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CCS removes carbon from smokestacks and the like, where it is highly concentrated. In general, CCS does not rduce CO2 concentrations; at best, it only prevents atmospheric CO2 cocentrations from getting higher due to that smokestack.
CO2 removal from ambient air, where it is dilute (0.42%). is covered in the Reversing Climate Change section, not here.
Projections, probably from 2009
2020-2025 Articles
Trump Cancels $49 Million Wyoming Coal Carbon Capture Project 0625.rtfWhy Humans Put a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground, Led by Biochar 0124.rtfUAE Oil Giant Doubles Carbon Capture Target Ahead of COP Summit 1023.rtfCapturing Industrial Carbon Is All About Managing Volatile Costs 0923.rtfBig Oil’s Carbon Capture & Storage Climate Fix Is Running Out of Time 0923.rtfAmazon Bets Big on Oil Giant Occidental’s Carbon Removal Project 0923.rtfHow an Oil Giant Took Control of Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture 0823.rtfThe Midwest Is Ground Zero for the Fight Over Carbon Capture Pipelines 0823.rtf - 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.Click for more2020-2025 Articles
Can Vacuums Slow Global Warming? Administration Bets $1.2 Billion on It. 0823.rtf - 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.rtf - 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.rtfWhat’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century - IEA 0423.rtf - 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.rtfUK Makes £20 Billion Bet on Carbon Capture, in Race against US 0323.rtfJapan’s ‘Green Transformation’ Would Derail the Energy Transition in Asia 0323.rtfBP Aims to Transform Carbon into Cash with Limestone Play 0223.rtfThe World's Largest Carbon Capture Plant Gets a 2nd Chance in Texas 0223.rtfCO2 Removal Efforts Seen Far behind What Is Needed 0123.rtfCalifornia Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122.rtfNasdaq Targets Boom in Market for Carbon Removal in Coming Years 1022.rtfExxon’s Houston Carbon Capture Plan Just Got Massive Support from Congress 0922.rtfNew Race to Develop Bite-Sized Carbon Capture Tech 0922.rtf - 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.rtf - 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.”)Can Carbon Capture Be Part of the Climate Solution? 0622.rtfLet's Bury Our CO2. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 0522.rtfCanada Offers Carbon Capture Tax Credit to Reduce Emissions 0422.rtfCarbon Capture Takes Center Stage 0322.rtf - 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.rtfShell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing 0122.rtfCanadian Scientists Urge Rejecting Carbon Capture Tax Credit, as Oil Subsidy.rtfOil Companies Could Make Billions from Carbon Capture & Storage Tax Break 1221.rtfMaterial Thinner than Human Hair Could Slash Carbon Emissions 1121.rtf - 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.rtfKey Role Expected for Carbon Capture for Net Zero Emissions, but Not All Agree 0721.rtfClimate Activists Pan Smokestack Carbon Capture and Storage Plans 0721.rtfCarbon Capture Technologies Are Improving Nicely 0521.rtf - smokestack capture and storage in concreteChevron Invests in Carbon Capture and Utilization Startup Blue Planet 0121.rtf - 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.rtfCould We Reverse Climate Change but Still Burn All the Fossil Fuels? 0121.rtf - far too expensive; far cheaper to decarbonizeChevron May Need to Pay $100 Million for Failing to Capture Carbon Emissions 0620.rtf
2019 Articles and earlier
2019 Articles and earlier
Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us from Climate Change Yet 1019.rtfA Pipeline to Capture CO2 and Store It Underground 0918.rtf$7 Million Carbon Storage Test Site Inaugurated in Southern Alberta 1017.rtfU.S. Energy Secretary Asks Oil Industry to Study Carbon Capture Technology 0917.rtfClean Coal Showcase Forced to Stick with Natural Gas 0617.rtf1st-of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal at All 0617.rtfQuest to Capture and Store Carbon Just Reached a New Milestone 0417.rtf“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and:or Seasonal Storage 0317.rtfAfter 16 Attempts, a Cheaper Method for Carbon Capture at Work in India 0217.rtfAmerica’s 1st ‘Clean Coal’ Plant Is Now Operational, and Another Is on the Way 0117.rtfIndian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough 0117.rtf - Alternative to amine needs less energy, smaller equipment.Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? 0117.rtfThe Search Is On for Pulling Carbon from the Air 1216.rtf - emphasis on CCS, also spread silicates onto farmlandsEnergy Department Backs Huge Louisiana Project to Store CO2 Underground 1216.rtfTrapping Carbon Works, but High Cost to Limit Its Use to Essential Processes 1116.rtfWorld’s 1st Commercially Viable, Zero-Carbon Coal Power Plant ‘Game Changer’ 1016.rtfCoal CEO - Drop Climate Debate, Focus on Coal's Role in Emissions Reduction 0916.rtfShell’s Carbon Capture Project in Alberta’s Oil Sands Passes Milestone 0916.rtfPump CO2 into Rocks, Report Urges 0916.rtfRotterdam Offers Burial at Sea for Greenhouse Gases 0716.rtfNegative Emissions Tested at World’s 1st Major BECCS Facility 0616.rtf - CCS from ethanol, not coalBurying Pollution Tested With $1.5 Billion Project in Australia 0416.rtfMassive Carbon Capture Investment ‘Needed to Slow Global Warming' 0416.rtfOslo Trash Incinerator Starts Experiment to Slow Climate Change 0116.rtf - CCSNanostructure and Nanonet Solar Cells, CCS, SRM Could Slow Climate Change 1215.rtfUK Cancels Pioneering £1 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage Competition 1115.rtfPower Plant Set Out to Prove Coal Can Be Clean. Did It Work? 1015.rtfBYU's Cryogenic Carbon Capture Could Dramatically Reduce Pollution 1015.rtfDrax Pulls Out of £1 Billion Carbon Capture Project 0915.rtfPragmatic Ways to Capture Carbon from Ambient Air & Smokestacks 0615.rtfFalse Promise of ‘Carbon Capture' Exposed 0515.rtfMississippi Coal-Fired Power Plant with CCS, Partly Built, Loses Steam 0515.rtfNew Mexico State U Researcher Creates CCS Material to Slow Climate Change 0315.rtfTurning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It 0215.rtfUS Government Abandons Carbon-Capture Demonstration 0215.rtfHas Carbon Capture’s Time Finally Come? 1214.rtfWe Now Know How to Save the Planet - for $17.6 Trillion 1214.rtfMining Companies Lead New Push for Carbon Capture and Burial 1114.rtfStoring CO2 Underground—for a Million Years 1014.rtfCarbon Capture's Energy Penalty Problem 1014.rtfCanada Switches On World's 1st Carbon Capture Power Plant 1014.rtfLarge-Scale Carbon Capture Project Breaks Ground in the Oil Patch 0914.rtfCarbon Capture and Storage Finally Approaching Debut 0814.rtfChina Effort to Store CO2 Costly, But Attempt Must Be Made 0514.rtf2 Plants to Put ‘Clean Coal’ to Test 0414.rtfEU Green Light for UK Carbon Capture and Storage Project 0414.rtfStriving To Capture Carbon 1113.rtfCarbon Capture Aids Environment, But Feasibility Is a Barrier 1113.rtfIs China the Last Hope for Carbon Capture Technology? 1013.rtfCarbon Capture Hopes Dashed by High Costs 0913.rtfCould Future Power Plants Use CCS to Produce Zero Emissions? 0913.rtfNorway Drops ‘Moon Landing’ as Mongstad Carbon Capture Scrapped 0913.rtfGE to Power World's Biggest CCS 1009.rtfBid to Clean the Air with Algae 0813.rtfGreenhouse Gas Controls Not So Far Off, Study Says 0813.rtfIs There a Fix for Global Warming Under Our Feet? 0713.rtfFederal Clean Coal Power Project Faces Uncertain Future 0413.rtfCCS Coal Plant Opens in Queensland 1212.rtfScots' Longannet Carbon Capture Axed 1011.rtfCarbon Markets $359B in 2014, CCS Break-Even at $25-40:T CO2 0110.rtfChina Pushes for CO2 Storage 1109.rtfCCS Cheaper Than Thought 1009.rtfNew CCS Plant in Germany 1108.rtfCCS Pilot Plant in Germany 0908.rtfCarbon Sequestration Progress 0208.rtfCarbon Capture & Sequestration in WV 0909.rtfAEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project 0711.rtf‘Green’ Cement Captures & Stores CO2 0110.rtfUnderground CO2 Sequester Industry 0407.pdf - 24 ppCarbon Store Underground - IPCC 0207.pdf - 62 ppCarbon Capture & Store Process 1106.pdf
Carbon Capture & Store Process 1106.pdf - of 60 slides.
At left, the World Coal Association shows the world's top coal producers, in order by 1,000s 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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