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Carbon capture and storage newsletter Aug 11, 2014






UK publishes outline for next phase of CCS

The UK Government has published a scoping document that seeks views on a possible Phase 2 of CCS deployment.



gCCS system modelling technology used for Shell Peterhead project
Shell Peterhead CCS project will be the first commercial UK user of PSE's gCCS systems modelling environment for whole-chain CCS design and operation.



U.S. DOE selects CO2 storage projects for funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to develop technologies and methodologies for geologic storage of carbon dioxide.



National Grid awards contract for CO2 pipeline
National Grid Carbon Limited (NGC) has awarded the Front End Engineering and Design contract for its carbon capture and storage pipeline to oil and gas engineering specialists Genesis.



Inventys raises funds from major investors
Inventys Thermal Technologies closes financing from Chevron Technology Ventures, Mitsui, Roda Group & Chrysalix to advance its carbon capture technology.




Online resources


The UK seeks further CCS advancement

- (Bellona) - A Policy Scoping Document, published by the government on 7 August, sets out the path to developing an approach for the next phase of CCS projects in the UK. >>more


Coal lobby presses the case for investment in clean coal technology

- (Power Engineering) - The head of the World Coal Association says that leaders are wrong not to give more consideration to investment in clean coal technology and that doing so ignores coal's positive role in economic development and poverty reduction. >>more

Funding for Victorian carbon capture project
- (World Coal) - Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) is to provide funding for an R&D project at the Loy Yang coal-fired power plant, targeting the significant reduction of carbon emissions from brown coal power generation in the Australian state of Victoria. >>more

Locals positive about carbon capture project

- (Herald Scotland) - THE man who is leading Royal Dutch Shell's pioneering project to store carbon dioxide produced at Peterhead power station under the North Sea has said locals seem to be excited about the plan as he underlined the oil and gas giant's confidence in the technology's potential. >>more

Senate bill builds carbon capture facilities

- (The Hill) - Sen. John Walsh (D-Mont.) introduced a bill that would direct the Department of Energy to approve the building of at least 10 carbon capture facilities in the next 10 years. >>more


Alberta leadership hopeful Prentice lets carbon capture go

- (Globe and Mail) - Alberta's era of massive investments in industry-led carbon capture and storage projects - the cornerstone of the province's climate-change policy that has come under fire for increasing oil sands greenhouse gas emissions - would come to end under the leadership of Jim Prentice. >>more



Senator, FutureGen CEO talk project
- (My Journal Courier) - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, met this week with FutureGen Alliance CEO Ken Humphreys to discuss the status of the FutureGen 2.0 project. >>more


AGL and CSIRO explore low-energy CO2 capture
- (Carbon + Environment Daily) - AGL has established a syndicate to explore a lower-cost process to capture CO2 from brown coal-fired power stations. >>more


CCS makes news headlines worldwide
- (Global CCS Institute Insights - Caroline Baldwin) - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) made headline news around the world this July after the European Union (EU) announced €300 million for project funding while the US and China signed a partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. >>more

CCS to be formally examined by the UNFCCC in October meeting
- (Global CCS Institute insights - Mark Bonner) - Low emissions technologies including carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be formerly examined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this October, with the meeting expected to provide an opportunity for experts and CCS related organisations, including the Institute, to participate. >>more

Forthcoming events


- National CCS Week, Sydney, Aug 31 - Sept 3 >>more

- CCS CPD COURSE, Cardiff, UK, Sept 8-9. The UKCCS Research Centre is running a two-day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Course on Carbon Capture and Storage. >>more

- 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Austin, Texas, Oct 5-9, 2014 >>more



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