Austin Texas, USA: 4 November 2009 – Global Climate Strategies, a Texas based carbon developer; is pleased to announce that it has achieved validation from a UNFCCC (United Nations Foundation Convention on Climate Change approved Designated Operational Entity (DOE) using UNFCCC’s new AMS II.J. methodology “Demand-side activities for efficient lighting technologies”. With this accreditation, Global Climate Strategies is the first entity in the entire global community to receive such validation.
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Posted on November 4, 2009
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UPDATE: NRG would like U.S. taxpayers to pick up half of the cost of the new equipment, but the company won’t say how much the equipment costs. NRG Energy may have finally found the government funding it’s been asking for to build a carbon dioxide capture and storage plant.
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Posted on September 4, 2009
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BRUSSELS – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $27.6 million in funding for CO2 storage projects. Overall it is 19 projects that will focus on monitoring and evaluating the potential risks of CO2 storage in geologic formations. Martina Novak, 03/09-2009
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Posted on September 4, 2009
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A couple of weeks ago Chu announced that $2.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Of that, $800 million will be used to expand DOE’s Clean Coal Power Initiative, which provides government co-financing for new coal technologies that can help utilities cut sulfur, nitrogen, and mercury pollutants from power plants.
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Posted on May 31, 2009
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ST. LOUIS, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced it has joined the National Carbon Capture Center as a corporate partner and advisory member alongside several of its major customers, including Southern Company, American Electric Power and Luminant.
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Posted on May 29, 2009
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ST. LOUIS, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today became a founding member of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Carbon Capture Center. The center is a public-private partnership to advance the next generation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The effort will be based at the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) south of Birmingham, Ala., the nation’s premier carbon research and development laboratory. Peabody has been a funding partner of the PSDF since 1997.
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Posted on May 28, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced Monday, April 27, by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences outlining his plans for reinvigorating the country’s scientific research and education.
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Posted on May 3, 2009
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While Canadians debate carbon tax and Aussies fight over the emissions scheme, the US Dept of Energy is taking a shot at the controversial carbon sequestration plan. The Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB), which is a part of the DOE, has set up sophisticated underground apparatus to monitor CO2 injected for an oil recovery program.
Apart from being a step towards large-scale sequestration projects, the current study will also assist in evaluating the type of apparatus required to ensure secure storage of carbon dioxide. Approximately 250K-500K metric tons of carbon dioxide will be pumped around 10,000 feet into the ground every year for this sequestration research.
Although CO2 injection isn’t that new an approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery, what needs to be tested largely is the safety of the whole process, especially the safety of underground water resources from being contaminated by the injected gases.
Posted on August 28, 2008
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The US DOE today released the last Funding Opportunity Announcement for Round Three of a major carbon capture and sequestration project. The Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) is an effort to promote commercialization of technologies, which will enable clean acquisition of coal-fired energy. The DOE may disburse as much as $430 million to selected participants, where the recipients will have to provide at least 50% of the amount themselves. The objective of the project is to demonstrate commercial viability of sequestering or beneficially utilizing CO2 emissions generated by cola-fired plants.
“The Department of Energy is committed to increasing the Nation’s energy security and addressing global climate change by developing the technologies that will ensure coal can be used to meet our growing energy demand in an environmentally responsible way,” stated Jim Slutz, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.
The last date for submitting applications is January 15, 2009, whereas the selected recipients are expected to be announced in July 2009.
Posted on August 11, 2008
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