April 7, 2014 Bio-CCS Going carbon negative with Bio-CCS Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) combined with biomass, known as Bio-CCS offers the only large scale means of going carbon…
April 7, 2014 Bio-CCS, Climate change The climate report of hope Two recent UN reports have established that we have a climate crisis. The third shows that there are solutions. Everyone…
April 3, 2014 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Russian Navy Russia, Norway urge raising of dumped Soviet-era nuclear subs MURMANSK – Two derelict Soviet-era nuclear submarines lying at the bottom of the Barents Sea present a real radiological risk…
April 2, 2014 Electric mobility Norway makes history in electric car sales, thanks to Tesla March saw the sale of 1,521 Tesla Model S sedan-type electric automobiles in Norway, making it the most popular model…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized ZEP regrets absence of CCS from discussions on 2030 Climate and Energy Framework European Heads of State fail to mention CCS during the discussions on the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework at the…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized Report on the selection of geological sites for CO2 storage The European research project SiteChar has since January 2011 been working on the characterisation of European CO2 storage sites. Central…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized Study on the impact of religious faith on attitudes to CCS A research group at the University of Sheffield has conducted a study to investigate potential differences in the pro-environmental values…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized The government provides €72.5 million for CCS development The British government has declared that it wants the UK to be the best place in the world to invest…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation invites submissions for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) is inviting funding submissions for projects that will help the Alberta province…
March 28, 2014 Uncategorized EU-US Summit draws attention to CCS The leaders of the European Union met with President Barack Obama on 26 March on the occasion of the EU-US…
March 26, 2014 Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Bellona-Rosatom workshop details progress against backdrop of international strains MURMANSK – Russian nuclear state corporation Rosatom and Bellona last week held their fourth annual workshop on the heels of…
March 14, 2014 Uncategorized New book release on CCS Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are this month publishing a book on…
March 14, 2014 Uncategorized New hollow fibre membrane modules for CO2 capture Researchers at CO2CRC at the University of New South Wales in Australia prepare for a trial of new hollow fibre…
March 14, 2014 Uncategorized The EPS continues to jump through hoops The Unites States’ Environmental Protection Agency has since its proposal of an Emission performance Standard (EPS) for power plants had…
March 14, 2014 Uncategorized CO2 as a resource American companies are currently looking into the possibilities of using captured CO2 as the raw material for making different products.…
March 14, 2014 Uncategorized Report on opportunities for CO2 storage pilot projects across Europe A recently published report by CGS Europe provides an overview of the many potential CO2 storage pilot projects across Europe.…
March 3, 2014 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Working Document: Bellona’s Analysis of Post-Fukushima Stress Tests on Russian Nuclear Power Plants ST. PETERSBURG – After the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, nuclear experts worldwide agreed to stress-test…
February 27, 2014 Climate change East Asia takes encouraging steps toward CCS leadership The last two weeks have been marked by a high public profile for CO2 Capture & Storage (CCS) in several…
February 27, 2014 Uncategorized Scientists develop selective CO2 capture material Scientists at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in the US state of Virginia have developed a new nanotech polymer material…
February 27, 2014 Uncategorized Shand CCS test facility progresses SaskPower’s Boundary Dam full-scale CCS facility has garnered international attention for its success in a challenging CCS world. Now, its…
