we-energies.com - 5/22/2009
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Project Update Winter 2008 System Status The Alstom Chilled Ammonia Carbon Capture Pilot Demonstration Project, located at We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant in Kenosha Country, has been in operation since March. During this period, key modifications have been made to the physical system ...
theenergycollective.com - 5/24/2009
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theenergycollective.com —
As the American Clean Energy & Security Act
(ACES) 2009 (i.e. Waxman-Markey) shows itself, it reveals some different thinking...
on emissions trading to that in Europe, notably in the area of allowance distribution. An emissions trading system is designed to establish an ...
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Going once, going twice . . . .
energyoutlook.blogspot.com - 5/28/2009
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energyoutlook.blogspot.com —
I've been following developments in carbon capture and
sequestration (CCS) for more than a decade, so I...
was intrigued to run across a novel suggestion for an entirely different approach, involving the "sequestration" of undeveloped oil instead of the ...
(more)
Sequester Oil Instead of CO2?
theenergycollective.com - 5/28/2009
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theenergycollective.com —
I've been following developments in carbon capture and
sequestration (CCS) for more than a decade, so I...
was intrigued to run across a novel suggestion for an entirely different approach, involving the "sequestration" of undeveloped oil instead of the CO2 emitted by power plants and other ...
(more)
Sequester Oil Instead of CO2?
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Energy and Global Warming News for May 22nd: Still a long way to go to pass an energy and climate bill in the House
Climate Progress —
... Alstom Power and We Energies have released preliminary data on their carbon capture pilot project at Pleasant Prairie, Wisc. The pilot plant, set up to siphon the CO2 from a small stream of the total flue gas using chilled ammonia, not only captured most of the CO2, it captured it in a more than 99 percent pure form, according to Robert Hilton, vice president of power technologies and government affairs at Alstom, which is important for any future ...
Ditching Coal While Studying CCS
FUTURISM NOW —
... Alstom Power and We Energies have released preliminary data on their carbon capture pilot project at Pleasant Prairie, Wisc. The pilot plant, set up to siphon the CO2 from a small stream of the total ...
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