Sentences with phrase «current carbon capture technologies»

Development of cost - effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said.

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With what EPRI calls a «full» portfolio of technology options, including new nuclear, expanded wind power and carbon capture, the price of electricity in current dollars would climb by 80 percent in 2050.

Current carbon - capture technology uses caustic amine - based solvents to separate CO2 from the flue gas escaping a facility's smokestacks.

RD&D on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is needed, especially given our conclusion that the current atmospheric CO2 level is already in the dangerous zone, but continuing issues with CCS technology [7], [244] make it inappropriate to construct fossil fuel power plants with a promise of future retrofit for carbon capture.

And in all but the most optimistic cases, staying below 2C requires capturing and storing carbon in amounts that exceed the capabilities of current technology, say the researchers.

Concerning coal, it says under «Key observations» in the summary, «With current technology, coal - fired power plants using carbon capture equipment are an expensive source of electricity in a carbon control case.

Carbon use is important because, with current commercial technologies, power plants and industrial facilities equipped with carbon capture are more expensive to operate than their counterparts that vent CO2 into the atmosphere.

RD&D on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is needed, especially given our conclusion that the current atmospheric CO2 level is already in the dangerous zone, but continuing issues with CCS technology [7], [244] make it inappropriate to construct fossil fuel power plants with a promise of future retrofit for carbon capture.

Fixing the problems of the current DOE loan guarantee program and ensuring that we have an effective financing authority for a broad range of clean energy technologies, including renewables, nuclear, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage, needs to be one of our highest priorities.

Current technology relies mostly on amines or carbonates to capture the carbon dioxide from the power plant emission stream.

Our research indicates that its capacity for carbon dioxide capture is greater than current technology, and the process is shaping up to be both more affordable and durable as well.»