4/22/2009 UK |
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The U.K. will pay for two to four projects that test technology to capture carbon dioxide from power plants and pipe the greenhouse gas underground for storage... |
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4/21/2009 Finland/Poland |
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Finland-based Fortum Corp. signed an agreement with Poland's PGE Belchatow Power Plant S.A. to cooperate on carbon-capture technologies... |
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4/21/2009 UK |
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E.ON's UK unit proposed on Tuesday a pipeline network in the Thames and Medway Estuaries to capture, transport and store 85 percent of carbon emissions the region is expected to emit after 2016. |
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4/21/2009 UK/ the Netherlands |
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC's push to become a world leader in the technology to capture and store carbon dioxide has hit a snag in the Netherlands, where locals are trying to block the company's plan to bury CO2 under their town... |
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4/18/2009 UK |
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will introduce incentives this coming week for U.K. businesses to fight global warming by capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground... |
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4/16/2009 UK |
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In a speech today on ‘Building a Green Technology Recovery’, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne called... |
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4/9/2009 Sweden/Netherlands |
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Dutch utility Nuon, which Swedish energy group Vattenfall is partially buying, said on Thursday… |
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4/8/2009 France |
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The world's first retrofit of a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will begin operating this month... |
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4/3/2009 UK |
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Mott MacDonald is helping ScottishPower to develop a project demonstrating the technical and commercial viability... |
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4/3/2009 UK/Germany/Norway |
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The international energy companies E.ON, ScottishPower and Statkraft have underlined their commitment to meeting the climate challenges by joining SOLVit - a pioneering R&D programme into carbon capture technology... |
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4/2/2009 German |
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The German government has paved the way for coal-fired power plants to start trials of carbon storage systems... |
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4/1/2009 Germany |
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Germany's Cabinet has approved a draft law on carbon capture and storage (CCS) that paves the way for... |
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4/1/2009 Germany |
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German ministers have agreed on guidelines for the introduction of technology that prevents the release of carbon dioxide from power stations... |
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4/1/2009 EU |
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The European Parliament’s energy committee agreed to billions of euros for offshore wind and CCS projects as part of the EU's 'Green New Deal', and insisted that any unspent funds be ploughed back into clean energy... |
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4/1/2009 EU |
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In March 2009, the Steering Committee of European Steel Technology Platform decided to proceed with the ultra low CO2 steelmaking project. This major breakthrough initiative of the steel industry contributes to the EU climate change objectives... |
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3/31/2009 UK |
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Britain's latest coal-fired power station should not be built, according to Lord Stern of Brentford, the economist who led the Government's review into the financial cost of climate change. Lord Stern called on the Government to halt the planning process and said that the new coal-fired power station proposed for Kingsnorth in Kent cannot be justified until... |
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3/31/2009 US/Germany |
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Air Products today announced it will play a key role in the world's first full demonstration of oxyfuel carbon capture and sequestration with the signing of an agreement with Vattenfall AB, one of Europe's leading energy companies... |
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3/30/2009 US/France |
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Alstom and Dow Chemical Co. announce the design and construction of a pilot plant to capture carbon dioxide from the flue gas of a coal-fired boiler at the Dow-owned facility in South Charleston... |
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3/30/2009 UK |
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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused by a think tank of failing to harness his economic stimulus for the benefit of the environment... |
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3/26/2009 UK |
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IChemE has warned energy minister Ed Miliband that a government competition to stimulate interest and investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is flawed... |
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