Carbon Capture & Storage

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.rtf

What’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.rtf

UK Makes £20 Billion Bet on Carbon Capture, in Race against US 0323.rtf

Japan’s ‘Green Transformation’ Would Derail the Energy Transition in Asia 0323.rtf

BP Aims to Transform Carbon into Cash with Limestone Play 0223.rtf

The World's Largest Carbon Capture Plant Gets a 2nd Chance in Texas 0223.rtf

CO2 Removal Efforts Seen Far behind What Is Needed 0123.rtf

California Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122.rtf

Nasdaq Targets Boom in Market for Carbon Removal in Coming Years 1022.rtf

Exxon’s Houston Carbon Capture Plan Just Got Massive Support from Congress 0922.rtf

New 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.rtf

Let's Bury Our CO2. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 0522.rtf

Canada Offers Carbon Capture Tax Credit to Reduce Emissions 0422.rtf

Carbon 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.rtf

Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing 0122.rtf

Canadian Scientists Urge Rejecting Carbon Capture Tax Credit, as Oil Subsidy.rtf

Oil Companies Could Make Billions from Carbon Capture & Storage Tax Break 1221.rtf

Material 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.rtf

Key Role Expected for Carbon Capture for Net Zero Emissions, but Not All Agree 0721.rtf

Climate Activists Pan Smokestack Carbon Capture and Storage Plans 0721.rtf

Carbon Capture Technologies Are Improving Nicely 0521.rtf - smokestack capture and storage in concrete

Chevron 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.rtf

Could We Reverse Climate Change but Still Burn All the Fossil Fuels? 0121.rtf - far too expensive; far cheaper to decarbonize

Chevron May Need to Pay $100 Million for Failing to Capture Carbon Emissions 0620.rtf

Why Carbon Capture Hasn’t Saved Us from Climate Change Yet 1019.rtf

A Pipeline to Capture CO2 and Store It Underground 0918.rtf

$7 Million Carbon Storage Test Site Inaugurated in Southern Alberta 1017.rtf

U.S. Energy Secretary Asks Oil Industry to Study Carbon Capture Technology 0917.rtf

Clean Coal Showcase Forced to Stick with Natural Gas 0617.rtf

1st-of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal at All 0617.rtf

Quest to Capture and Store Carbon Just Reached a New Milestone 0417.rtf

“100% Renewable Energy” Will Require Nukes, CCS and:or Seasonal Storage 0317.rtf

After 16 Attempts, a Cheaper Method for Carbon Capture at Work in India 0217.rtf

America’s 1st ‘Clean Coal’ Plant Is Now Operational, and Another Is on the Way 0117.rtf

Indian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough 0117.rtf - Alternative to amine needs less energy, smaller equipment.

Can Carbon Capture Technology Prosper Under Trump? 0117.rtf

The Search Is On for Pulling Carbon from the Air 1216.rtf - emphasis on CCS, also spread silicates onto farmlands

Energy Department Backs Huge Louisiana Project to Store CO2 Underground 1216.rtf

Trapping Carbon Works, but High Cost to Limit Its Use to Essential Processes 1116.rtf

World’s 1st Commercially Viable, Zero-Carbon Coal Power Plant ‘Game Changer’ 1016.rtf

Coal CEO - Drop Climate Debate, Focus on Coal's Role in Emissions Reduction 0916.rtf

Shell’s Carbon Capture Project in Alberta’s Oil Sands Passes Milestone 0916.rtf

Pump CO2 into Rocks, Report Urges 0916.rtf

Rotterdam Offers Burial at Sea for Greenhouse Gases 0716.rtf

Negative Emissions Tested at World’s 1st Major BECCS Facility 0616.rtf - CCS from ethanol, not coal

Burying Pollution Tested With $1.5 Billion Project in Australia 0416.rtf

Massive Carbon Capture Investment ‘Needed to Slow Global Warming' 0416.rtf

Oslo Trash Incinerator Starts Experiment to Slow Climate Change 0116.rtf - CCS

Nanostructure and Nanonet Solar Cells, CCS, SRM Could Slow Climate Change 1215.rtf

UK Cancels Pioneering £1 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage Competition 1115.rtf

Power Plant Set Out to Prove Coal Can Be Clean. Did It Work? 1015.rtf

BYU's Cryogenic Carbon Capture Could Dramatically Reduce Pollution 1015.rtf

Drax Pulls Out of £1 Billion Carbon Capture Project 0915.rtf

Pragmatic Ways to Capture Carbon from Ambient Air & Smokestacks 0615.rtf

False Promise of ‘Carbon Capture' Exposed 0515.rtf

Mississippi Coal-Fired Power Plant with CCS, Partly Built, Loses Steam 0515.rtf

New Mexico State U Researcher Creates CCS Material to Slow Climate Change 0315.rtf

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It 0215.rtf

US Government Abandons Carbon-Capture Demonstration 0215.rtf

Has Carbon Capture’s Time Finally Come? 1214.rtf

We Now Know How to Save the Planet - for $17.6 Trillion 1214.rtf

Mining Companies Lead New Push for Carbon Capture and Burial 1114.rtf

Storing CO2 Underground—for a Million Years 1014.rtf

Carbon Capture's Energy Penalty Problem 1014.rtf

Canada Switches On World's 1st Carbon Capture Power Plant 1014.rtf

Large-Scale Carbon Capture Project Breaks Ground in the Oil Patch 0914.rtf

Carbon Capture and Storage Finally Approaching Debut 0814.rtf

China Effort to Store CO2 Costly, But Attempt Must Be Made 0514.rtf

2 Plants to Put ‘Clean Coal’ to Test 0414.rtf

EU Green Light for UK Carbon Capture and Storage Project 0414.rtf

Striving To Capture Carbon 1113.rtf

Carbon Capture Aids Environment, But Feasibility Is a Barrier 1113.rtf

Is China the Last Hope for Carbon Capture Technology? 1013.rtf

Carbon Capture Hopes Dashed by High Costs 0913.rtf

Could Future Power Plants Use CCS to Produce Zero Emissions? 0913.rtf

Norway Drops ‘Moon Landing’ as Mongstad Carbon Capture Scrapped 0913.rtf

GE to Power World's Biggest CCS 1009.rtf

Bid to Clean the Air with Algae 0813.rtf

Greenhouse Gas Controls Not So Far Off, Study Says 0813.rtf

Is There a Fix for Global Warming Under Our Feet? 0713.rtf

Federal Clean Coal Power Project Faces Uncertain Future 0413.rtf

CCS Coal Plant Opens in Queensland 1212.rtf

Scots' Longannet Carbon Capture Axed 1011.rtf

Carbon Markets $359B in 2014, CCS Break-Even at $25-40:T CO2 0110.rtf

China Pushes for CO2 Storage 1109.rtf

CCS Cheaper Than Thought 1009.rtf

New CCS Plant in Germany 1108.rtf

CCS Pilot Plant in Germany 0908.rtf

Carbon Sequestration Progress 0208.rtf

Carbon Capture & Sequestration in WV 0909.rtf

AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project 0711.rtf

‘Green’ Cement Captures & Stores CO2 0110.rtf

Underground CO2 Sequester Industry 0407.pdf - 24 pp

Carbon Store Underground - IPCC 0207.pdf - 62 pp

Carbon Capture & Store Process 1106.pdf