Enel opens CCS pilot in Brindisi
- Enel has inaugurated the first pilot plant in Italy for capturing and storing carbon dioxide at its Federico II power plant in Brindisi. >>more 

 

Statoil advice to ministry on Mongstad
- Statoil has recommended that the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway should adopt a 'strengthened project approach'. >>more 

 

FutureGen Alliance selects Morgan County for CO2 storage
- The FutureGen Alliance has selected Morgan County, Illinois as the preferred location for the FutureGen 2.0 carbon dioxide storage site, visitor center, research, and training facilities. >>more 

 

Eunomia report on CO2 storage potential in East Irish Sea
- Decades of industrial carbon emissions from the UK and Ireland could be stored in depleted gas fields deep beneath the East Irish Sea (EIS) according to a new study by consultancy Eunomia. >>more 

'Statoil is stabbing CCS in the back'

- (Bellona) - Both international and national experts are critical toward Statoil´s argumentation for a further delay of the CO2 capture and storage (CCS) project at Mongstad in Norway. Bellona´s Paal Frisvold says Statoil is stabbing CCS in the back. Anne Karin Saether, Bellona >>more

Saskatchewan/Montana carbon capture project scrapped
- (Financial Post) - A Saskatchewan/Montana carbon capture and sequestration project that was expected to be funded by the Canadian and U.S. governments has been quietly scrapped due to lack of funds.  >>more  

Malaysia takes next step on CCS

-  (Global CCS Institute) - The end of January saw the completion of a scoping study on CCS in Malaysia, which was officially handed to the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & Water Malaysia (KETTHA) in Kuala Lumpur. >>more 

Prospects for CCS post Cancun
- (Nick Welch - GCCSI blogs) - Cancun exceeded the expectations of most which is a welcome change. For CCS the progress on inclusion in the CDM was particularly good news. People may question how many CCS CDM projects there will eventually be. For me it is a further stake in the...>>more

What is China doing in CCS?
- (Kristina Stefanova - GCCSI blogs) - I talk to journalists frequently and one of the most common questions I get is: 'what is China doing in CCS?' The question seems fitting to answer now, within the context of my interview with Mark Bonner, the Institute's policy guru, whom I quizzed... >>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