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As part of Norway’s contribution to the EEA Financial Mechanisms, the Government will earmark EUR 140 million over five years for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in selected EU member states. This is part of the already allocated Norwegian contribution to the EU.

The CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP <KMP.N> said on Tuesday that the pipeline giant will not enter the market to sock away heat-trapping greenhouse gases in underground reservoirs unless the U.S. government settles who is legally liable if the gas leaks out.

The CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP <KMP.N> said on Tuesday that the pipeline giant will not enter the market to sock away heat-trapping greenhouse gases in underground reservoirs unless the U.S. government settles who is legally liable if the gas leaks out.

The North Sea’s potential for carbon capture storage (CCS) is the subject of a new bi-lateral study by the UK and Norway, as part of the ongoing drive to provide a route to the deployment of the technology in Europe. Meeting at the recent Climate Change and Technology conference in Bergen, ministers agreed to commission the investigation as well as raise the profile of CCS as a green technology worldwide.

The North Sea’s potential for carbon capture storage (CCS) is the subject of a new bi-lateral study by the UK and Norway, as part of the ongoing drive to provide a route to the deployment of the technology in Europe. Meeting at the recent Climate Change and Technology conference in Bergen, ministers agreed to commission the investigation as well as raise the profile of CCS as a green technology worldwide.

Climate Envoy Stern said he expected no signed document from meetings he will have in China next week, but that in the future, the areas for possible partnership include energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture and storage.

Climate Envoy Stern said he expected no signed document from meetings he will have in China next week, but that in the future, the areas for possible partnership include energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture and storage.

The just-concluded legislative session also passed legislation regarding carbon sequestration and pore spaces that causes some concern for Skarphol. The legislation states the pore spaces below the surface where CO2 may be stored are owned by the surface owner

The just-concluded legislative session also passed legislation regarding carbon sequestration and pore spaces that causes some concern for Skarphol. The legislation states the pore spaces below the surface where CO2 may be stored are owned by the surface owner

The draft agreement, drawn up by Holdren and Chandler late last year, has three main points: the US and China will use existing technologies to cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent by 2010; they will cooperate on new technologies including carbon capture and storage and better fuel efficiency in vehicles; and they will both join the global agreement in Copenhagen in December. This US-Chinese draft has not been signed, but Xie has agreed to it.

The draft agreement, drawn up by Holdren and Chandler late last year, has three main points: the US and China will use existing technologies to cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent by 2010; they will cooperate on new technologies including carbon capture and storage and better fuel efficiency in vehicles; and they will both join the global agreement in Copenhagen in December. This US-Chinese draft has not been signed, but Xie has agreed to it.

North West Upgrading has a contractually related company, Enhance Energy Inc., where Mr. MacGregor is also the chairman. It would capture greenhouse gas from the upgrader and pipe it to oil fields in the Red Deer area of Central Alberta, where it would be injected into a reservoir owned by Fairborne Energy Ltd. to boost oil production.

Enhance is building a 250-kilometre pipeline between the Heartland area and the Red Deer area. Its goal is to eventually build a pipeline system to match greenhouse gas emitters with mature oil fields.

Enhanced oil recovery could yield an additional 1.1 billion barrels of oil from mature reservoirs in Southern Alberta and dispose of two billion tonnes of CO2, or the equivalent of permanently taking 2.6 million cars off the road, Mr. MacGregor said.

"We think this is going to be a really big-scale business," Mr. MacGregor said. "It will be the largest CCS project in the world."

North West Upgrading has a contractually related company, Enhance Energy Inc., where Mr. MacGregor is also the chairman. It would capture greenhouse gas from the upgrader and pipe it to oil fields in the Red Deer area of Central Alberta, where it would be injected into a reservoir owned by Fairborne Energy Ltd. to boost oil production.

Enhance is building a 250-kilometre pipeline between the Heartland area and the Red Deer area. Its goal is to eventually build a pipeline system to match greenhouse gas emitters with mature oil fields.

Enhanced oil recovery could yield an additional 1.1 billion barrels of oil from mature reservoirs in Southern Alberta and dispose of two billion tonnes of CO2, or the equivalent of permanently taking 2.6 million cars off the road, Mr. MacGregor said.

"We think this is going to be a really big-scale business," Mr. MacGregor said. "It will be the largest CCS project in the world."

Duke's chief executive described two new coal plants underway as "..might well be the last two we build until we have a clearer picture on CCS"

Duke's chief executive described two new coal plants underway as "..might well be the last two we build until we have a clearer picture on CCS"

bilateral agreement signed.

bilateral agreement signed.

Chinese power giant Huaneng will launch its second pilot carbon capture project in Shanghai at the end of this year, but high costs are holding back further progress.

The project, located to the west and south west of Eneabba, consists of a 400-450 megawatt coal fired power station, a 360mw gas fired power station and includes plans to phase in up to 2.9 million tonnes per annum of carbon capture and sequestration as a separate project when feasible.

Greenpeace USA volunteers learned Wednesday they can’t legally plant a protest billboard in a field set for spring planting or a future power plant. City officials, backed by law enforcement officers, forced members of Greenpeace, an international environmental activist group, to end the construction effort for a high-profile protest at the planned FutureGen site west of the city along Illinois 121 at Coles County Road 900 North.