Carbon Capture & Storage
(CCS) - Coal, etc.
2020-2023 Articles
Why Humans Put a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground, Led by Biochar 0124
Wildebeest and Wolves - the Secret Weapons against Climate Change 1123
UAE Oil Giant Doubles Carbon Capture Target Ahead of COP Summit 1023
Capturing Industrial Carbon Is All About Managing Volatile Costs 0923
Amazon Bets Big on Oil Giant Occidental’s Carbon Removal Project 0923
How an Oil Giant Took Control of Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture 0823
The Midwest Is Ground Zero for the Fight Over Carbon Capture Pipelines 0823 - also spillover to pipelines for direct air capture. But mostly CCS, which many locals see as a way to prolong our use of fossil fuels.
Can Vacuums Slow Global Warming? Administration Bets $1.2 Billion on It. 0823 - Much more is now being done with "Carbon Capture and Storage" than with "Direct Air Capture". The first operates on CO2 concentrations of 10 to 100%, from industrial "smokestacks". The 2nd operates on ambient air, with CO2 concentrations now 0.042%. The higher CO2 concentration of the 1st makes it much less costly. But it also does not drecrease CO2 levels in the air. Instead, it is similar to emitting less in the 1st place. CCS, with many projects underway (see article), is addressed in this section. DAC, carbon capture from ambient air instead of smokestacks, is discussed in the Reversing Climate Change section.
Carbon Capture Faces a Major Test in North Dakota 0723 - CCS is not cost-effective at coal-fired power plants, but at some factories.
NYC Skyscrapers Turn to Carbon Capture to Lessen Climate Change 0523
What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century - IEA 0423 Part of what is needed is carbon capture, directly from air or from smokestacks, and storage.
Green Steel Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Revive SW Pennsylvania Economy 0423
UK Makes £20 Billion Bet on Carbon Capture, in Race against US 0323
Japan’s ‘Green Transformation’ Would Derail the Energy Transition in Asia 0323
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New Race to Develop Bite-Sized Carbon Capture Tech 0922 - New standardized, modular designs that are aimed at small emitters could open the door for more widespread use.
Every Dollar Spent on [Smokestack] Carbon Capture and Storage Is a Waste 0822 - The authors are the founders of the 1st privately-funded company to make use of CCS in the US, in 2008. "15 years ago, before the cost of renewable energy plummeted, carbon capture seemed like a good idea.” The principal use of CO2 from CCS is for enhanced oil recovery - moving carbon from one hole in the ground to another ("to qualify for the subsidies, CO2 must be produced, then captured and buried.”)
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BP Aims to Transform Carbon into Cash with Limestone Play 0223
The World's Largest Carbon Capture Plant Gets a 2nd Chance in Texas 0223
CO2 Removal Efforts Seen Far behind What Is Needed 0123
California Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122
Nasdaq Targets Boom in Market for Carbon Removal in Coming Years 1022
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Can Carbon Capture Be Part of the Climate Solution? 0622
Let's Bury Our CO2. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 0522
Canada Offers Carbon Capture Tax Credit to Reduce Emissions 0422
Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage 0322 - in recent US infrastructure law, carbon focus is on smokestacks. Several other matters are addressed.
Trudeau’s Environment Czar Counting on Carbon Capture and EV Push 0322
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing 0122
Canadian Scientists Urge Rejecting Carbon Capture Tax Credit, as Oil Subsidy 0122
Oil Companies Could Make Billions from Carbon Capture & Storage Tax Break 1221
Material Thinner than Human Hair Could Slash Carbon Emissions 1121 - Extremely thin membrane uses 60% less fuel to separate gases. An important application is to capture CO2 emissions from industry, using pure oxygen for power generation, steel making or glass.
Oslo’s Plan to Sequester Incinerator CO2 - 0721
Key Role Expected for Carbon Capture for Net Zero Emissions, but Not All Agree 0721
Climate Activists Pan Smokestack Carbon Capture and Storage Plans 0721
Carbon Capture Technologies Are Improving Nicely 0521 - smokestack capture and storage in concrete
Chevron Invests in Carbon Capture and Utilization Startup Blue Planet 0121 - Blue Planet creates carbonate-based building aggregate made from flue gas-captured CO2.
Coal, Ethanol Industries Seek Sales Tax Exemption for Carbon Storage Projects 0121
Could We Reverse Climate Change but Still Burn All the Fossil Fuels? 0121 - far too expensive; far cheaper to decarbonize
Chevron May Need to Pay $100 Million for Failing to Capture Carbon Emissions 0620
Exxon’s Houston Carbon Capture Plan Just Got Massive Support from Congress 0922
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Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us from Climate Change Yet 1019
A Pipeline to Capture CO2 and Store It Underground 0918
The Key to 'Saving the Planet' May Be Under the Sea 0718
This Power Plant Has Cracked Carbon Capture 0718
That Natural Gas Power Plant with No Carbon Emissions Actually Works 0618
Britain’s Biggest CO2 Emitter Is Building Europe’s 1st Negative Emissions Plant 0518
Global Alliance Puts Carbon Capture Back on the Agenda 0518
Wyoming Inaugurates Center to Test Uses for Captured CO2 - 0518
US Tax Incentives Expected to Grow CO2 Capture, Sequestration Projects 0318
$7 Million Carbon Storage Test Site Inaugurated in Southern Alberta 1017
U.S. Energy Secretary Asks Oil Industry to Study Carbon Capture Technology 0917
Clean Coal Showcase Forced to Stick with Natural Gas 0617
1st-of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal at All 0617
Quest to Capture and Store Carbon Just Reached a New Milestone 0417 - BCCS - Illinois ethanol fuel plant with CCS
2019 Articles and earlier
“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and/or Seasonal Storage 0317
After 16 Attempts, a Cheaper Method for Carbon Capture at Work in India 0217
America’s 1st ‘Clean Coal’ Plant Is Now Operational, and Another Is on the Way 0117
Indian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough 0117 - Alternative to amine needs less energy, smaller equipment.
Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? 0117
The Search Is On for Pulling Carbon from the Air 1216 - emphasis on CCS, also spread silicates onto farmlands
Energy Department Backs Huge Louisiana Project to Store CO2 Underground 1216
Trapping Carbon Works, but High Cost to Limit Its Use to Essential Processes 1116
World’s 1st Commercially Viable, Zero-Carbon Coal Power Plant ‘Game Changer’ 1016
Coal CEO - Drop Climate Debate, Focus on Coal's Role in Emissions Reduction 0916
Shell’s Carbon Capture Project in Alberta’s Oil Sands Passes Milestone 0916
Pump CO2 into Rocks, Report Urges 0916
Rotterdam Offers Burial at Sea for Greenhouse Gases 0716
Negative Emissions Tested at World’s 1st Major BECCS Facility 0616 - CCS from ethanol, not coal
Burying Pollution Tested With $1.5 Billion Project in Australia 0416
Massive Carbon Capture Investment ‘Needed to Slow Global Warming' 0416
Oslo Trash Incinerator Starts Experiment to Slow Climate Change 0116 - CCS
Nanostructure and Nanonet Solar Cells, CCS, SRM Could Slow Climate Change 1215
UK Cancels Pioneering £1 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage Competition 1115
Saskatchewan Power Plant Set Out to Prove Coal Can Be Clean. Did It Work? 1015
BYU's Cryogenic Carbon Capture Could Dramatically Reduce Pollution 1015
Drax Pulls Out of £1 Billion Carbon Capture Project 0915
Pragmatic Ways to Capture Carbon from Ambient Air & Smokestacks 0615
False Promise of ‘Carbon Capture' Exposed 0515
Mississippi Coal-Fired Power Plant with CCS, Partly Built, Loses Steam 0515
New Mexico State U Researcher Creates CCS Material to Slow Climate Change 0315
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It 0215
US Government Abandons Carbon-Capture Demonstration 0215
Has Carbon Capture’s Time Finally Come? 1214
We Now Know How to Save the Planet - for $17.6 Trillion 1214
Mining Companies Lead New Push for Carbon Capture and Burial 1114
Canada Switches On World's 1st Carbon Capture Power Plant 1014
Carbon Capture's Energy Penalty Problem 1014
Storing CO2 Underground—for a Million Years 1014
Large-Scale Carbon Capture Project Breaks Ground in the Oil Patch 0914
Carbon Capture and Storage Finally Approaching Debut 0814
China Effort to Store CO2 Costly, But Attempt Must Be Made 0514
2 Plants to Put ‘Clean Coal’ to Test 0414
EU Green Light for UK Carbon Capture and Storage Project 0414
Striving To Capture Carbon 1113
Carbon Capture Aids Environment, But Feasibility Is a Barrier 1113
Is China the Last Hope for Carbon Capture Technology? 1013
Carbon Capture Hopes Dashed by High Costs 0913
Could Future Power Plants Use CCS to Produce Zero Emissions? 0913
Norway Drops ‘Moon Landing’ as Mongstad Carbon Capture Scrapped 0913
Bid to Clean the Air with Algae 0813
Greenhouse Gas Controls Not So Far Off 0813
Is There a Fix for Global Warming Under Our Feet? 0713
Federal Clean Coal Power Project Faces Uncertain Future 0413
CCS Coal Plant Opens in Queensland 1212
Scots' Longannet Carbon Capture Axed 1011
AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project 0711
‘Green’ Cement Captures & Stores CO2 - 0110
Carbon Markets $359 Billion in 2014, CCS Break-Even at $25-40/T CO2 - 0110
China Pushes for CO2 Storage 1109
GE to Power World's Biggest CCS 1009
Carbon Capture & Sequestration in WV 0909
CCS Pilot Plant in Germany 0908
Carbon Sequestration Progress 0208
Underground CO2 Sequestration Industry 0407 - PDF, 24 pp
Carbon Capture & Underground Storage - IPCC 0207 - PDF, 62 pp
At left, the World Coal Association shows the world's top coal producers, in order by thousands of tonnes, as China, US, India, Indonesia, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Germany, Poland, and Kazakhstan. The list of top consumers differs. Indonesia, Poland & Kazakhstan are not even on it. Data is from 2012.
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