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North Dakota coal plant now “fully circular,” owner says

Eco Material and Rainbow will capture, beneficiate, and market all of the solid-form discharged materials from Coal Creek Station, adding to their existing partnership that markets fly ash in the concrete sector.

Exxon seeks $100 billion for Houston carbon capture plan

Exxon Mobil has suggested turning the 50-mile-long Houston Ship Channel into a carbon capture and storage hub.

East Coast Cluster selected as one of UK’s first CCUS projects

Power Engineering International The UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has named the East Coast Cluster (ECC) as a ‘Track-1’ cluster, putting it on course for deployment by the mid-2020s. The Cluster is a huge carbon capture and storage proposal located on the East coast of the UK in the North Sea and is a collaboration between

The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $20 million in funding to help several carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects get off the ground—or in the ground. DOE announced financing for the quartet of regional CCUS deployments last week. Some estimates indicate that CCUS could reduce CO2 emissions from industrial resources significantly and contribute to the goal of net-zero

UK Carbon Capture and Storage Association appoints Ruth Herbert as CEO

Power Engineering International UK trade body the Carbon Capture and Storage Association has appointed Ruth Herbert as its new chief executive. Herbert is an experienced senior executive with a background in energy policy. She is currently Director of Strategy & Development at the Low Carbon Contracts Company, which was set up to primarily manage the UK government’s Contracts for Difference

Canada invests $25M in carbon capture technology company

Global governments are increasingly realizing the role that carbon capture technology can play in meeting sustainability goals, evidenced by the Canadian government’s recent investment of CDN $25 million (US $20 million) in Vancouver-based company Svante. The investment was made through the Strategic Innovation Fund’s Net Zero Accelerator, a state initiative launched in 2020 whose aim is to accelerate the use of

The starting gun on the race to decarbonize fired a long time ago. The business leader, salesman and motivational speaker Jim Rohn once gave an insightful quote into goals and aims. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” Ditto that for the power sector already on board and moving forward. Destination 2050 is the

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The coal-fired San Juan Generation Station in New Mexico will not close within two years as expected, but could operate for several years beyond that was its new owners raise funds for a giant carbon-capture facility on the site. Various news reports indicate that Enchant Energy, which is buying the San Juan coal-fired plant from utility Public Service Co. of

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The starting gun on the race to decarbonize fired a long time ago. The business leader, salesman and motivational speaker Jim Rohn once gave an insightful quote…

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The coal-fired San Juan Generation Station in New Mexico will not close within two years as expected, but could operate for several years beyond that was its ne…

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The municipal utility which generates and delivers electricity for the home of Lincoln will be part of a major carbon capture research project connected to a co…

DOE marks $109.5M for carbon capture, transition in coal-fired regions

The U.S. Department of Energy will provide about $110 million to fund job creation projects in regions impacted by the energy transition and move away fro…

Carbon-capture firm Akers pursuing projects with Siemens, Honeywell & Doosan Babcock

By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ Content Director A company focused purely on carbon capture technologies has signed deals with three major energy…

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The utility owners of a New Mexico fossil fuel generation facility have agreed to transition to operating one of the units only seasonal operations two years fr…

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By Rod Walton, Power Engineering and POWERGEN+ Content Director A big-time fossil fuels player is jumping into the energy transition in a bolder, more focused w…

British carbon capture firm gains $11M in new funding

Carbon capture technology company C-Capture has announced that it has completed an £8 million ($11.13 million) funding round supported by existing shareho…

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The parent of electricity generation equipment manufacturer Mitsubishi Power announced a major leadership change in its Energy Systems division. The Japanese gl…

DOE awards $25M for next-gen coal-fired and CCUS project in Illinois, includes Doosan & Kiewit

By Prairie Research Institute A three-year Illinois project to design a next-gen coal-powered generation plant has received $25 million in federal funding. The …

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Energy Cast is a regular podcast featuring some of the top experts across all links in the industry chain. Those include coal, nuclear, efficiency, renewables, …

Energy Cast Podcast: The future of clean coal

Energy Cast is a regular podcast featuring some of the top experts across all links in the industry chain. Those include coal, nuclear, efficiency, renewables, …