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Article outlines UK progress towards CCS deployment.

Article outlines UK progress towards CCS deployment.

A recent breakthrough at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is bringing together two sectors that people love to fixate on: nanotechnology and carbon sequestration. Although the combo may sound unusual, nanotechnology could actually be the only...

A recent breakthrough at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is bringing together two sectors that people love to fixate on: nanotechnology and carbon sequestration. Although the combo may sound unusual, nanotechnology could actually be the only...

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has completed construction and has begun pilot-scale testing of carbon dioxide (CO2) control technology at its state-of-the-art Regenerable Solvent Absorption Technology (RSAT(TM)) facility near B&W PGG headquarters in Barberton, Ohio.

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has completed construction and has begun pilot-scale testing of carbon dioxide (CO2) control technology at its state-of-the-art Regenerable Solvent Absorption Technology (RSAT(TM)) facility near B&W PGG headquarters in Barberton, Ohio.

Check out these videos of CCS expert presentations.

Check out these videos of CCS expert presentations.

It was meant to be the world's first demonstration of a technology that could help save the planet from global warming – a project intended to capture emissions from a coal-fired power station and bury them safely underground.

But the German carbon capture plan has ended with CO2 being pumped directly into the atmosphere, following local opposition at it being stored underground.

The scheme appears a victim of "numbyism" – not under my backyard.

It was meant to be the world's first demonstration of a technology that could help save the planet from global warming – a project intended to capture emissions from a coal-fired power station and bury them safely underground.

But the German carbon capture plan has ended with CO2 being pumped directly into the atmosphere, following local opposition at it being stored underground.

The scheme appears a victim of "numbyism" – not under my backyard.

So far, though, CCS has proved to be a tough sell. "It's become clear that there is no public acceptance for carbon capture and storage in the boundaries of this community," said Simon Zuurbier, the town alderman who has emerged as a leading opponent of the technology.

Barendrecht residents cite concerns, from the dangers of living and working above tonnes of noxious gas to more banal worries about property prices. They have managed to delay Shell's plans. They are braced for a tougher fight as the federal government prepares a final ruling on the project before the year-end.

So far, though, CCS has proved to be a tough sell. "It's become clear that there is no public acceptance for carbon capture and storage in the boundaries of this community," said Simon Zuurbier, the town alderman who has emerged as a leading opponent of the technology.

Barendrecht residents cite concerns, from the dangers of living and working above tonnes of noxious gas to more banal worries about property prices. They have managed to delay Shell's plans. They are braced for a tougher fight as the federal government prepares a final ruling on the project before the year-end.

"A failure to demonstrate the viability of these technologies during the next decade would greatly restrict options to reduce the electricity sector's CO2 emissions over succeeding decades," the report says. "The urgency of getting started on these demonstrations to clarify future deployment options cannot be overstated."

The report says that for the effective demonstration of carbon capture and storage at coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, the United States must build 15 to 20 retrofits and new demonstration plants featuring a variety of feedstocks, generation technologies, capture strategies and geologic storage locations before 2020.

"A failure to demonstrate the viability of these technologies during the next decade would greatly restrict options to reduce the electricity sector's CO2 emissions over succeeding decades," the report says. "The urgency of getting started on these demonstrations to clarify future deployment options cannot be overstated."

The report says that for the effective demonstration of carbon capture and storage at coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, the United States must build 15 to 20 retrofits and new demonstration plants featuring a variety of feedstocks, generation technologies, capture strategies and geologic storage locations before 2020.

Bill introduced on July 22nd to establish a fund for post-closure stewardship of geologic storage sites

Bill introduced on July 22nd to establish a fund for post-closure stewardship of geologic storage sites