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Scotland's plans to bid for some of the EU stimulus CCS funding are still active

Regional EPA officials want to reconsider the parts of the permit for the $3 billion Desert Rock Energy Project that were appealed by the state of New Mexico and environmentalists who were concerned about air quality, carbon dioxide emissions and violations of the Endangered Species Act. Future discussions will include Carbon Capture.

By Jeff Mason and Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters included discussion of CCS

Australia-US climate talks include significant discussion on CCS

A carbon price floor, a tax or a mandate to buy CCS-abated electricity, is the answer and it is interesting that companies are now seeking competitive advantage; National Grid wants to ship CO2; BP is pitching itself as a hydrogen supplier and CO2 storer. The ball is in the Government's court.

Article describes Hydrogen Energy's rationale for pulling out of the UK competition.

VICTORIA'S potential role in developing divisive "clean coal" technology will be underlined this week when scientists announce 50,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas has been successfully stored underground in the Otway Basin.

Basis? Cost and status as an "unproven" technlogy.

The manager of Britain’s natural gas-delivery network found the Thames Estuary could be used for pipelines to move carbon-dioxide gas toward depleted offshore wells, Network Operations director Chris Train said. In the north, the Teesside industrial hub is also being considered.

The plan's revised version allocates €3.98 billion to energy projects designed to stimulate job creation, help the EU out of recession and strengthen the bloc's energy independence. It includes €2.35bn for gas and electricity interconnections, €0.565bn for offshore wind and €1.05bn for carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants.

Australia is poised to build an integrated CCS demo. "Mr Rudd did not say as much, but we are likely to see a commitment of up to $2 billion in next month's budget. It's an area where the Government is spending money on clean energy. Whoever gets CCS right, will make themselves a bomb."

Senate Bill 498, sponsored by Republican Sen. Keith Bales of Otter, would set rules governing how carbon dioxide is stored underground in Montana is going to the full house.

What have you heard about clean coal? That it involves vats of liquid carbon dioxide annexed away underground? That it's dangerous? That it's never been done before? In an exclusive interview, Scientific American's energy and environmental editor David Biello sits down with The Takeaway to chat about the technology formally known as "carbon capture and sequestration" ("CCS"), carbon balloons, and carbon geysers— the newest Old Faithfuls. Check out more of what Biello has to say on Scientific American, where he did a week's worth of carbon capture and sequestration coverage.

This article include the following notes about China and gasification/CCS: China has committed to reducing its energy intensity, energy use per GDP, by 20% in just six years between 2005 and 2010, and another 20-30% until 2020. And this is quite substantive if you look at the GDP growth in China. China has a very ambitious renewable energy target, 15-20% renewable by 2020, similar to that of the EU. China has 14 to 16 new pilot projects on coal gasification in the pipeline. We just have one in Europe, because they want to go for carbon capture and storage for new coal-fired power stations. They are not doing this in China only because of climate change. That's fine; I don't care why they are doing it. They are doing it because they are concerned about security of supply, because it is very expensive for the Chinese to get the coal that is powering economic growth from the north-west to the south-east, where the industrial centres of their manufacturing are located.

Article discuses the benefits one community has seen from a local CCS effort.

The Australian Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute will soon hold it's inagural meeting. Members include Rio Tinto, Xstrata Coal, BHP Biliton, as well as the goverments of the US, UK and South Korea.

Massachusetts firm GreatPoint Energy is one of few green-tech start-ups with 'steel in the ground,' testing a method for turning coal into cleaner-burning natural gas. And their next phase may be a demonstration in China

Scientists at India's National Geophysical Research Institute released preliminary findings from ongoing government-funded research that seeks to inject carbon dioxide into the basalt rock formation called the Deccan Traps, which is about 60 million years old. S. Nirmal Charan, a senior scientist at the institute, said researchers wanted to determine whether carbon dioxide can be trapped for tens of thousands of years within the basalt. He said more simulated laboratory tests are underway, but initial results show the process to be "environmentally benign."

Includes a slide show of what CCS looks like along with 3 features (EOR, storage, and timing).