Summit Carbon Solutions announced the submission of its permit application to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. This filing reflects extensive engagement with South Dakotans to create a pipeline route shaped by direct stakeholder feedback, supporting agriculture and advancing energy innovation.
Deep Sky, the Canadian carbon removal project developer, has sold carbon removal credits to its founding buyers including Royal Bank of Canada and Microsoft. In return, Deep Sky intends to facilitate the removal of 10,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere over a 10-year period via Deep Sky Labs, the world’s first carbon removal innovation and commercialization center.
Denmark INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have signed a landmark agreement on the delivery of CO₂ transportation. This multi-year agreement, a significant step towards advancing carbon capture and storage (CCS) within the European Union, will see Royal Wagenborg supply a newly built CO₂ carrier dedicated to Project Greensand, led by INEOS with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden.
Babcock & Wilcox announced that it has been awarded a contract to conduct a full-scale feasibility study of its SolveBright™ carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology to be integrated into Mälarenergi AB’s waste-to-energy plant in Västerås, Sweden.
ABB has launched a new white paper, detailing the challenges the global cement industry must tackle to decarbonize operations in line with global emissions reduction targets and the vital role technology will play in the success of this endeavor.
Alto Ingredients, Inc. announced it entered into a CO2 Transportation and Sequestration Agreement with Vault 44.01 to provide transportation, injection and sequestration into the Mt. Simon sandstone formation in Illinois of CO2 produced at Alto Ingredients’ Pekin campus.
ADNOC and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) announced the signing of a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Microsoft on a range of artificial intelligence (AI) and low-carbon initiatives in the UAE and globally aimed at decarbonizing the energy system of today and enabling a sustainable energy system for the future.
BASF and Exterra have entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities to deploy a commercial scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Quebec, Canada, using a combination of BASF’s OASE® gas treatment technology and Exterra’s Reactive Oxide to Carbonate System as part of its integrated carbon storage services.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the formation of the Tribal Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Working Group, administered by DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Tribes play a critical role in helping the U.S. meet its energy security and climate obligations while working to develop their vast energy, critical minerals and materials, and carbon management potential.
LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced plans to develop a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (“CCU”) facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway. The plant will produce ethanol and is expected to begin operations in 2028. Eramet will supply furnace gas as feedstock to the facility from the Porsgrunn Manganese Alloys smelter but will not participate in its financing.
Utah State University’s Bingham Research Center has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a $480,000 project. The grant is part of a larger project called the Uinta-Piceance Basin Carbon Management and Community Engagement Partnership, which is led by the University of Utah.
South Dakota voters on Nov. 5 rejected a law signed earlier this year that pertains to the development of CO2 pipelines within the state. Summit Carbon Solutions confirmed it still plans to file a permit application with the state later this month.
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Air Liquide and Cementir launched a joint decarbonization project, named ACCSION. Located in Aalborg, Denmark, ACCSION will be one of the first full onshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chains in Europe. Air Liquide and Cementir Holding Group’s project ACCSION has been selected by the European Commission to receive 220 million euros in project support under the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund.
Altera Infrastructure announced that the STARFISH project, a part of Altera Infrastructure’s broader Stella Maris CCS initiative, has been awarded up to EUR 225 million in grant funding by the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund.
Senator John Hoeven announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $48.6 million in support of Project Tundra, a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) effort led by Minnkota Power Cooperative. The funding is being awarded to the DCC East Project in Grand Forks.
Holcim has been selected for a new grant from the European Union (EU) Innovation Fund for its breakthrough carbon capture and storage project in Martres-Tolosane, France. This grant for the CarboClearTech project brings the number of Holcim’s large-scale EU-supported carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects to seven, advancing the European Green Deal.
Embarking on a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) project is a significant step towards environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced more than $518 million to support 23 selected projects across 19 states that will fight climate change by developing the infrastructure needed for national decarbonization.
California Resources Corporation (CRC) and its carbon management business, Carbon TerraVault, announced the Kern County Board of Supervisors’ unanimous approval of the conditional use permit for the Carbon TerraVault I (CTV I) carbon capture and storage project. This permit authorizes the construction activities necessary for the development of the project, which would be the first of its kind in California.
INPEX CORPORATION announced it has signed an agreement with Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. through its subsidiary INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd to conduct a joint study to assess the feasibility of establishing a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain involving the capture of CO2 in Japan and its transportation from the Port of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture to Australia for storage.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced more than $58.5 million in federal funding for 11 projects to help develop a commercially viable carbon dioxide removal industry in the United States. The funding will support pilot projects and testing facilities to demonstrate and scale carbon dioxide removal technologies that reduce CO2 pollution by removing it directly from the atmosphere.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that it will be contracted by West Japan Carbon dioxide Storage Survey Co., Ltd., ENEOS Corporation, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation to study the use of ships to transport liquefied CO2 as part of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) development project off western Kyushu.
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu), and Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (HEPCO) signed a contract with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security for an engineering design work of CCS in the Tomakomai area, which is one of the public solicitations regarding the Request for Proposal on the "Engineering Design Work for Advanced CCS Projects" in the fiscal year 2024.
Gov. Doug Burgum led a North Dakota delegation on the first day of a trade and investment mission to South Korea, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state of North Dakota and the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) to establish a partnership and promote discussions in energy technology research and development.
Speaking at Wood Mackenzie’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Conference in Houston, Peter Findlay, research director and head of CCUS economics for Wood Mackenzie, said that despite a growing market for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), economics remain challenging, and many potential projects are at risk.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has executed the largest offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage lease in the U.S. with the Texas General Land Office. The over 271,000-acre site complements the onshore CO2 storage portfolio ExxonMobil is developing, and further solidifies the U.S. Gulf Coast as a carbon capture and storage (CCS) leader.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced $29 million for 12 research and development projects to fund two carbon management priorities—the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into environmentally responsible and economically valuable products and the development of lower-cost, highly efficient technologies to capture CO2 from industrial sources and power plants for permanent storage or conversion.
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