Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
Features
Process pioneer: Rodney Allam discusses the development of his CCS technology
As testing begins in Texas, Allam shares his thoughts on building emissions-free natural gas plan...
Friendly Foams
Building the UK’s first captured-carbon polymerisation plant
The Privilege of Being First
An insider’s view of the technical challenges overcome at the pioneering Boundary Dam CCS project...
Has Carbon Utilisation Captured its Audience?
A look into public awareness and acceptance of carbon capture and utilisation
It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
H21: why we need bold thinking for a greener, cleaner, low-cost future
Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?
An overview of the scientific and technical challenges that have surfaced because of shale gas
Solar-Powered Water Purification Wins Top Prize
Helen Tunnicliffe reviews the winners of IChemE’s annual awards programme
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions th...
Gassnova’s Trude Sundset on the importance of CCS
Trude Sundset, CEO of Gassnova and a chemical engineer by training, tells Helen Tunnicliffe why c...
CCS: Why bother?
Carbon capture and storage costs money, so why bother? On the CCS Safari, Helen Tunnicliffe found...
Ambition Made Real
Adam Duckett praises Norway's industrial vision
CCS: Carbon Capture and Strategy
Helen Tunnicliffe goes on safari in Norway to learn about a government-backed scheme to set up ...
Usher in a New Age
THE big news this month – measured by the landslide levels of interest on our Facebook page – is ...
News
Novel CO2 scrubber
RESEARCHERS at Michigan Technological University (MTU), US have designed a carbon dioxide (CO2) s...
An alternative CO2 capture process
SCIENTISTS at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), US have developed ...
Producing synthetic gas with a single-step process
TECHNOLOGY company Sunfire has successfully demonstrated a single-step process for producing syng...
New carbon capture technology granted funding for further development
THE Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Carbon CCS-US, the US subsidiary of Carbon Clean Solutions...
Novel powder could cut CO2 emissions
RESEARCHERS at the University of Waterloo, Canada, have created a novel advanced ultramicroporous...
Chevron and Occidental invest in capturing CO2 from the air
CHEVRON and Occidental Petroleum have invested in Canadian direct air capture (DAC) company Carbo...
Climeworks pioneering air-captured CO2 for drinks carbonation
COCA-COLA HBC Switzerland has teamed up with Climeworks to pioneer the use of air-captured carbon...
UK moving forward with CCUS plans
THE UK government has unveiled an action plan for developing carbon, capture, utilisation and sto...
World’s first commercial full-chain CCUS project announced for Teesside
THE Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a strategic partnership with six oil and ...
Engineers publish £22bn blueprint for UK to take global lead on hydrogen heating
ENGINEERS have called on the UK government to immediately spend £125m (US$159m) designing a hydro...
Drax starts commissioning Europe’s first BECCS pilot plant
DRAX, the energy company, has started commissioning of its innovative bioenergy with carbon captu...
Report assesses the role of biomass in meeting climate change targets in the UK
A REPORT by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that biomass has a role to play in a l...
Report outlines path to significantly reducing emissions from cement industry
A REPORT has outlined how the cement and concrete industry can reduce its CO2 emissions by 95% by...
ExxonMobil to contribute US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre partnership
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will be contributing US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre. The ...
European Parliament calls for tougher stance on emissions
MEMBERS of the European Parliament have called on the EU to improve its climate change commitment...
New catalyst reduces carbon dioxide emissions in coal-to-liquids process
A CATALYST has been developed that almost eliminates carbon dioxide emissions in the Fischer-Trop...
Fluor to test carbon capture technology at Norwegian facility
FLUOR has signed an agreement to test its carbon capture processes at the Technology Centre Mongs...
UN climate experts warn society must make unparalleled shift
LIMITING global warming to 1.5°C requires rapid and unprecedented changes to society, UN climate ...
Drax in talks to acquire Scottish Power assets
DRAX, the UK power company, has entered talks to discuss acquiring Scottish Power energy assets f...
Three US oil majors commit to climate change action
EXXONMOBIL, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum have joined the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGC...
Joint report calls for immediate action to remove greenhouse gases
The Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) have released a joint report outli...
Climeworks raises funds to expand direct air capture business
CLIMEWORKS has raised CHF30.5m (US$30.8m) to further industrialise its technology which directly ...
Drax: Stepping closer to coal-free
DRAX, which operates the largest power station in the UK, and supplies 6% of the country’s energy...
Carbon capture studies to go ahead at Norwegian waste incineration plant
NORWAY’s ministry of petroleum and energy has announced that it will fund FEED studies on CO2 cap...
CCS could fuel the fizz in UK lager
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) could fuel the fizz in UK lager and help guard against a future ...
CCUS report urges UK government to act now
THE carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) cost challenge taskforce has released a report settin...
Chevron’s delayed CCS project due to begin this year
CHEVRON expects to start its carbon capture and storage project for the Gorgon liquified natural ...
Cutting the cost of carbon capture
CANADIAN company Carbon Engineering has announced that it can capture carbon from the air for les...
Drax will host Europe’s first bioenergy CCS project
DRAX Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, will pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture and stora...
Norway outlines funding for full-chain CCS demonstration project
NORWAY’S efforts to develop a full-chain CCS demonstration project have been boosted by governmen...
Philip Aldridge shares his plans as new NEPIC CEO
PHILIP ALDRIDGE, an IChemE member who has taken over as CEO of England’s Northeast Process Indust...
Finalists announced for carbon capture XPRIZE
TEN finalists have been announced in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE which is incentivising companies...
Australian coal-to-hydrogen plant will fuel Japan’s green economy
THE AUSTRALIAN government has entered into a partnership with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries t...
National Grid report says gas can decarbonise heat, transport, and industry
THE UK’s gas and electricity operator, National Grid, has set out its long-term goals in its repo...
Carbon nanotubes could make carbon-zero fuels cheaper than fossil fuels
A BREAKTHROUGH has been made in the manufacturing of carbon nanotube membranes which will lead to...
Paris Agreement targets can’t be reached with negative emission technologies
A REPORT has evaluated the potential of negative emission technologies (NETs) in the context of m...
Innovation grant awarded for development of low-cost carbon capture technology
A research and development grant worth almost £900,000 (US$1.3m) has been awarded to a consortium...
ExxonMobil expects to pump out majority of its oil, even in a low-carbon future
EXXONMOBIL says there is little risk that climate change policies will force it to leave its prov...
Edinburgh launches world-first free online course on CCS
THE University of Edinburgh has launched the world’s first open online course about CCS and is of...
Improved chemical looping process for greener fossil fuels
ENGINEERS at Ohio State University, US, are developing a chemical looping process which can creat...
Norway offers some help to CCS projects
AFTER dealing a huge budget blow to its full-chain CCS project, the Norwegian government has anno...
Government outlines plan to make UK world’s most innovative nation
THE UK government has published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy as it seeks to boost industr...
Ethylene from artificial photosynthesis
ETHYLENE has been produced from an integrated artificial photosynthetic device for the first time...
Molten metal for clean hydrogen
MOLTEN metal could be used for a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly alternative to produce H2...
Global Status of CCS report warns ‘more to be done’
THE Global CCS Institute says that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to meeting the Paris...
Natural gas emissions threaten EU carbon budget
METHANE emissions from natural gas have been underestimated by governments, and the “bridging fue...
IChemE Energy Centre responds to UK Clean Growth Strategy
THE IChemE Energy Centre has welcomed the UK’s Clean Growth Strategy and investment in carbon cap...
OGCI selects first three green investment projects
THE OIL AND GAS CLIMATE INITIATIVE (OGCI) has selected the first three low carbon projects to ben...
Norway cuts budget for full-chain CCS project by 94%
THE Norwegian government has, in its 2018 budget, proposed cutting the funding for its flagship f...
Climeworks opens direct air capture plant in Iceland
CLIMEWORKS has opened a new plant in collaboration with Reykjavik Energy in Iceland to capture CO...
Acorn CCS gets £100,000 Scottish government funding
THE Acorn CCS project, a full-chain CCS project in northeast Scotland, UK, has been awarded £100,...
DNV GL: Energy demand will plateau in 2030
RISK MANAGEMENT firm DNV GL predicts that global energy demand will peak in 2025 and plateau afte...
Call for UK industry to pioneer hydrogen use
INDUSTRY in the Northwest of England should pioneer the use of hydrogen fuel, according to an amb...
Engineers dispel 100-year fluid flow law
A 100-YEAR law used to describe how fluid flows through rocks has been overturned by engineers at...
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax design...
