Deep, saline aquifers in the US have sufficient capacity to sequester a century’s worth of CO2emissions from the nation’s coal-fired power plants, according to a research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who published their findings in the Proceedings of the National…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Project update: In Canada, partners pull the plug on CA$1.4billion TransAlta CCS project | GCCSI
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A group of energy companies abandoned a project to capture, use and store 1 million tons of CO2 per year from the flues of an Alberta coal-fired power plant. Pointing to weak project economics, TransAlta, Canada’s largest investor-owned electricity generator announced…
Mapping a continent’s potential: North American Carbon Storage Atlas released | GCCSI
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, then perhaps the new atlas of North American Carbon Storage, might be worth a gigaton or two? In a first-of-its-kind assessment of continent-wide storage potential, the North American Carbon…
Recyclebank’s iPhone app aims to ease London traffic congestion | GreenBiz
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In an era of rising congestion and shrinking budgets, big cities face a major challenge making the most out of aging transportation networks. Some, such as London and Singapore, have opted to use a stick: congestion fees to nudge commuters…
Seven lessons learned from driving 24 million EV miles | GreenBiz
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In the world of electric vehicles, nothing attracts as much speculation or disagreement as the debate over exactly how EV drivers behave. Do they need 100 miles of range or will 30 miles do? How many public recharge stations do…