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Curbing global climate changeCarnegie Mellon University's Edward S. Rubin will discuss U.S. energy strategies needed to mitigate global climate change Feb. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, Calif.Rubin, the Alumni Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science and a professor of engineering and public policy and mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon, will discuss the need for a climate policy that effectively puts...
ST. LOUIS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and GreatPoint Energy today announced they have signed an agreement to pursue development of coal-to-gas and coal-to-hydrogen projects in the United States and around the world with carbon capture and storage (CCS) that would achieve near-zero carbon emissions while liberating vast quantities of stranded oil. The projects would be developed using GreatPoint's proprietary Bluegas(TM) technology,...
Article highlights Company's technology for low-cost carbon dioxide capture TSX-V: CST Outstanding shares: 60,261,136 QUEBEC, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CO2 Solution Inc. ("CO2 Solution" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it was featured in an article published on February 16, 2010 in the New York Times entitled Injecting Tiny Proteins Into the Hunt for 'Clean Coal', which highlights the potential of the Company's enzyme based technology for capturing carbon...
Proven track record with Codexis and in biotechnology industry further strengthens Board of Directors TSX-V: CST Outstanding shares: 60,261,136 QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CO2 Solution Inc. ("CO2 Solution" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce that Dr. Alan Shaw, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Codexis, Inc., has joined its Board of Directors. In addition to representing Codexis, Inc. ("Codexis") following its recent investment in the...
MAIDSVILLE, W.Va. and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Longview Power, LLC, owner of the state-of-the-art power generation facility currently under construction in Maidsville, W.V., has selected Siemens Energy to conduct an innovative study analyzing the applicability of post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology. The Longview Power project includes a new 695-MW rated (net) advanced supercritical pulverized coal power plant equipped with Siemens' advanced air pollution...
CHICAGO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today announced that Caterpillar, a global leader in the manufacturing of heavy machinery, will join the FutureGen Alliance. This is the second major new Alliance member signed up in just over a week. Caterpillar's move signals critical support ahead of the U.S. Department of Energy's (USDOE) pending decision to move ahead on FutureGen construction. "I welcome Caterpillar's investment in FutureGen and in...
PEORIA, Ill., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced its intent to join the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private partnership established to build a first-of-its-kind coal-fired, near-zero emissions power plant in Mattoon, Illinois. The FutureGen facility is designed to be the cleanest coal burning plant in the world and will integrate advanced technologies for coal gasification, electricity production, emissions control, carbon dioxide (CO(2)) capture...
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard today issued a statement in support of President Barack Obama's comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence and build a foundation for a new clean energy economy. Leonard, who has been a leading industry advocate for action on comprehensive climate change legislation, issued the following statement: "We support the President's decision to establish an Interagency...
Scientists in Texas are reporting that a technique used in the search for new drugs could also be used in the quest to discover new, environmentally friendly materials for fighting global warming. Such materials could be used to capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from industrial smokestacks and other fixed sources before it enters the biosphere. The new study appears in ACS' bi-monthly journal Energy & Fuels.Michael Drummond and colleagues Angela Wilson and Tom Cundari note that...
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today announced that the Exelon Corporation will join ranks alongside some of the world's largest energy corporations as a member of the FutureGen Alliance. Exelon's membership signals critical support ahead of the U.S. Department of Energy's (USDOE) pending decision to move ahead on FutureGen construction. "As one of the nation's largest electric utilities and energy providers, Exelon's partnership on this...
