blue H2 production in the UK
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 by Uniper has signed an agreement with Shell to progress plans to produce blue hydrogen at Uniper’s Killingholme power station site in the East of England. The hydrogen produced could...

‘We can halve emissions by 2030’ – guarded optimism from the IPCC
Tuesday, April 05, 2022 by We can halve emissions, but the time for action is now, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The evidence is clear: in 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse...

“Time is fast running out for climate change solutions” – new IPCC report
Tuesday, March 01, 2022 by The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt unless greenhouse gas emissions are quickly...

US DoE awards $5.7 m for GE-led CCUS project
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 by GE Gas Power has announced that the company’s front-end engineering design (FEED) study ‘Retrofittable Advanced Combined Cycle Integration for Flexible Decarbonised Generation’ is...

‘Carbon reduction goals will have little impact on US CO2 emissions’ – EIA
Tuesday, February 08, 2022 by Executing several plans announced by US power utilities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would have a minor effect on US energy-related reductions, according to the analysis...

‘Time to act’ as momentum builds for CCUS and H2
Wednesday, February 02, 2022 by This year companies and governments will need to make good on the pledges they made on energy transition technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)...

Project Greensand to receive DKK 197 m funding
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 by The Danish Energy Agency is to award 197 million DKK (€26 million) to the INEOS led consortium backing Project Greensand for carbon capture and storage. The project is expected to...

New initiative to explore carbon storage off Norway‘s coast
Wednesday, December 01, 2021 by Storegga, a UK company specialising in carbon reduction and removal, has entered into an agreement with Sval Energi to explore joint business opportunities for carbon storage on...

Carbon Gap calls for meaningful support for carbon removal
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 by Carbon Gap, a not-for-profit independent research and advocacy launched at COP26 in Glasgow, has called on UK and European governments to lead on supporting and scaling up techniques...

Mitsubishi and Shell to co-operate on H2 development
Monday, September 13, 2021 by Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Shell Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the production of low-carbon hydrogen through the use of carbon capture and...

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...