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CSA Group and IPAC-CO2 Research Inc. Announce World`s First Bi-National Standard for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

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 (CO2) for Canada and the ...

Nov. 15, 2012

By CSA Group, Inc.

Setting the standard for carbon storage

CSA Standards, a leading developer of standards, codes and personnel certification programs, and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.) today announced a joint agreement to develop Canada"s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) standard for the geologic storage of industrial emissions. The CCS standard will be developed by ...

Jun. 19, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Going global to gauge greenhouse gas behaviour

The research scientist with CSIRO's Petroleum Resources, who is working within the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), is one of six young Victorian scientists to win the prestigious award, which was presented by Victorian Governor Professor David de Kretser, at special ceremony at Government House last night (Tuesday July 28). The annual Victorian Fellowships ...

Jul. 30, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DOE releases methodology used to estimate carbon dioxide storage potential

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Methodology for Development of Geologic Storage Estimates for Carbon Dioxide, a document that details the procedures used to produce the geologic resource estimates for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential in the soon-to-be-released 2008 Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada (Atlas II). DOE expects to release the updated ...

Oct. 8, 2008

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Questions and Answers on the proposal for a directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide

1) What is carbon capture and storage? Carbon capture and storage is a suite of technological processes which involve capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the gases discarded by industry and transporting and injecting it into geological formations. The major application for carbon capture and storage (CCS) is to reduce CO2 emissions from power generation from fossil fuels, principally coal and ...

Jan. 23, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Projects Selected for Safe and Permanent Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to develop technologies and methodologies for geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) research is focused on developing technologies to capture industrially generated CO2, and safely and permanently store it in underground geologic formations, in order to reduce the amount of CO2 being ...

Aug. 6, 2014

By US Department of Energy

EU project taking CO2 out of the atmosphere

'The European Commission is committed to encouraging industry to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and research plays a vital role in that,' said the European Science and Research Commissioner, Janez Potočnik. The accumulation of CO2 is considered to be the main cause of climate change. However, the EU-backed project CO2SINK, with financing to the tune of EUR 8.7 million, aims to ...

Jul. 28, 2008

By European Commission, Directorate General for Research & Innovation

DOE Announces $68.4 Million in Funding to Advance the Safe and Permanent Storage of CO2

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced $68.4 million for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects that will help to secure the safe and permanent storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) during carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations. Funding is subject to the availability of appropriations. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy, under two funding opportunity announcements (FOA), seeks ...

Jun. 24, 2016

By US Department of Energy

Burying the climate change problem: greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Burying the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, has been mooted as one geoengineering approach to ameliorating climate change. To be effective, trapping the gas in geological deposits would be the for the very long term, thousands of years. Now, a team in Brazil, writing in the International Journal of Global Warming has reviewed the risk assessments for this ...

Apr. 13, 2015

By Inderscience Publishers

Developing a unified approach to qualifying CO2 storage sites

Bold political will and industrial incentives are required to accelerate the deployment of options to mitigate climate change. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been highlighted as one of the key technologies that can help put the world on a ‘low-carbon’ diet. Many pilot-scale and demo-scale projects are now underway around the world, and project developers are considering taking the next ...

Nov. 25, 2008

By DNV GL

Energy department announces new mapping initiative to advance North American carbon storage efforts

Today, the Energy Department joined with partners from Canada and Mexico to release the first-ever atlas mapping the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. According to the newly released North American Carbon Storage Atlas (NACSA), there is at least 500 years of geologic storage for carbon dioxide emissions in North America. These areas could be used for storing carbon ...

May 1, 2012

By US Department of Energy

Energy Department Lab Researcher Wins HENAAC Award for Outstanding Achievement

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) Nicolas Huerta has been honored as a Great Minds in STEM™ Luminary Honoree by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC). Dr. Huerta, who has made significant scientific contributions to the field of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage risk assessment, is being recognized for his work as a leader and role ...

Sep. 8, 2015

By US Department of Energy

DOE Selects Projects to Assess Offshore Carbon Storage

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected four projects to receive funding through NETL’s Carbon Storage program. The program is working to develop and advance the effectiveness of onshore and offshore carbon storage technologies, reduce the challenges associated with implementation, and prepare them for widespread commercial deployment ...

Jul. 15, 2015

By US Department of Energy

DOE selects projects to monitor and evaluate geologic CO2 storage

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. The projects' total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6 million of DOE funding and $8.2 million of non-Federal cost sharing. The work will be managed by ...

Aug. 24, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Decarbonization a low risk economic opportunity for Canada: study

A new study on decarbonization pathways shows that Canada can deeply reduce carbon emissions while maintaining a vibrant and prosperous economy. Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No, says Dave Sawyer, development director for CMC Research Institutes’ Low Carbon Pathways Group and co-author of the study outlining ways Canada can achieve the deep emission reductions necessary to limit global ...

Sep. 17, 2015

By GLOBE SERIES

Future landfill shortages and legislation will drive EfW investment, says waste expert

The UK waste management industry is heading for a ‘perfect storm’ of factors that will drive investment in advanced energy from waste (EfW) technologies, the advisor to the Mayor of London told Futuresource. Ecolateral director Peter Jones explained that a ‘wonderful elision of interesting shortages’ will converge over the next two to three years, which will force waste ...

Jun. 17, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

DOE, states seek closer collaboration on oil and gas supply and delivery, climate change mitigation

An agreement aimed at improving cooperation and collaboration in the areas of oil and natural gas supply, delivery, and climate change mitigation, has been signed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provides a framework for states and DOE to work more closely on 'responsible domestic production of ...

Oct. 1, 2009

By US Department of Energy

Will CO2 stay in the ground?

Storing carbon deep below the earth's surface could play a prominent role in tackling climate change. But before underground CO2 reservoirs can be deployed as viable long-term storage options, environmental concerns over leakages and the behaviour of trapped CO2 must be addressed. A new model can help predict how different geological sites will respond to CO2 sequestration, and the likelihood of ...

Apr. 8, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Call for Innovators

With our partner, Shopify, we are calling on companies working on carbon dioxide storage methods to collaborate with us on atmospheric carbon dioxide removal. At Carbon Engineering, we’ve been working on Direct Air Capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) for almost 12 years. Our technology is capable of deploying at large scale to capture megatons of CO2 directly out of the air at each ...

Mar. 30, 2021

By Carbon Engineering Ltd

CCS in emerging developing countries: financing the EU-China Near Zero Emissions Coal Plant project

The European Commission today set out plans to finance the demonstration of carbon capture and geological storage (CCS) in cooperation with China. This comes in the context of a commitment made by the EU and China to develop and demonstrate in China and the EU advanced, near-zero emissions coal technology through carbon capture and storage by 2020. CCS is an important technology in the fight ...

Jun. 25, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

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