article thumbnail

First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

Green Car Congress

Injection of CO 2 began in a first-of-a-kind US Department of Energy–sponsored field trial of enhanced coalbed methane recovery with simultaneous CO2 sequestration in an unmineable coal seam. The field test is incorporating numerous site characterization and monitoring activities to ensure the safety and efficacy of CO2 injection.

article thumbnail

Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

Green Car Congress

The validation phase (2005–2010) generally involves small-scale field tests and includes the Black Warrior Basin CO2 Storage Project. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

Alabama 186
article thumbnail

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. Between 2007 and 2011, the city of Seville built an.