$979 Million to Support New Commercial-scale CCS Technologies Washington, DC – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of three new projects with a value of $3.18 billion to accelerate the development of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage at commercial-scale. Secretary Chu made today’s announcement on a conference call with [...]

Washington, D.C. – The Department of Energy today announced the recent appointment of three key senior staff members to the Office of Fossil Energy – James F. Wood, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal; Christopher A. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas; and Michelle Dallafior, Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary. [...]

Formation Proves to be Promising CO2 Storage Candidate in the Ohio Valley Region Washington, D.C. —The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven partnerships in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has successfully injected 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the Mount Simon Sandstone, a deep saline [...]

Funding Opportunity Announcement Solicits Proposals for Bench- through Pilot-Scale Projects Washington, DC — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that $55 million will be made available to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon dioxide from flue gases at existing power plants so that the greenhouse gas may be sequestered or put to beneficial [...]

Washington, DC—U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the first round of funding from $1.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the selection of 12 projects that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. The first phase of these projects will include $21.6 million in Recovery Act [...]

Funds to Advance Research, Development and Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies and Infrastructure Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced at the National Coal Council that $2.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and [...]

Innovative Chemistry to Play Vital Role in Evolution of CO2 Capture Technology SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Alstom (Euronext:ALO), a world leader in power generation equipment, and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), a leader in innovative chemistry for the development of energy and climate change solutions, today celebrated the successful start-up and [...]

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin will use a $994,702 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help create a skilled workforce for the emerging carbon capture and storage industry and to build public awareness of the technology’s benefits to society. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process that captures [...]

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. The projects’ total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6 million of DOE funding and $8.2 million of [...]

;Record of Decision Issued for First US Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Project Washington, D.C. – The Department of Energy today issued a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Record of Decision to move forward toward the first commercial scale, fully integrated, carbon capture and sequestration project in the country. The Department’s decision is based [...]