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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 ...

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

Field test to advance geological carbon storage while enhancing domestic

A Department of Energy sponsored project in Hopkins County, Kentucky has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into a mature oil field to assess the region's CO2 storage capacity and feasibility for enhanced oil recovery. The project is part of DOE's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) program and is being conducted by The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC). The ...

Jun. 26, 2009

By US Department of Energy

DOE targets rural Indiana geologic formation for CO2 storage field test

A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) to evaluate the carbon storage potential and test the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) potential of the Mississippian-aged Clore Formation in Posey County, Ind. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is seen as a key technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to mitigate ...

Nov. 13, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

DOE research projects to examine promising geologic formations for CO2 storage

The Department of Energy today announced 11 projects valued at $75.5 million aimed at increasing scientific understanding about the potential of promising geologic formations to safely and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2). Funding for the projects includes $49.75 million from the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and will result in substantial employment opportunities for local ...

Sep. 18, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

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)

British Geological Survey quantifies nitrate storage in unsaturated zone

To estimate nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone on a global scale between 1900 and 2000, the British Geological Survey (BGS) linked mathematical models of nitrate leaching from the base of the soil zone with estimates of groundwater recharge, unsaturated-zone porosity, and the depth to groundwater. Its modeling showed substantial continuous increase in nitrate stored in the unsaturated zone ...

Nov. 21, 2017

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

EPA To Develop Regulations for Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 11, 2007) Today EPA announced plans to develop regulations to establish a clear path for geologic sequestration, a process of injecting captured carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in deep rock formations for long-term storage. Once completed, the regulations will ensure there is a consistent and effective permit system under the Safe Drinking Water Act for commercial-scale ...

Oct. 15, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By US Department of Energy

NDA launches geological disposal consultation documents

In June 2008 the Government published a White Paper 'Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: A Framework for Implementing Geological Disposal'. The White Paper outlines UK Government's framework for managing higher activity radioactive waste in the long-term through geological disposal, coupled with safe and secure interim storage. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for ...

Aug. 12, 2008

By Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

EERC, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., to improve the prediction of CO2 storage capacity in geologic formations

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), a worldwide leader in the development of solutions to energy and environmental challenges, announced it is working with the Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., to improve assessment methods for estimating the storage capacity of carbon dioxide (CO2) in tight ...

Sep. 19, 2016

By Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)

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 ...

Nov. 15, 2012

By CSA Group, Inc.

EPA seeks comments on new information about geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is requesting comments on new information it has received about geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. During geologic sequestration, carbon dioxide is injected underground for long-term storage. This technology can be used to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), EPA protects ...

Aug. 26, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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

Carbon dioxide storage 101

Scientists and engineers will soon be able to receive advanced training and certification in burying and permanently storing underground the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as part of a recent stimulus award from the Department of Energy. The DOE awarded nearly $1 million to the Seattle-based Environmental Outreach and Stewardship Alliance (EOS) to develop a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) ...

Sep. 8, 2009

By Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Accounting for Carbon Capture and Storage

A new report recently released by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) provides the first-ever comprehensive framework for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions from carbon capture and storage (CCS). The framework equips policymakers and project developers with common methodologies for quantifying the emission impacts of CCS projects. CCS involves a suite of ...

Feb. 24, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

All walled up and no place to go: large-scale geologic sequestration successes put carbon dioxide in its place

It is the mid-17th century. Jan Baptist Van Helmont, a Belgian chemist, places a carefully measured 62 pounds of coal into a basin, which he ignites, covers, and allows to burn. When the fire has at last smoldered down to nothing but ash and embers, Van Helmont measures the remains and finds not the expected 62 pounds he had started with, but rather one lonely pound of debris. In his treatise, ...

Feb. 1, 2010

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Carbon capture and storage - reality or illusion

Carbon capture and storage has become a hot topic in the business press recently, touted by some as the emission reducing key to continued use of fossil fuels, and panned by others as a great green scam perpetrated by the oil and gas industry. The truth is carbon capture and storage is anything but an illusion; but making it a commercial scale reality - at least in Canada - will require a great ...

Mar. 23, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Is carbon capture and storage coming to Canada?

According to a report just released by a government-commissioned panel, Canadian governments generally should spend close to $2 billion to encourage carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report echoes recent plans by the Government of Alberta to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions in this ...

Feb. 4, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

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