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Carbon capture and storage: a risk worth taking?
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The opening of a carbon capture pilot plant for research and training in central London this week suggests that some companies are preparing for the technology...
Nasa scientist Dr James Hansen says no to coal-fired power
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A world climate change expert has said the UK should not build any more coal-fired power stations. Nasa scientist Dr James Hansen was speaking to BBC Scotland...
UK Govt To Relaunch GBP1B Competition To Fund CO2 Capture Scheme
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The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change said Monday it is re-launching its GBP1 billion competition to fund a commercial scale carbon capture and...
E.ON to close Kingsnorth power station and drop CCS plans
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Energy company E.ON yesterday announced that it is to close its controversial Kingsnorth power station next March. CEO of E.ON UK acknowledged Kingsnorth’s...
E.ON to Shut U.K. Plant
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German utility E.ON AG said Thursday it is to cease generating from its 1,940-megawatt, U.K.-based Kingsnorth coal-fired power plant in March 2013 in line with...
Depressed E.U. carbon prices squeeze capital out of capture-and-storage prospects
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Low carbon dioxide prices have become a major barrier to carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in Europe, impairing developers' ability to secure...
Carbon capture is part of our energy future
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I note the comments made by Nick Clegg at the Lib Dem conference over the weekend on the UK carbon capture and storage prototype at Longannet, which the...
Clean coal project would see 1,250 jobs at Drax
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POWER giant Drax has revealed 1,250 jobs would be created during the construction of a pioneering clean coal plant in Selby. The North Yorkshire power station...
Minister Ed Davey says vested interests will hate his 'Green Deal'
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The UK's energy minister said his "Green Deal" plan for business would be so radical it would be hated by some. Ed Davey told the Scottish Lib Dem conference...
U.K. Government Close to Opening 1 Billion Pound CCS Competition
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The U.K. government is almost ready to open a contest for 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in funds that would back carbon capture and storage technology,...
BBC Online
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Iberdrola, the Spanish company which owns the energy company, reported that the headline measure of earnings for the UK subsidiary was £273m last year. The...
Hendry: UK's nuclear reactor fleet could be extended beyond 2025
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The UK's ageing nuclear reactors look likely to have their lives extended beyond the mid-2020s as the country looks to tackle a looming energy gap, energy...
Energy Secretary says carbon capture is "crucial to a low carbon future"
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Energy Secretary Ed Davey has reaffirmed the Coalition Government's commitment to supporting Carbon Capture and Storage(CCS) in a speech on the emerging...
Shadow Ministers demand green technology backing
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The Government must back Yorkshire’s green technology firms or the UK risks losing out on a £4 trillion industry, shadow Ministers have warned. Leeds West MP...
The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage
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The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage (NCCCS) is a pioneering joint venture that brings together the combined expertise of the British...
BOC joins forces with Alstom and Drax in flagship CCS project
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BOC has revealed it is joining Alstom and Drax as a co-developer on the 426 MW oxy-fired carbon capture and storage (CCS) project currently under development...
BOC joins Drax carbon capture and storage project
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INDUSTRIAL gases provider BOC is to join Drax Power and Alstom’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Selby. BOC has joined the partnership as a co-...
World's first APCr recycling and carbon capture plant nears completion
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A facility capable of recycling and capturing carbon from air pollution control residues (APCr) is due to go live soon, in what is being claimed as a world...
£4bn black hole sinks hopes of ‘clean coal’ in region
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PLANS to construct a wave of “clean coal” power stations across Yorkshire and the UK that would create thousands of green jobs while slashing carbon emissions...
Clean coal funding is ‘withering on vine’ after £4bn EU shortfall
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Yorkshire’s flagship “clean coal” project has warned that European funding is “withering on the vine” after a £4bn black hole emerged in the Brussels funding...
Legal and regulatory developments related to carbon capture and storage between November 2010 – June 2011
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As a part of the Policy, Legal and Regulatory (PLR) team’s research and preparatory activity for the drafting of the Global Status of CCS Report 2011, a legal...
Pipeline Route Is Announced
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Pipeline route for CO2 storage announced in UK An underground pipeline carrying carbon dioxide waste from a West Yorkshire power station to undersea...
1st UK Demonstration: Front end engineering design studies (FEED)
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Under the UK Government’s CCS Demonstration Program, ScottishPower’s Longannet project and E.ON’s Kingsnorth project have been supported to deliver the front...
Scotland blames London as Longannet CCS project teeters on brink
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The Scottish Government has blamed a Westminster wrangle after a cash shortage has left the Longannet carbon capture and storage project teetering on the brink...
UK group aims to establish carbon capture, gasification R&D hub
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In the UK, researchers at the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIReS) are looking to position the North East as a global center for the...
