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- June 14, 2013
- COAL STATE LAWMAKERS QUESTION MONIZ ON FE BUDGET
Lawmakers from coal-producing states questioned newly-minted Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on cuts to the proposed Fossil Energy budget at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing this week.
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- June 14, 2013
- IG: DOE MANAGING HECA AT ‘INCREASED RISK LEVEL’
A report released by the Department of Energy’s Inspector General this week says that SCS Energy’s Hydrogen Energy California project is “progressing,” but concludes that DOE is managing the large-scale carbon capture and storage project “at an increased risk level.
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- June 14, 2013
- ‘GO TIME’ FOR CCUS IN TEXAS
Texas has long been touted as an ideal host for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects ... But whereas the last couple of years focused primarily on planning and laying the groundwork for an anthropogenic CO2 industry in the state, the final months of 2013 will likely prove to be critical in Texas as two of those projects make final investment decisions and the Governor mulls legislation that could further incentivize such ventures.
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- June 14, 2013
- IEA PITCHES FOUR NEW EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS MEASURES FOR 2020
A new International Energy Agency report released this week suggests that limiting the construction and use of sub-critical coal-fired power plants, implementing energy efficiency measures, halving fugitive methane emissions from gas production and phasing out some of the world’s fossil fuel subsidies could deliver “significant” emissions reductions globally by 2020 while not harming economic growth.
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- June 14, 2013
- AKERMIN PILOT TESTING ENZYME CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY AT NCCC
Akermin, Inc. is currently testing what the biotech company says is the largest and longest-running demonstration of an enzyme-based carbon capture system at the National Carbon Capture Center.
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- June 14, 2013
- TROUBLED DUKE IGCC FACILITY COMES ONLINE IN INDIANA
Edwardsport, a long-troubled 618 MW integrated gasification combined cycle plant operated by Duke Energy, is now in service in southwestern Indiana, the utility giant announced June 10.
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- June 14, 2013
- OBAMA, XI INK AGREEMENT TO PARE DOWN USE OF HFCS
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping finalized a new agreement over the weekend aimed at phasing down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons.
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- June 14, 2013
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