CCS Roadmap for Poland
- The Global CCS Institute has welcomed the release of a CCS roadmap for Poland, which outlines the steps available to the Central European country as it seeks to diversify its energy mix. >>more

 

CCSA - CCS industry welcomes carbon floor price
- The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) has welcomed the UK Government's move to establish a floor price for carbon and the reaffirmation of the Government's commitment to 4 CCS demonstration projects announced today by the Chancellor in his Budget Statement. >>more

 

IEA paper on CO2 capture performance
- The IEA has released a working paper on "Cost and Performance of Carbon Dioxide Capture from Power Generation". >>more

UK Sets CO2 Price Floor To Boost Green Power Investment  - (Wall Street Journal) The U.K. government Wednesday set a price floor for tradable carbon emissions credits in a move designed to increase spending in low-carbon electricity by providing certainty for the companies investing the billions required in new power projects. >>more

Budget 2011: Axing of CCS levy stokes fears of funding gap
- (Business Green) Industry insiders warn that duration and availability of government funding will delay carbon capture deployment >>more 

Carbon Capture And Storage: Carbon Dioxide Pressure Dissipates In Underground Reservoirs  

- (RedOrbit) - Carbon Capture and Storage: Carbon Dioxide Pressure Dissipates in Underground Reservoirs, Study Shows >>more

Judge Halts California Emissions Plan
- (The New York Times) - California did not adequately consider alternatives to its plan to create a cap-and-trade market for carbon emissions, a judge ruled on Monday, a setback for the most aggressive effort by a state to combat climate change. >more

DOE Sequestration newsletter March 2011
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GCCSI - Presentations from the Australian workshops
- In February, the Institute organized a series of events throughout Australia that brought together representatives from a number of North American projects to engage with Australian counterparts and government representatives. >>more

Carbon-capture game draws criticism
- (Calgary Herald) - A non-profit organization has launched an educational game for children between the ages of six and eight that tackles a controversial topic: carbon capture and storage.
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CCS Roadmap for Poland launched by Bellona

-  (Derek Taylor - GCCSI blog) - Today the environmental NGO Bellona published its long-awaited roadmap for Poland at a workshop in Warsaw. This Roadmap presents an important milestone in the steps towards the development of CCS in Europe as Poland will be a key player in the...      >>more  

CCS legal and policy - Mar / Apr 2011
- February saw the passing of the deadline for the submission to DECC of NER300 funding applications by prospective CCS Project Sponsors. Since the deadline a combination of press releases by some of the applicants plus announcements by DECC have produced an apparently clear picture of which protagonists are genuinely competing to develop the UK's first CCS projects. But how much does this really reveal about what the final demonstration projects might look like and particularly, to what degree infrastructure sharing might feature? >>more

 

GCCSI Global Status of CCS 2010
- The global commitment to carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies remains strong, according to The Global Status of CCS: 2010 report released by the Global CCS Institute. The report identifies 234 active or planned CCS projects ranging across technologies, project types and sectors at the end of 2010, a net increase of 21 projects since the previous year. Seventy-seven are fully integrated, large-scale projects demonstrating the full CCS value chain. >>more

 

Cuycha - carbon capture and neutralization
- Cuycha, a Finnish company, has developed a process for capturing and converting CO2 from flue gas into useful materials by reacting it with naturally occuring minerals. By Ilkka Nurmia, CEO, Cuycha Innovation Oy >>more

 

Tees Valley CCS Network
- An Element Energy study has looked at the logistics of implementing a shared CCS pipeline network in the Tees Valley to connect major CO2 emitters in one of the UK's largest industrial clusters. By Harsh Pershad, Element Energy >>more