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AEP Mountaineer CCS business case report
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The purpose of this report is to examine the issues surrounding installation of carbon capture technology on AEP’s generating fleet based on lessons learnt...
Prepare for a golden age of gas
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The world is in the midst of a natural gas revolution. Even the sober International Energy Agency refers to a scenario it calls a “golden age of gas”. If such...
AEP Mountaineer II Project - Front end engineering and design (FEED) report
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This public design report provides select non-proprietary design information from the Phase I – Project Definition work products associated with the carbon...
Could Natural Gas Be a Bridge to Nowhere?
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In a recent post I raised the question of whether the boom in U.S. shale gas, which has prompted the industry to widely advertise gas as a bridge to a green...
Low-carbon technology 'will not mean big bill rises'
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Claims that the costs of wind farms and other low-carbon technology will lead to sharp rises in fuel bills are wrong, government advisers say. The Committee on...
Renewables need not cost more: EU energy chief
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A shift to renewable energy would ultimately cost around the same as business as usual and the EU needs to make progress on setting a 2030 target for greener...
IEA sees a world run on solar
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The International Energy Agency has outlined, in detail, its vision of how solar energy technologies could form the backbone of the world’s electricity network...
A viable means to cleaner air for poor nations
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Opinion piece examines emissions control, mentions CCS
Financing a new Pulverized Coal Plant with Post Combustion Carbon Capture
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Tenaska, in its role as developer, will be responsible for obtaining financing for the project. Tenaska has raised approximately US$11.4 billion in aggregate...
Global CCS Institute - CCS ’competitive’ in reducing power sector emissions
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CCS competitive with other low carbon technologies says Global CCS Institute. The GCCSI has released a report suggesting that CCS is a competitive power sector...
The world needs carbon capture and storage
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Global CCS Institute study calls for the implementation of many new technologies. One of the most common questions around carbon capture and storage technology...
Global CCS Institute – CCS is a competitive emissions abatement tool
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a competitive abatement tool for power sector emissions when compared to other low-carbon technologies, according to a new...
Study finds carbon capture competitive
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Global CCS Institute study calls for the implementation of many new technologies.
Cooling Alternatives Evaluation for a New Pulverized Coal Power Plant with Carbon Capture
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The Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (Trailblazer or Project) is expected to be the first new-build coal plant in the United States (US) to incorporate a...
CCS Integration report - American Electric Power Mountaineer CCS II Project
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This report explains the level of integration and various interface points between American Electric Power’s Mountaineer generating station and the proposed...
Nuclear is a no-brainer
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Opinion piece favours Nuclear Energy over renewables and CCS - Print and Online.
Carbon Capture Isn't Dangerous. But Is It Worth It?
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CCS too expensive says columnist. Solar, wind, biofuels and other renewable sources of energy get the hype, but there's no getting around the fact that...
Carbon capture's uphill fight
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CCSA calls for CCS funding to be on par with other renewables.
Shock to the system
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The nuclear gap, says a study prepared jointly by the Institute of Energy Economics at Cologne University, and two consultancies, GWS in Osnabrück and Prognos...
Let Them Eat Carbon
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Matthew Sinclair writing for the Wall Street Journal argues that CCS is too slow with coming online to meet European emissions.
Capital / Operating Costs for Power Capture in the Evaluate stage
openCCS
Objective To set out the cost detail and ranges associated with the power and capture plant combinations and to evaluate the potential range of costs through...
Capital / Operating Costs for Power Capture in the Define stage
openCCS
toc_collapse=0; Table of Contents Objective Major Deliverables Objective To define the capital and operating costs associated with the preferred...
Revenue and Trading Management for Transport in the Identify Stage
openCCS
Objective To identify and document the main factors impacting the commercial aspects relating to the transport pipeline options for the project
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Demonstration in Developing Countries: Analysis of Key Policy Issues and Barriers
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The importance of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to fossil fuel based developing countries (or emerging economies) cannot be overemphasised...
Insuring Energy Independence: A CCS Roadmap for Poland
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There is an international realisation that the world must drastically decrease its greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. The...
