Finally, cheap natural gas presents opportunities for development of
advanced carbon capture technologies.
The proposed plant would seek to capture a portion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into green building materials,
advancing carbon capture technology.
Not exact matches
The Fossil Energy R&D program would substantially scale back most activities, including
carbon capture and storage pilot projects and R&D on
advanced combustion systems, re-focusing exclusively on exploratory
technology activities in hopes that industry will take on greater responsibility across the board.
Holbrook's technique could be a big piece of the clean energy puzzle, alongside
technologies like
carbon -
capture and storage, and nuclear, says Steve Wittrig of the Clean Air Task Force, a non-profit organisation based in Boston, who was previously the director of
advanced technologies at BP.
As an example, I firmly believe that there is great promise in
advanced technologies, such as
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), that can allow us to use our domestic coal and natural gas with greatly reduced
carbon emissions.
Renewable energy sources, such as the sun and wind,
advances in
technology to
capture and store the
carbon created by burning coal, and even the harvesting of uranium's energy will all likely be required.
The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize
advanced energy
technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel,
carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable
advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars,
advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and
carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.
Priority areas of focus for this Initiative may include: energy efficiency, smart grid, second - generation biofuels, and clean coal
technologies including
carbon capture and storage; solar energy and energy efficient building and
advanced battery
technologies; and sustainable transportation, wind energy, and micro-hydro power.
The most promising of these options include renewable sources of a variety of types,
advanced fossil - fuel
technologies that can
capture and sequester
carbon, and hydrogen - powered fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.
Strategies to meet the goal would vary by country and largely rely on
advanced technology such as
capturing the
carbon dioxide spewed by coal - burning power plants; the Bush vision also foresees gasoline alternatives, nuclear power and an international clean
technology fund to promote research into
carbon - free energy sources.
Whether it's through this technique or some other, using the innovative abilities of the private sector to increase their own bottom lines through efficient
carbon capture could be the best way to
advance not just
carbon capture technology, but its actual utilization in real world.
As our ongoing Energy Challenge series and plenty of independent studies have made clear, the country and world are still not engaged seriously in
advancing non-polluting energy
technologies, from solar cells to the elusive notion of
capturing carbon dioxide from power plants at a large scale and stashing it somewhere.
But every billion - dollar
carbon -
capture project, in the meantime, is raiding money that might otherwise go into basic research and development aimed at
advancing solar
technology or large - scale energy storage or other fields where breakthroughs could help lay the groundwork for a post-fossil global energy system — instead of providing a dicey Band - Aid to keep societies stuck on the coal rung of the heat ladder a while longer.
We will establish an international initiative with the support of the IEA to develop roadmaps for innovative
technologies and cooperate upon existing and new partnerships, including
carbon capture and storage (CCS) and
advanced energy
technologies.
Drawing on global best practice policies, we undertake to remove barriers, establish incentives, and implement standards to aggressively accelerate deployment and transfer of key existing and new low -
carbon technologies, such as energy efficiency; solar energy; smart grids;
carbon capture, use, and storage;
advanced vehicles; and bio-energy.
This is necessary for a range of
technologies, including but not limited to onshore and offshore wind, solar PV and thermal,
advanced geothermal, hybrid and electric vehicles and batteries,
carbon capture and storage, nuclear, smart - grid, and high - speed rail.
This will include: Extending the CERC mandate for an additional five years from 2016 - 2020; Renewing funding for the three existing tracks: building efficiency, clean vehicles, and
advanced coal
technologies with
carbon capture, use and sequestration (CCUS); and Launching a new track on the interaction of energy and water (the energy / water «nexus»).
Speaking for Peabody, our time and energy are being devoted to satisfying an energy - hungry world's need for coal and
advancing the commercialization of
carbon capture and storage
technology.
The Breakthrough team warns that while deployment of today's
technologies is vital, if money for deployment is included in the $ 150 - billion pie, that dangerously reduces the amount of money for laboratories pursuing vital
advances on photovoltaics or energy storage and for big tests of
technologies that must be demonstrated at large scale — like
capturing carbon dioxide from power plants.
This working paper examines the first five years of U.S. - China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC)
Advanced Coal Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on carbon capture and storage and other advanced coal techn
Advanced Coal
Technology Consortium, a collaborative effort by the United States and China to accelerate development on
carbon capture and storage and other
advanced coal techn
advanced coal
technologies.
C2ES and the Great Plains Institute co-convene the
Carbon Capture Coalition, a broad coalition of business, environmental, labor, and state representatives advancing technology to capture carbon emissions from factories and power plants for storage and commerci
Capture Coalition, a broad coalition of business, environmental, labor, and state representatives
advancing technology to
capture carbon emissions from factories and power plants for storage and commerci
capture carbon emissions from factories and power plants for storage and commercial use.
Achieving zero net
carbon emissions is possible, even with continued burning of fossil fuels, said Dr. Patrinos, but only with the development of
advanced biofuel production processes, and
carbon capture and disposal or recycling
technologies.
Yet demonstrating large - scale
technologies — such as
advanced modular nuclear reactors, floating deepwater wind turbines, or
carbon capture and storage
technologies — typically costs more than venture capitalists can finance alone, leaving a large «Valley of Death» that kills off many promising
technologies before they can enter the marketplace.
Subtitle B: Disposition of Allowances -(Sec. 321) Amends the CAA to set forth provisions governing the disposition of emission allowances, including specifying allocations: (1) for supplemental emissions reductions from reduced deforestation; (2) for the benefit of electricity, natural gas, and / or home heating oil and propane consumers; (3) for auction, with proceeds for the benefit of low income consumers and worker investment; (4) to energy - intensive, trade - exposed industries; (5) for the deployment of
carbon capture and sequestration
technology; (6) to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy; (7) to be distributed to Energy Innovation Hubs and
advanced energy research; (8) to invest in the development and deployment of clean vehicles; (9) to domestic petroleum refineries and small business refiners; (10) for domestic and international adaptation; (11) for domestic wildlife and natural resource adaptation; and (12) for international clean
technology deployment.
On the
technology front, we are
advancing carbon capture and storage
technologies with the potential to reduce significantly the cost of lowering emissions.
He said Southern had no real interest in pioneering
carbon capture technology, and had exploited federal government grants to
advance its proprietary gasification
technology.
Most importantly, it is part of a broader effort to
advance pivotal CCS
technology to encourage new
carbon capture research and projects around the globe.
This argues in favor of some direct support for early deployment of
technologies such as
advanced biofuels and
carbon capture and sequestration.
Taking action to produce cleaner operations and cleaner products takes money — and industry is spending it to invent substitute and less
carbon - intensive fuels, by supporting
technologies such as wind, solar, biofuels, geothermal and others, and by improving efficiency and pursuing
technologies such as
carbon capture and storage and
advanced technology vehicles.
Addressing climate - change risk also means developing future
technologies — from
advanced carbon capture and storage to next - generation biofuels.
My columns have covered LEDs, solar power, wind power, demand - response, green chemistry, smart grid innovation, water
technologies, geothermal, biofuels (with a big focus on algae), electric vehicles,
carbon capture and storage, nuclear, wave and tidal power, biogas, waste reduction, energy storage,
advanced materials... you name it.
«(A) increasing the quantity of electric energy produced from a renewable energy source in the State, including nuclear and
advanced coal
technologies for
carbon capture and sequestration;
The robust economic gains of shale gas should be paid forward to the development and deployment of renewable energy
technologies, as well as
advanced nuclear and
carbon capture and sequestration
technologies.
Then there's the hundreds of millions of dollars ExxonMobil has spent both to research and develop
carbon capture and sequestration
technologies as well as to investigate the promise of producing
advanced biofuels, particularly from algae.
However, as coal will continue to be a dominant source of energy for many years, access to
advanced technologies such as
carbon capture and storage would be critical.
Both scenarios require significant
advances in
carbon capture and storage
technologies.
Not only the obvious
technologies like energy efficiency and renewables, but also
advanced fossil
technology,
carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power.
What's more, there seems to be renewed interest in Federally - funded
carbon capture demonstrations in the US, as evidenced in part by this latest Request for Information from the Department of Energy (DOE) titled: «Testing
advanced post-combustion
carbon dioxide
capture technologies at a large pilot scale.»
Several CDR approaches would benefit substantially from
advances in
carbon capture technologies that were designed to
capture emissions from fossil fuel resources.
«Climate goals and economic growth will likely not be met without equitable governmental support for
advanced coal
technologies such as CCUS [
carbon capture, utilization and storage],» Palmer writes.
We welcome the leadership of individual countries to spearhead efforts among interested countries to
advance actions on
technologies such as energy efficiency; solar energy; smart grids;
carbon capture, use, and storage;
advanced vehicles; high - efficiency and lower - emissions coal
technologies; bio-energy; and other clean
technologies.
The other day, I reported that the UK is planning to phase out coal by 2025, unless serious
advances are made in
carbon capture and storage
technologies.
Indeed,
advanced carbon -
capture technology that cleans coal emissions of
carbon dioxide will likely increase from 60 to 70 percent the price of electricity from coal.
Flashback 2008: Al Gore: «Clean Coal's Like Healthy Cigarettes `: — Sep 28, 2008 — At the Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore ripped apart «clean coal,» the coal industry catch - all propaganda term for
advanced coal
technologies, both existing ones that reduce traditional pollutants and developmental ones, like
carbon capture and sequestration.