CCSA Weekly Newsletter
Issue 242
Week 3, 16 January 2014
UK News
International News
Events
UK News
About CCSA
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exists to represent the interests of its members in
the business of capture and geological storage of
carbon dioxide (known as Carbon Capture and
Storage, or CCS) as a means of abating atmospheric
emissions of carbon dioxide and potentially, as a
means of enhancing the production of fossil
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East Lancs scheme to create new ‘green’ jobs
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David
Cameron
says
2020s
decarbonisation
target
“extremely unwise”
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European carbon project could create 2,000 jobs
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Government's £1m for Teesside
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Loughborough University
International News
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Researchers size up aquifer to capture carbon
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Record of Decision Issued for FutureGen
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Proposed NSPS for GHG Emissions from Power Plants
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Capturing CO2 In the Flue Gas from a Coal-Fired Power
Generation Plant
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EU adopts measures to support CCS
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How Cleantech, Env Fared In $1 Trillion Spending Bill
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Carbon Reduction Technologies in Industry
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Norwegian leaders called to parliamentary hearing on
Mongstad debacle
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EPA agenda suffers setback
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CO2 Capture Needed For EU To Meet Low-carbon Target
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Germany's 'impractical dream'?
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Decade of Carbon Storage Research through Partnership
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Carbon Capture and Storage Advancement Is Urgent
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New EPA Rules Would Effectively Kill Coal
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Carbon Markets Show Glimmer of Recovery in 2014
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EIB sold 16.8M CO2 permits in December for Eur81.7M
Events
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UK News
East Lancs scheme to create new ‘green’ jobs
is backed by European Parliament
15 January – Mr Davies believes the United Kingdom is the
best-placed country in Europe for CCS development will be
cheaper subsidising offshore wind and solar power..
He said: “The world is hugely dependent on the use of
fossil fuels to generate electricity and CCS provides Britain
with a major business opportunity. It is one we must not
miss.”
To read the full story
David Cameron says 2020s decarbonisation
target “extremely unwise”
14 January - Prime Minister says UK must develop carbon
capture technologies before committing to tough emission
goals
Cameron added that if the government fixed such a figure
before the roll-out of carbon capture and storage
technologies “that would be a huge mistake”. Critics say
no large scale CCS project is currently being developed in
Britain because many energy companies say costs are too
high and subsidies too low.
12 CCS projects up and running by 2015, and although
millions were put aside to support the scheme, so far none
of the projects in the pipeline have been approved. Ms
McAvan who leads for all Labour MEPs on environmental
matters, said; “The Government missed the opportunity to
win funding for the Don Valley CCS project last year and
we cannot afford to let the same opportunity pass us by
with the White Rose project at Drax power station. I am
really pleased that the government has now committed to
undertaking a 2 year research project at Drax in the hope
of making a final investment decision at the end of the
project.”
To read the full story
Government's £1m for Teesside is welcomed
by Carbon Capture and Storage chiefs
14 January – The companies behind a sidelined scheme to
bring Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to Teesside say
the area’s recent City Deal announcement could help their
cause. Teesside Low Carbon (TLC) says there’s still a “real
chance” their project can happen, despite a Government
pledge of £1m for separate research into an industriallybased CCS network. The consortium wants to bring a coalfired power station and connecting pipeline to transport its
emissions below the North Sea, costing several billion
pounds. It made a shortlist of four UK projects last year in
a £1bn Government competition, but lost out to a
Yorkshire scheme and was laced in reserve. Meanwhile,
the Government announced plans last month for Teesside
to pioneer industrially-based CCS, which will use the
technology to ease pressure on heavy carbon emitters that
are facing increasing pollution taxes. CCS is the only
method currently available to significantly reduce carbon
emissions, by piping them out to voids below the seabed.
To read the full story
To read the full story
European carbon project could create 2,000
Yorkshire jobs
14 January - A European anti-pollution project could bring
2,000 jobs to Yorkshire. Euro MP, Linda McAvan is
throwing her weight behind a report which will go before
the Parliament’s Environment Committee tomorrow,
hoping to unlock Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
projects. The EU’s member states agreed in 2007 to have
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Loughborough University - New Centres aim to
develop enterprising researchers to tackle
today's evolving issues
13 January – Loughborough University is to lead a new
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Embedded
Intelligence and will be a partner in a second focusing on
Carbon Capture and Storage and Cleaner Fossil Energy.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC) Centres are two of 19 announced yesterday by
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts. The new
CDTs are in addition to the centres unveiled by the EPSRC
in November 2013. Loughborough is a partner in five of
the CDTs announced last year.
To read the full story
International News
Researchers size up aquifer to capture carbon
16 January - A Perth-based hydro-geologist has led a team
of scientists modelling carbon sequestration in the Latrobe
aquifer, below Bass Strait's ocean floor.
CSIRO expert Karsten Michael says the Latrobe Aquifer
was examined because of its proximity to coal-fired power
plants.
To read the full story
Record of Decision Issued for the FutureGen
2.0 Project
15 January - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has
decided to provide financial assistance to the FutureGen
Industrial Alliance (the Alliance) for the FutureGen 2.0
Project. DOE will provide approximately $1 billion of in
cost-shared funding (the majority of which was
appropriated under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act) through cooperative agreements with
the Alliance, as described in DOE's Record of Decision
(ROD). DOE's decision is to implement the proposed action
in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
FutureGen 2.0 Project (DOE/EIS-0460).
To read the full story
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Proposed NSPS for GHG Emissions from Power
Plants Could Have Wide-Ranging Implications
For Other Sectors
15 January - On January 8, the Environmental Protection
Agency issued a revised proposed new source
performance standard (NSPS) regulating carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions from new electric utility generating units.
79 Fed. Reg. 1430 (January 8, 2014). The proposal, if
finalized, would mark the first NSPS for greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions established by EPA, and if it survives
review on a number of fronts, could open the door for
broad regulation of these emissions from a host of source
categories already regulated under the NSPS provisions,
including those in the petrochemical and manufacturing
industries
To read the full story
Demonstration Test for Capturing CO2 In the
Flue Gas from a Coal-Fired Power Generation
Plant Completes Initial Demonstration Phase
14 January - A demonstration test for capturing and
sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) recovered from
emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant,
conducted jointly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(MHI) and Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS), has
completed an initial demonstration phase. This success
brings into view the feasibility of a large-scale capture
system for CO2 recovered from coal-fired power plants,
which typically emit flue gas containing significant
quantities of impurities. Based on this success, MHI will
now accelerate its program seeking to achieve
commercially viable technology for recovering CO2 from
the flue gas of coal-fired plants.
To read the full story
EU adopts measures to support CCS
14 January - The EU Parliament has backed a motion by
MEP Chris Davies to increase support for CCS technology.
Dr. Graeme Sweeney, Chairman of the Zero Emissions
Platform (ZEP), commented: “We welcome the result of
today’s vote, which is a clear step in the right direction for
Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe. We commend the
ambitious efforts of MEP Davies and all the supportive
MEPs for the success of today’s vote. MEP Davies has
identified the necessary elements for creating the right
environment for CCS roll-out. Calling on the European
Commission to conduct an analysis on the possibility of a
certificates system for long-term funding of CCS
development is a welcome step towards identifying
appropriate financing mechanisms. CCS certificates, if
carefully designed for a defined volume, are one of the
instruments to consider, certainly in the short term.
To read the full story
How Cleantech, Environment Fared In $1
Trillion Spending Bill
14 January - Only days before the government financing
runs out, the House and Senate agreed on a $1 trillion
compromise bill that appropriates funds for federal
government agencies through September 30, 2014.
Funding for carbon capture and storage research got a
boost at $390 million.
To read the full story
intended to eventually become a full-scale CCS
demonstration site. Since the announcement in the
autumn of 2013 that these plans would be scrapped,
project initiators and managers have faced fierce criticism.
Although the new Norwegian government has confirmed
that TC Mongstad will at least continue as a high-end test
centre, both old and current ministers will face questioning
on January 22 and 23 during a parliamentary hearing of
the control and constitutional committee. Bellona President
Frederic Hauge will also be in attendance.Those
responsible for the mismanagement which led to a serious
reduction in ambition levels for the much needed
demonstration of CCS, will now have to answer for their
actions.
To read the full story
EPA agenda suffers setback as clean coal plant
project is derailed
13 January - A project that was supposed to prove the
Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for new coal
plants can work has suffered a serious setback.
The Texas Clean Energy Project has just lost the buyer of
its electricity, a possible death blow to a project already
beset by problems.
Carbon Reduction Technologies in Industry
14 January - Research and Markets has announced the
addition of the Moving toward Sustainability - Carbon
Reduction Technologies in Industry (Technical Insights)
report to their offerings.
The objective of this research is to report on the market
penetration of carbon reduction technologies, specifically
in reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the
manufacturing industry, and map their technological
development until 2025. The research scope is focused on
carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies applied in
industries that will contribute to reducing carbon emission
by 2050.
To read the full story
Norwegian leaders called to parliamentary
hearing on Mongstad debacle
14 January - The CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) Test
Centre at Mongstad in Norway (TC Mongstad) was
At the end of last year, Texas utility CPS Energy pulled out
of a 25-year agreement to buy power from the Texas
Clean Energy Project. The project, run by Summit Power
Group, is one of four coal projects in development using
carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology that
the EPA cited to justify its commercial viability.
To read the full story
CO2 Capture Needed For EU To Meet Lowcarbon Target, Expert Says Ahead Of Vote
13 January - If the European Union is to meet its low
carbon aspirations at the least cost then Carbon Capture
and Storage (CCS) has a major role to play, says Chris
Davies, a British member of the European Parliament.
Global temperatures could rise to dangerous levels if the
world continues to burn fossil fuels at the current rate,
experts warn. The risk could be reduced by capturing CO2
emissions before they enter the atmosphere and storing
them underground, but progress on what is called Carbon
Capture and Storage has been slow. MEPs are due to vote
on Tuesday on a report by Chris Davies, who wrote on
why the technology is so important.
To read the full story
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Germany's 'impractical dream'?
New EPA Rules Would Effectively Kill Coal
11 January - Germany's Energiewende or Energy Path is
leading Europe's dominant industrial power into wholly
new territory. Sober bureaucrats see a 100% renewable
energy economy by 2050 as technically feasible. Chris
Goodall asks - have they all gone mad?
09 January - Environmental Protection Agency regulatory
proposals published in the Federal Register Wednesday
detail the agency’s plan to effectively ban the construction
of new coal fired plants in the U.S. unless they include
clean coal technology.
We Brits haven't properly understood the scale of the
German Energiewende, or energy transition.
The new rules would require new coal plants to meet
emissions standards that many people in the coal industry
say are unachievable using current technology. New plants
would be forced to incorporate carbon capture and storage
(CCS), a costly and unproven “family of technologies and
techniques that enable the capture of CO₂ from fuel
combustion or industrial processes.”
To read the full story
Decade of Carbon Storage Research through
Partnership
11 January - DOE has created a network of seven Regional
Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) to help
develop the technology, infrastructure, and regulations to
implement large-scale CO2 storage (also called carbon
sequestration) in different regions and geologic formations
within the Nation.
To read the full story
Carbon Capture and Storage Advancement Is
Urgent
10 January - With the release of its latest global status
report in October, the Global Carbon Capture and Storage
Institute (GCCSI) sees progress in CCS projects but says
more work needs to be done to overcome policy barriers
as well as demonstrate operational feasibility and present
business cases for expanding the use of CCS. In an
exclusive interview for Cornerstone, GCCSI chief Brad
Page echoed key aspects of the report, “The Global Status
of CCS: 2013,” and detailed how his organization balances
the reality of coal’s primacy as a fuel with the desire to
curtail greenhouse gas emissions enough to hold the
increase in global temperature to below 2°C in the coming
decades. Two coal-fired plants expected to come online in
the U.S. and Canada in 2014 could be beacons for the
capture and sale of CO2 for enhanced oil and gas
recovery—providing vital exam- ples of how coal with CCS
can deliver low-carbon electricity and increase domestic oil
production. “We know that fossil fuels will continue to be
the world’s primary source of energy,” Page noted.
“Therefore, more projects are needed, especially in the
power sector and in energy-intensive industries, where
none currently exist.”
To read the full story
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To read the full story
Carbon Markets Show Glimmer of Recovery in
2014
09 January - A year after the launch of its cap-and-trade
program, California formally linked its emissions trading
scheme with Quebec’s—enabling carbon allowances and
offset credits to be exchanged between participants in the
two jurisdictions. The linkage, which marks the first
agreement in North America that allows for the trading of
greenhouse gas emissions across borders, is designed to
escalate the price on the amount of carbon businesses can
emit.
There is a “potential for this market to serve as an
example for other North American subnational jurisdictions
to follow if it can prove to be successful,” said Robin
Fraser, a Toronto-based analyst with the International
Emissions Trading Association.
To read the full story
EIB sold 16.8 million CO2 permits in December
for Eur81.7 million
09 January - The European Investment Bank sold 16.8
million EU Emissions Trading System carbon allowances in
December for a total value of Eur81.7 million ($111
million), the bank said Thursday.
The bank said it sold 16.3 million allowances in direct
screen trades on exchanges and 500,000 allowances in the
over-the-counter market, at an average allowance price of
Eur4.86.
All allowances sold in December were for December 2014
delivery.
To read the full story
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