Technologies for mature fields

Free forum, London Mar 16

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AEP Mountaineer project to receive GCCSI funding
- American Electric Power will receive funding from the Global CCS Institute to support installation of its commercial-scale Mountaineer coal-fired CCS project. >>more

 

Alberta government concludes CCS agreement with Enhance Energy
- The Alberta government has successfully negotiated a contract with Enhance Energy for the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) project. >>more

 

UK DECC announces NER300 project details
- 14 UK projects have applied for funding from the EU's New Entrant Reserve (NER) scheme including 9 CCS projects >>more

 

Global CCS Institute releases regulatory toolkit
- The Global CCS Institute has released a toolkit on ensuring best practice regulations and permitting processes around carbon capture and storage projects, providing a blueprint for nations seeking to roll out the technology. >>more

 

Scottish University developing CO2 leak sealing technology
- Academics from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University's Institute of Petroleum Engineering have developed technology that identifies and seals leaks that could occur in carbon dioxide storage sites. >>more

CCS demonstration project network: updates on five projects
- (Bellona) - The EU CCS Demonstration Projects Network released the summary progress reports of the following CCS projects: OXY CFB 300 Compostilla in Spain; Hatfield in the United Kingdom, Jänschwalde in Germany, Porto Tolle in Italy and Belchatów in Poland. Lorelei Limousin, Bellona >>more

Alberta carbon capture spending delayed
- (Calgary Herald) - Cash for constructing the province's heavily promoted carbon capture and storage projects has been delayed in Alberta's new budget, while at the same time, environmental monitoring for the oilsands has received a small boost.  >>more  

CCS 'on track but running late'

-  (Utility Week) - If carbon capture and storage is to make the contribution to cutting European emissions is needed, the technology will have to be fitted to 100 power plants rated at 500MW by 2020. Time is running out, says Vic Wyman. >>more 

Drax Power profits up £100m
- (The York Press) - Drax has also bid for EU funding with Alstom Power to develop a pilot CCS plant on its Selby site, generating 300MW of energy, adding about eight per cent to its capacity. >>more

CU halts plan to inject carbon into rock at power plant
- (News Leader) - City Utilities has abandoned plans to inject carbon dioxide into rock formations at the Southwest Power Station site. >>more 

Ky. Senate panel advances carbon storage bill
- (Business Week) - Kentucky, a state that plugs into coal-generated electricity, would dabble with carbon dioxide storage under a bill sent to the Senate on Wednesday that calls for underground test projects. >>more 

2nd Annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 

- The Office of Fossil Energy is supporting the 2nd Annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit to be held February 28 March 2, 2011 at the Gaylord Convention Center, just outside Washington DC. There is still time to register. >>more 

CCS legal and policy - Jan / Feb 2011
- Several of the component parts of the proposed reforms under the UK Government's Electricity Market Reform Consultation carry the potential to radically alter the outlook for CCS projects. >>more calumhughes@yellowwoodenergy.com

 

Pöyry - business models for CCS
- This article is the fifth in a series that considers features of the future power markets in which CCS will be competing with a view to understanding the potential implications for the here and now. This article focuses on the various options for structuring contracts between the various participants in the CCS process and the implications for risk and return. By Andy Houston and Oliver Pearce, Pöyry Energy Consulting. >>more 

 

Inventys - CO2 capture for $15 per tonne
- Inventys has developed a gas separation technology that it claims enables carbon dioxide to be captured from industrial flue gas streams for US $15 per tonne of CO2. Called the VeloxoTherm™process, it has the ability to recover the heat energy evolved during adsorption and use it to help release the CO2. >>more 

 

Capturing the profitability of carbon
- Skyonic has developed a process called SkyMine® to make profitable and useful by-products out of waste CO2. By By Joe Jones, CEO and founder of Skyonic. >>more