SECTIONS

HomeArticlesPodcastsJobs

The Diplomatic Technologist Connecting Nations in the Carbon Capture Space

Article image

By Allstream Energy Partners

September 04, 2024

Capture

Fernando C. Hernandez is a low-carbon technologist from the U.S. whose efforts to preserve the biosphere influenced foreign policy via Brazil's senate passing South America's first Carbon Capture Storage legislation. This included his engagement with the U.S. Department of Energy on this initiative. He is now bringing his strong European focus to Brazil's low-carbon realm.

Read More

The Vietnam Petroleum Institute has commissioned Black & Veatch to study carbon-cutting technologies at three coal-fired power plants owned by Vietnam Oil and Gas Group. The study’s objective is to investigate the current carbon capture technology landscape and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of applying that technology to the flue gas from the coal-fired power plants. 

Read More

Western Michigan University will receive $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management as part of a $44.5 million effort to advance commercial-scale carbon capture, transport and storage across the United States.

Read More

Carbon Clean announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PETRONAS CCS Solutions Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad, to jointly collaborate and evaluate Carbon Clean’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Read More

Carbon Capture & Commercialization Corp (CC&C), a pioneer in direct air carbon capture technology, announced it has secured an investment letter of intent from Demisar Investments. This potential investment marks a significant step forward in CC&C's mission to develop and deploy cost-effective carbon capture solutions globally.

Read More

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has assigned its first class notation for carbon capture onboard a ship to Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS)-owned Pacific Cobalt. The 50,000 dwt mid-range chemical carrier retrofit features a prefabricated Onboard Carbon Capture & Storage (OCCS) system supplied by Value Maritime, to significantly reduce exhaust emissions.

Read More

Metsä Group’s production units annually generate around 12 million tonnes of wood-based carbon dioxide, and the company is increasingly focusing on promoting its large-scale capture.

Read More

Heidelberg Materials North America announced it has finalized award negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). Following negotiations, OCED awarded the Mitchell Cement Plant Decarbonization Project as part of its Industrial Demonstrations Program with $300,000 to begin Phase 1 of the project.

Read More

RepAir Carbon US Inc., developer of a uniquely energy-efficient Direct Air Capture technology, and C-Questra, an independent European carbon storage startup, announced a strategic partnership to develop the European Union's first onshore Direct Air Capture and Storage project in France.

Read More

Opus One Winery is among the first wineries in the world to expand their deployment of Chart Industries, Inc. carbon capture solutions. For the last two years, Opus One has implemented Chart’s Earthly Labs’ CiCi solution to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) during red wine fermentation and plans to expand the deployment to double the CO2 captured during the 2024 Harvest.

Read More

8 Rivers Capital, LLC, a world-leading decarbonization technology and project developer has embarked on the development of a zero-emissions turbine that will create electricity (~270MWe) from captured carbon dioxide with Siemens Energy, one of the world’s leading energy technology companies.

Read More

The GIS CCUS Brazil platform brings together, on a single website, all public information on carbon capture and storage in the country. Online and free, it provides essential data for the implementation of new projects, such as the amounts of CO2 emitted, existing national infrastructure and potential reservoirs for geological storage.

Read More

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced up to $52.5 million to advance carbon dioxide removal technologies that reduce legacy carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution by removing it directly from the atmosphere to counter-balance emissions from hard-to-abate sectors, such as aviation and shipping.

Read More

InCapture announced the award of Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permit G-15-AP, strategically situated on the North West Shelf of Australia. The award marks a significant step towards a greener future, setting the stage for innovative carbon capture and storage solutions that promise to transform the region’s approach to managing industrial emissions.

Read More

CarbonQuest announced the initial closing on its Series A funding from Riverbend Energy Group. The funding will enable CarbonQuest to offer its Distributed Carbon Capture™ technology to a broader range of carbon emitters and accelerate market penetration of its cost-effective and economically viable solution.

Read More

Spiritus announced the filing of a Class VI permit application with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for its Orchard One project. This milestone paves the way for what could become the world’s largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, designed to remove 2 million tons of CO2 annually from the atmosphere, with first-phase operations beginning by 2026 at a fraction of current industry costs.

Read More

Calpine announced that it has executed a cost share agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations for the Sutter Decarbonization Project, a full-scale carbon capture demonstration project at its Sutter Energy Center.

Read More

Deep Sky, the Canadian carbon removal project developer, has selected a site in Innisfail, Alberta to build the world’s first carbon removal innovation and commercialization centre, Deep Sky Labs. Strategically located an hour north of Calgary, Innisfail is an emerging clean energy hub.

Read More

Last year, Heirloom and partners were notified of selection by the Department of Energy to negotiate for funding for two earlier stage DAC Hubs in Illinois and Florida. Heirloom shared that the projects have been awarded a combined total of $5.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Read More

Carbon America’s novel cryogenic carbon capture technology, FrostCC™, has successfully completed 1,000 hours of testing at the National Carbon Capture Center, a neutral research facility for third-party carbon capture developers, located in Wilsonville, Alabama.

Read More

New program enables companies to advance the carbon removals sector, scaling cutting edge carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions to meet global climate targets.

Read More

Enhancing Indonesia’s CCUS and CCS capabilities, BP Berau Ltd (bp) – as the operator of TangguhProduction Sharing Contract -- and Bandung Institute of Technology signed a Cooperation Agreement to advance research and development of carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Read More

The SLB and Aker Carbon Capture joint venture announced a contract award by its partner CO280 Solutions for front end engineering and design (FEED) of a large-scale carbon capture plant at a pulp and paper mill on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The project, which aims to remove 800,000 tons of carbon emissions annually, will also deliver permanent, verifiable and affordable carbon dioxide removals.

Read More

Sora Fuel, a startup producing sustainable aviation fuel using only water, air and renewable energy, announced it has raised an oversubscribed $6 million seed round. The funding will be used to expand Sora Fuel’s Boston-based team, develop commercialization partnerships and further advance the company’s novel technology.

Read More

Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (CMG) announced that its comprehensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) solution has been selected by Sval Energi AS to support the Trudvang project, located in the Norwegian North Sea.

Read More

The Petrofac Consulting team in Woking, UK has strengthened its position in supporting the Netherlands’ ambitions for CO2 capture and storage with an award from TotalEnergies EP Nederland BV of multi-million-dollar front-end-engineering design for a CO2 injection platform.

Read More

On July 31st in Anchorage Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed three energy bills into law, one being HB 50. This will create a regulatory framework for the State of Alaska to utilize its geologic resources for carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Read More

Worley has been working with VPI since 2022 to deliver the front-end engineering design for the carbon capture retrofit at the Immingham plant. Under this new contract Worley will support the engineering, procurement, and construction development phase. This will help to prepare for the EPC of the project, pending a final investment decision next year.

Read More

CarbonCapture Inc. and W. L. Gore & Associates announced a multi-year collaboration to develop advanced structured sorbents for more efficient atmospheric carbon removal. Since early 2022, the companies have been working together on the development of advanced materials designed to economically remove large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Read More

Capital Gas, ERMA FIRST and BABCOCK LGE signed a Letter of Intent to install a pioneering Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) system, CARBON FIT, on board four new liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers.

Read More

< Previous PageNext Page >

Advertisement

Sign up for our e-newsletter!
BBI International Logo

@ Copyright 2024 - BBI International - All rights reserved.