Latest Carbon capture and storage Stories
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America's power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and flexibility for plant owners that will hold down costs and improve Americans' health. NRDC's innovative proposal calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for...
VTT specialists have assessed Finland's chances of achieving the 80% greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The EU's goal for 2050 is to reduce emissions by at least 80% from the level of 1990. The goal is a tough one for Finland, but possible to achieve as long as all sectors that produce or consume energy take part. On top of this, all greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced. Finland requires new technological solutions for industrial activity, for the transport of people, goods and...
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (the "Company" or "Noble") (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT:NB7, OTC.PK:NLPXF) is pleased to provide an update, further to its press releases of August 22, 2012 and September 10, 2012, on the carbon sequestration modelling undertaken on Project 81 (the "Property"). Subject to the assumptions discussed below, Mikro-Tek Inc. ("Mikro-Tek"), the consultant engaged by Noble to prepare carbon sequestration modelling, has estimated...
REGINA AND TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CSA Group, a leading developer of standards, codes and training programs, and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.), an environmental non-government organization (ENGO), today announced the world's first bi-national carbon capture and storage (CCS) standard for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) for Canada and the United States. CCS is a process...
WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corp. (OTCBB: TMEN), a diversified technologies company engaged in the development and sales of wastewater recovery and power generation technologies, has announced that it has signed an $900,000 contract with Unity Power Alliance (UPA) to build a bench-scale "flameless" combustion system that will be used to test and optimize UPA's pressurized oxy-combustion technology for clean coal power generation. (Logo:...
Grant contribution from Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation moves technology forward to mitigate carbon emissions from oil sands production TSX-V: CST Outstanding Shares: 79,187,836 QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CO(2) Solutions Inc. (TSX-V:CST), an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, today announced that it has been selected to receive up to $500,000 in grant funding from Alberta's Climate Change and Emissions...
ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company - through subsidiary Southern Generation Technologies, LLC - and KBR, LLC, of Houston, Texas, have formed an alliance to market 21(st) century coal technology, Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG(TM)), to power companies worldwide. This innovative coal gasification process can provide power companies an efficient means to generate electricity using an abundant, low-cost fuel - low-rank coal - while significantly reducing...
LAKE CHARLES, La., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lake Charles Clean Energy (LCCE), LLC announced today that it has secured major long-term commercial offtake contracts with BP Products North America Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Denbury Onshore LLC, a subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc., for the Lake Charles Clean Energy project located at the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana. LCCE is a subsidiary of Leucadia Energy, LLC. Securing long-term commercial offtake...
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newlight Technologies (www.newlight.com) announced today the addition of 100,000-pounds per year in new production capacity on the company's advanced-generation gas-to-plastic production line, which converts air and greenhouse gases into high-performance bioplastics that can significantly out-compete oil-based plastics on price. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/LA91156) Newlight's expanded line is fully operational,...
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HDS International Corp. (OTCQB: HDSI), a green technology company providing renewable energy and eco-sustainability solutions, today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,197,857 "Method for Eliminating Carbon Dioxide from Waste Gases." Purification of process gas streams by the removal of acid gases, such as carbon dioxide, is required in many major industrial processes such as...
