Sentences with phrase «develop carbon capture technology»

This year's winners are the GLO Transparent Ceramic Scintillator, a technology that provides much faster imaging of metal parts; the Polyelectrolyte Enabled Liftoff (PEEL) technology, a method of fabricating freestanding polymer films; and for a suite of computational tools that help businesses develop carbon capture technology.

Not exact matches

«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.

We need to intensively develop technologies to capture and store carbon.

We can't afford to build a coal - fired power plant with CO2 coming out — so can we develop carbon capture and storage technologies, or should we be looking at solar - thermal?

«We need to develop technologies to do fossil fuels cleanly,» says Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, perhaps explaining why ARPA - E bankrolled five carbon - capture projects in this initial round.

Today's scientists are scrambling to develop technology to cope with climate change; carbon capture technology, renewable energy and drought - resilient crops are just a few examples.

(The admirable original bill is designed to increase fuel efficiency in cars and light trucks, encourage production of biofuels, and provide funds to develop technology that will capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.)

It remains unclear whether the U.S. and China will continue cooperating to develop the technology that Cloud Peak's CEO mentioned, known as carbon capture and storage, which might reduce or even eliminate CO2 pollution.

Nobel laureate Steven Chu's department has funneled $ 3.4 billion in stimulus dollars to research and develop the technology known as carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The amount of released CO2 that Shenhua has prevented seems small, but it is a symbol of China's continuing efforts to develop a cutting - edge technology it calls carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will involve developing «a variety» of energy sources, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel technologies with carbon capture and storage, he said in response to a question from an audience member.

«Since the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to take a very long time, we foresee a long - term need to deal with coal - based emissions and, therefore, the sooner we begin to develop [carbon capture and storage] technology, the better,» Austin - based energy policy specialist Scott Anderson of Environmental Defense told a Senate panel earlier this year during a hearing on CCS technology.

They are all developing inventive designs and technologies to overcome these challenges, and capture carbon from the air in a way that is both clean and cost - effective.

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.

A technology developed at a national lab for improving carbon capture at power plants may be able to help craft breweries capture and reuse CO2 from their fermentation processes, while also slashing costs.

I've talked to scientists who justify carbon capture and storage research as a way to buy time before we develop truly green energy technology.

This means that CCS [carbon capture and sequestration] is a critical technology from the perspective of climate and the developing world.

«We develop new technologies and reduce the costs of renewables, new nuclear, environmental protection in natural gas production, carbon capture and sequestration, really across the board,» Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a May teleconference, describing his agency's actions on climate change.

«The PRESTO platform, a technology that effectively captures farmer's data and simplifies the quantification process and the rigorous third party audit is essential for developing and scaling agricultural carbon credits», said Leslie Durschinger, Founder and CEO of Terra Global Capital.

Besides, he said, the technology is not being developed as an alternative to the carbon capture and storage methods currently being tested for large - scale use on coal - fired power stations.

The company says it has developed technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and other industrial facilities.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $ 14 million to six projects aimed at developing technologies to lower the cost of producing electricity in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants using carbon capture.

Moreover, investment in research to develop new binding materials as well as technologies for carbon capture and storage / use (CCS / U) is indispensable.

Such startups could remove carbon by a variety of means, such as creating direct air capture technologies, developing biochar solutions or reimagining reforestation projects.

«I think everyone understands that we need to develop and expand this technology,» said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D - N.D.), one of the sponsors of the bill, which supports carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS).

With a long history of operational, technical, and research experience in the technologies comprising carbon capture and storage, ExxonMobil is taking a lead in developing approaches that could help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Shell was judged the best performing fossil fuel firm in the new table, gaining a «D -» grade, due to its support for higher carbon prices, which could be used to fund its plans to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

The coal industry acknowledges that developing carbon capture and storage technology is imperative for the survival of their industry as a bridge fuel, but many major players continue to duck behind these trumped up charges while avoiding serious discussion of the environmental impacts of burning coal.

Addressing climate - change risk also means developing future technologies — from advanced carbon capture and storage to next - generation biofuels.

And so we are in a position to develop those technologies so that the world can capture the carbon.

To develop a fuel feed technology for high - pressure gasifiers that will result in significantly lower - cost coal gasification plant construction and / or operation for production of power with carbon capture; or that will result in significantly lower - cost coal gasification plant construction and / or operation for production of liquid fuels with carbon capture.

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.

From technology transfer to developing nations, carbon capture and sequestration to buying carbon credits from avoiding deforestation projects, COP15 will lay down a new international regulatory framework for climate change.

Developing expensive carbon capture and storage technology could limit emissions from burning the fuel, though the UK government currently funds those multi-billion pound efforts, too.

The two countries will «launch a program of technical cooperation to bring teams of U.S. and Chinese scientists and engineers together in developing clean coal and carbon capture and storage technologies.»

China has been «greening» for years, developing renewables and carbon capture technologies at breakneck speed, while also investing more aggressively in the region than Japan at a time when most multinational banks have restricted coal funding.

But the failure to start building, testing, tweaking and perfecting carbon capture and storage means that developing the technology may come too late to make coal compatible with limiting global warming.

In an interview from his university office, Broecker told CBCNews.ca why he has embraced controversial proposals for capture and sequestration of carbon, helping found a company to develop the technology.