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UKCCSC News 16 August 2010
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National and International News
1) The USA FutureGen project has been running (or not) almost as long as the UK Government CCS competition:
“FutureGen Project Sacked, Replaced by ‘FutureGen 2.0′” The Washington Independent (5 Aug)
FutureGen 2.0 involves “…retrofitting a coal-fired power plant in Meredosia, Ill., with “advanced oxy-combustion technology,” and that it would dedicate $1 billion of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the project.”
The sour grapes of wrath?
“A tiny Illinois town [Mattoon, site for FutureGen 1.0] on Wednesday refused to provide land to store carbon dioxide” [from FutureGen 2.0] Wall Street Journal (11 Aug)
2) From a ‘Think Piece’ by Lord Oxburgh at al. on the University College, London (UCL) Centre for Law & the Environment Carbon Capture Legal Programme website:
“A Proposal for a National Carbon Storage Authority”
“The Authority’s prime function would be to facilitate the movement of CO2 from point sources to storage sites and to make such arrangements as are necessary to ensure the availability of those sites.”
3) The UK Government competition rolls on:
“Foster Wheeler (FW) AG has received an order from E.ON UK plc to support the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a post-combustion carbon dioxide capture and compression plant proposed as part of the utility’s new supercritical coal-fired power station in Kent, UK” PennEnergy (4 Aug)
4) An interesting article on the thorny issue of ‘giving’ large quantities of public cash to Multinationals, especially if they happen to be BP:
“Why stimulus dollars for BP California project?” Houston Chronicle (Aug. 7)
“If you’re trying to get money out of them, why are you giving them money?”
5) News from the Northeast of England, part of a larger industrial investment:
“UK Government announces £1.3 million investment in carbon capture” Energy Efficiency News (5 Aug)
“The 14 projects that will be supported by the funds include awards to Progressive Energy and Rio Tinto Alcan of £240,000 and £430,000, respectively, for two CCS projects.”
6) Last month we had an expert perception issue from Canada, now how about a public perception problem revealed by a poll about the infamous oil sands?
“Almost 60 per cent -- 57 per cent, to be precise -- of respondents believed some of the oilsands' carbon dioxide emissions are being reduced through carbon capture and storage (CCS). Three per cent actually believe all of the CO2 emissions are being captured.” Edmonton Journal (5 Aug)
The truth, by the way (as the article points out) is that “that none of the carbon dioxide from the oilsands is being captured.”
7) Your monthly dose of doom and despondency from the UK:
“The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) today warned that without clarity on government policy, £150bn of private sector investment in low-carbon infrastructure would fail to materialise.” Telegraph (9 Aug)
8) This is a lot of cash by any standards:
“China will spend $75B annually on clean-energy technologies” Marketplace (9 Aug)
“China's proposed clean-energy budget is three times as large as the entire budget of the U.S. Department of Energy.”
9) Back in the USA:
“The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposed rule from U.S. EPA that would require carbon storage facilities to report their emissions, ensuring they are keeping the carbon dioxide they inject out of the atmosphere.” Greenwire (10 Aug)
10) The USA spending spree rolls on and on:
“DOE awards $21.3M to study CO2 underground storage” Chicago Tribune (11 Aug)
“Researchers will study various facets of carbon capture and migration in different types of geologic formations.” at 15 different sites
That’s all Folks
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