UK awards funding for North Sea CO2 storage research

(Jun 14 2013) £3.27 million has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to four research projects to study the geological viability and safety of storing CO2 underground in depleted North Sea oil and gas ...


Land use not problematic for biomass with CCS says UK Institute

(Jun 03 2013) The use of biomass to produce electricity need not cause significant land-use tensions according to a new policy statement by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.


Institute supports CO2 storage mapping program in Asia

(Jun 03 2013) The Global CCS Institute has formalised a sponsorship agreement with the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in Asia and South-East Asia (CCOP) to provide initial funding of its CO2 Storage Mapping Program (CCS-M) in...


SaskPower and United Kingdom announce joint research programme for CCS

(Jun 03 2013) The UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) and SaskPower have established a joint initiative to link practical experience on SaskPower’s Boundary Dam project with a wide-ranging academic carbon capture and storag...


UK Committee says decarbonising electricity will save money

(May 27 2013) In a report on the UK Electricity Market Reform, the Committee on Climate Change has presented new analysis showing that there are significant economic benefits from investing in a portfolio of low-carbon technologies through the...


Recycling carbon dioxide to make plastics

(May 27 2013) The world’s first successful large-scale production of a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer using waste carbon dioxide as a key raw material has resulted from a projected funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy''s Office of Fossil Energy.


CCS report recommends next steps for CCS in the UK

(May 20 2013) The final report from the Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Taskforce confirms that UK fossil power stations with carbon capture, transport and storage, have the potential to be cost competitive with other types of low c...


Aker Solutions to perform tests of cement industry CO2 capture

(May 20 2013) Aker Solutions has won a contract to test and study the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gas emitted by the cement industry.


Air Products Texas project begins capturing CO2

(May 14 2013) The company has successfully begun capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and is now using that carbon for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and securely storing it underground.


COMMENT: Bellona Visits Canada’s Boundary Dam and Quest CCS projects

(May 14 2013) From the 22nd to the 25th of April, members of the Bellona Carbon Capture and Storage were in Canada to visit the soon-to-be-operational Boundary Dam and Quest CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Saskatchewan. By Keith Whi...


TCM Mongstad progress with solvent technologies

(May 07 2013) TCM Mongstad has made progress in testing solvent technologies and determining the safety of amine carbon capture.


CO2 Solutions announces grant from government

(May 03 2013) The company hosted The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, for the official announcement of a $4.7 million grant from Natural Resources Canada.


Aquistore's permanent seismic array

(May 03 2013) Outside Estevan, Saskatchewan lays one of the most extensive permanent seismic arrays to be used for tracking carbon dioxide movement in the subsurface.


Apply for GCCSI junior professional CCS legal and regulatory tutorial Group

(May 03 2013) The Global CCS Institute is inviting applications from junior to mid-level professionals, recent graduates and students to join the Junior Professional Legal and Regulatory Tutorial Group.


TCM Mongstad appoints new Managing Director

(May 03 2013) The new Managing Director, Frank Ellingsen, started in his position on the 13th December 2012.



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Issue 107 - Sept - Oct 2025

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