Greenhouse Issues No. 100December 2010 • www.ieaghg.org

Weekly News UpdateSaturday 18th February 2012 - Friday 24th February 2012

IEACCC New ReportPre-combustion capture of CO2 in IGCC by Robert Davidson is the latest report to be published by the IEA Clean Coal Centrehttp://www.mqworld.com/article.php?id=11483

U.S. Budget seeks more funds for CCS$275.9 million for CCS research has been requested in President Obama’s FY 2013 budget announcement. While the U.S. demonstration programme continues to be funded through the Recovery Act, more funds are needed for research and development. The program announced supports research to significantly reduce coal power plant emissions, including CO2, and substantially improve efficiency to reduce carbon emissions, leading to a viable near-zero atmospheric emissions coal energy system, and supporting carbon capture, use and storage. It also includes $35 million for NETL staff to conduct in-house coal R&D. Test starts for carbon storageAbout 60 stakeholders including several Shire of Harvey representatives visited the exploratory drilling site of WA’s first onshore carbon capture and storage project last week to mark the start of drilling. Department of Mines and Petroleum carbon strategy coordinator Dominique Van Gent said the data gathered from the Harvey 1 Well on a Riverdale Road farm near Cookernup would help assess the capacity and suitability of the Lower Lesueur formation for carbon dioxide geosequestration.

Carbon Capture and Storage Industry Day - Statement by Edward Davey (Secretary of State)“We want to work with industry to deliver a new, vibrant CCS programme by the 2020s that helps deliver our low carbon targets in a realistic and cost-effective way.”

In his first engagement on CCS since coming to office, the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey today reiterated the Coalition Government’s commitment to supporting carbon capture and storage. Speaking following CCS Industry Day, he said:“Since I first read about the technology back in 2005 I’ve held the view that carbon capture and storage is crucial to a low carbon future for our planet. It could transform mankind’s relationship with fossil fuels. Once demonstrated it will have national and international ramifications for how we power our economies with clean secure energy for decades to come. The UK has the chance to lead the world in CCS and the Government is backing its commitment with £1 billion. We want to work with industry to deliver a new, vibrant CCS programme by the 2020s that helps deliver our low carbon targets in a realistic and cost-effective way. We are fortunate to have many promising proposals for CCS projects. It was a privilege today to hear of the high level of interest and commitment from industry. I look forward to working with the industry to turn our vision for CCS into reality.”

Research and Markets: Global Opportunity in Carbon Capturing & Storage Technology Market (2011 - 2016)The report contains an elaborative description of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage technology market. The report casts various developments and plans in respective field across the geographies along with the influential factors for this market.

It provides the current market scenario and future market forecasts for major markets. The report provides a deep insight to the initiatives taken by governments across the globe which is one of the major driving forces for

this market. The major players in this global technology market have been covered as company profiles.

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Carbon storage project combines innovation and outreachThe Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP) began its injection, the first million-ton demonstration from an industrial source in the U.S., in November 2011. Over the next three years, the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium, led by the Illinois State Geological Survey, hopes to use innovative science and engaging outreach to evaluate the potential of carbon capture and storage techniques.

“The Illinois Basin-Decatur Project is a significant example of how science impacts society and serves as an example of how science at a local level can impact the global good,” said Sallie Greenberg, the sequestration communications coordinator for the Illinois State Geological Survey, a branch of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois.

Greenberg will discuss the IBDP and the outreach efforts surrounding it in a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Explaining CCS - The Arctic Adventures of DioxyDaniele Di Domenico and Simone Cau at Kairòs Studio created the animation in collaboration with scientists at the reasearch institute in Svalbard, Norway.

Longyearbyen CO2 Lab is a collaboration of universities, government and industrial partners to demonstrate the full CCS value chain.

“When Kei Ogata and Kim Senger contacted us to create a flash animation featuring the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab’s carbon capture project we jumped at the idea, but we were also conscious of the difficulties and hard work involved; to explain a complex scientific/technical project to groups of school children would be challenging,” said Daniele Di Domenico and Simone Cau at Kairòs Studio.

Duke Energy &China Huaneng sign CCS research agreementDuke Energy and China Huaneng Group have signed a three-year agreement expanding their research cooperation in the areas of advanced coal and carbon capture and sequestration technologies.

APEC RFP: deployment of CCS in developing economiesThe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP), titled, “Feasibility of accelerating the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in developing APEC economies.” The deadline for submission of proposals to the APEC Secretariat is March 23, 2012.