Sentences with phrase «carbon pilot projects»

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But a pilot project at a major producer's well site aims to suck up as much as 20 % of the carbon dioxide produced — using algae.

In bid to reduce carbon emissions, a group of Japanese technology and energy firms is launching a pilot project aimed to allow consumers in rural areas to trade renewable energy...

RA is working on pilot carbon credit projects now in Mexico and Nicaragua.

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.

Yet, the government has launched a pilot project to address the problem by capturing and storing the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by using coal as a fuel for electricity generation at a power plant dubbed GreenGen.

A pilot project in Ketzin, Germany, is monitoring the long - term storage of carbon in a porous layer of sandstone hundreds of meters underground.

The new regional pilot projects are valuable steps towards a national carbon market, Preston says.

The Department of Energy is aiming to kick - start the technology with a project called FutureGen, a $ 1 billion pilot IGCC plant that will have integrated carbon - capture and storage technology — a true zero - emissions plant.

The Flagship pilot for graphene, the GRAPHENE - CA (2) project, looked at how developments in this carbon - based material could revolutionise ICT and industry.

Other means of sequestering carbon are not quite ready to use, although pilot or demonstration projects are under construction.

To reconcile China's need for more cheap energy with its climate goals, the plan calls for a major pilot project to study carbon capture and sequestration, a technology intended to capture carbon dioxide from coal plants and either bury it underground or repackage it for use as an industrial chemical.

Taiwan may start a carbon capture and storage pilot project next year.

Two years ago, for example, we wrote about David Ongoro, who was participating in a pilot project built around soil carbon; and earlier this year, we met Chege Mwangi, who was participating in a pilot project built around payments for watershed services.

Another carbon capture project under the aegis of state and industry actors was launched in North Dakota, where a pilot coal plant fitted with a CCS system will be tested next spring.

Currently DU is working to complete the verification and validation of the project that is in the pilot stage working with landowners in eight counties in North Dakota to help them generate income from the sale of carbon credits generated through the preservation of their grasslands.

«It will be a win - win if we can demonstrate through our pilot projects that the carbon market can provide alternate revenue streams to help local farmers and landowners adopt practices that will improve water quality in addition to achieving real greenhouse gas emission reduction benefits.»

The Commercial and Industrial Carbon Challenge is a pilot program to determine whether providing flexible uses of funding for clean energy projects can be more cost effective and increase the amount of carbon emission reductions over traditional state supported programs.

Study says offsets make ACES carbon cap almost meaningless China rejects binding GHG cuts USGS study suggests peak coal may be closer than previously thought FutureGen coal CCS pilot project revived EU -LSB-...]

These projects have served as pilots, providing a bridge to carbon offset markets and the potential role of agricultural projects within these markets.

With the development of additional pilot projects, it would be possible to see a soil carbon offset protocol adopted by the California Air Resources Board in the future.

In addition to implementing an innovative Colorado carbon offset pilot program, Xcel Energy is one of only ten S&P 500 companies listed in the Carbon Disclosure Project's leadership indexes for progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and excellence in reporting.