Among US states, California is leading the race to explore and implement ways to lower its greenhouse gas output. Its goal: to cut emissions to one-fifth of 1990 levels by mid century. As such, other states and nations are closely…
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With key contracts signed, Summit Power’s Texas CCUS project on track for July groundbreaking | Global CCS Institute
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The Texas Clean Energy Project, a 400-megawatt, coal-fired plant designed to perform carbon capture, use and storage recently cleared two key milestones and is moving towards a July groundbreaking. In February, TCEP inked a deal securing supplies of water and, on Valentine’s…
A recipe to jumpstart CCS in the US – the rewards of collaborating with China, 3 of 3 | Global CCS Institute
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This is the third and final installment of a Q&A with John Thompson of the Clean Air Task Force. Previously we talked about Canada’s leadership in CCS and the problems posed by focusing on CCS liability in advance of scaling the technology. In this…
A recipe to jumpstart CCS in the US – the liability barrier, 2 of 3 | Global CCS Institute
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I started my three-part Q&A with John Thompson of the Clean Air Task Force by focusing on Canada’s leadership in CCS. In this installment, Thompson outlines the problems posed by focusing on CCS liability in advance of scaling the technology. Outside…
To jumpstart CCS in the US, look to Canada and China, 1 of 3 | Global CCS Institute
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To John Thompson, CCS is an acronym with more than one meaning. To anyone in the Global CCS Institute’s community it means ‘carbon capture and storage, or sequestration.’ As director of the Coal Transition Project at the Clean Air Task Force,…
From fighting coal plants to fighting for carbon capture and re-use: Q&A with Laura Miller (Part II of II) | Global CCS Institute
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Yesterday we heard the start of Laura’s story, and the progression of the Texas Clean Energy Project. This is the second and final part of the Q&A with Laura. You have a competitor that’s following a similar technology path? Yes,…
Exploring alternative ways to capture carbon using enzymes | Global CCS Institute
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CO2 Solution, in Quebec City, Canada is continuing its work to develop biology-based carbon capture technologies with Codexis, based in Redwood City, Calif. The renewed partnership between CO2 Solution and Codexis, helped pave the way for the duo to establish…