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Three major firms commit to exploring carbon capture
Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore ways to support the development of carbon capture and storage at biomass-fired heat...
Wärtsilä invests in direct air capture of CO2
Wärtsilä has invested a further €1 million in Soletair Power Oy, a Finnish CO2 direct air capture technology company. In 2019 Wärtsilä invested €500,000 in the company, which...
C-Capture completes £8m funding round
C-Capture has completed an £8 million funding round supported by existing shareholders IP Group, Drax, and bp Ventures, with additional funding from the British Business Bank’s...
GE aeroderivatives to help retire Martin Drake coal plant
Colorado Springs Utilities is to purchase and commission six GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines packages. The compact LM2500XPRESS is 95% factory-assembled into modules to...
MHI invests in H2 production
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on 10 February that it has invested in C-Zero, a hard tech startup located in Santa Barbara, California., to accelerate the first...
Nordic utilities call for swift revision of EU 2030 legislation
Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall, the three largest Nordic energy utilities, have put out a statement that welcomes the EU’s revised 2030 climate target of at least -55% as a crucial...
India should plan for post-2030 green hydrogen market
‘Green’ hydrogen is expected to become cost competitive with hydrogen from fossil fuels in India by 2030, according to a new report from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)....
Funding for world’s first net zero industrial cluster
A share of £8 million in government funding will be invested in developing a comprehensive cluster plan by Net Zero North West ‘to prepare North Wales for a net zero future’. The...
CCS capacity sees 33% increase in 2020 – think tank report
In findings released by international think tank the Global CCS Institute, the total capacity of carbon capture and storage facilities operating and under development has grown by...
UK government seeks leadership in CCS
A major component of the UK government’s recently announced 10-point ‘green plan’ to reach net-zero targets by 2050 is its further commitment to supporting carbon capture and storage...
Ireland needs to double its RE capacity
Findings from Cornwall Insight's 'All-Island forward curve' – a market and asset-level power price modelling service – shows that Ireland will need to more than double its...
Power plant transition to zero-carbon hydrogen
Long Ridge Energy Terminal (“Long Ridge”), located in Hannibal, Ohio, USA, has announced plans to transition its 485 MW combined-cycle power plant to run on carbon-free hydrogen....
Baker Botts adds CCUS to its hydrogen practice
Baker Botts LLP, a prominent international technology and energy law firm, has launched a dedicated Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Practice Group within the firm’s Energy...
Siemens to build CO₂-free hydrogen production plant
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and WUN H2 GmbH signed a contract to build one of the largest hydrogen production plants in Germany. It will be built in Wunsiedel in the north of...
Norwegian government launches ‘Longship’ CCS project
In a White Paper to parliament submitted on 21 September, the Norwegian government proposes to launch a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway. The project has been...
Ground-breaking carbon capture project
Engineering major Worley has been awarded a contract to provide the early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for the first two carbon capture units at Drax Group’s power...
High pressure to ramp up electrification
The Power Barometer, by European trade body Eurelectric, is a set of key industry indicators released on 14 September, reflects a historic development in the power sector, and points...
Deep decarbonisation ‘still 15 years away’ – DNV GL forecast
Although decarbonisation is rising rapidly up the agendas of industry and governments, deep decarbonisation of the world’s energy system is still 15 years away, with carbon emissions...
DOE backs flexible CCS
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects under its programme to boost the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies....
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