Remove Coal Remove International Remove Universal Remove USA
article thumbnail

Eni-BP Joint Venture Awarded Coal-Bed Methane Project in Indonesia; Potential for First Integrated CBM to LNG Project

Green Car Congress

and operatorship); BP (26.25%); Eni (26.25%); VIC (15.625%); Opicoil, a Houston-based subsidiary of Taiwan’s CPC (20%); and Universe Gas and Oil (4.375 %). and operatorship); BP (26.25%); Eni (26.25%); VIC (15.625%); Opicoil, a Houston-based subsidiary of Taiwan’s CPC (20%); and Universe Gas and Oil (4.375 %).

Indonesia 186
article thumbnail

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Green Car Congress

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. ArcelorMittal USA plans to design an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from blast furnace-based steelmaking operations at its plant in Burns Harbor, IN. Chevron USA.

Carbon 236
article thumbnail

Masdar, RTI and US DOE partner in carbon capture research project using solid sorbent technology

Green Car Congress

Masdar is collaborating with RTI International, an independent non-profit research institute, on research project examining the use of solid sorbent technology for the capture of carbon dioxide from coal and gas-fired power station flue gases, targeting a significant cost reduction in carbon dioxide capture over the best available technology today.

Carbon 218
article thumbnail

Study finds global CO2 emissions back on the rise in 2010

Green Car Congress

Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK). The study, which also involved the University of East Anglia (UK) and other global institutions, is part of the annual carbon budget update by the Global Carbon Project.

2010 210
article thumbnail

DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

Cars That Think

USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley. Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. California State University Channel Islands. USA, South Korea, Sweden. Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. Australia, USA.

article thumbnail

Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

Green Car Congress

An international team of researchers projected a summer average decrease in capacity of power plants of 6.3—19% 58%) could also reduce the vulnerability because of smaller water demands when compared with coal- and nuclear-fueled stations (with mean efficiencies of ?46% 19% in Europe and 4.4—16%

article thumbnail

DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Chu said that it was highly unlikely that the US, Russia, China and India, which account for two-thirds of the coal reserves, “ will turn their back on coal anytime soon.”.for University of Utah. DOE Share: $2,723,512).

Carbon 210