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Twelve and Alaska Airlines to collaborate with Microsoft to advance sustainable aviation fuel derived from recaptured CO2 and renewable energy

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Through the first-of-its-kind agreement, Twelve, Alaska, and Microsoft will work to advance production and use of Twelve’s E-Jet, a low-carbon jet fuel produced by a power-to-liquids process leveraging the company’s carbon transformation technology. SAF is a core part of Alaska’s five-part pathway to net zero by 2040. Earlier post.).

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ConocoPhillips and US DOE project testing production of methane from hydrates via CO2 injection on Alaska North Slope

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A fully instrumented well that will test innovative technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits has been installed on the North Slope of Alaska.

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USGS assessment finds mean CO2 storage potential of 3,000 gigatonnes in US

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Two other regions with significant storage capacity include the Alaska region and the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains region. The largest potential by far is in the Coastal Plains region, which accounts for 2,000 metric gigatons, or 65%, of the storage potential.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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University of Alaska Fairbanks. UKy-CAER Heat-integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants. Scale-Up of Coal-Based Supercritical CO2 Cycle Technology. DOE funding: $998,862 Non-DOE: $249,715 Total: $1,248,577. syngas.DOE: $15,908 Non-DOE: $3,978 Total: $19,886.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 million tonnes CO 2 ); California (369.8 mt CO 2 ); and Pennsylvania (256.6 In terms of per capita emissions, the top emitter was Wyoming (118.5 tonnes of CO 2 per person), followed by North Dakota (80.4 tonnes/person).

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US and Japan successfully complete Arctic field trial of gas hydrate production technology using CO2-methane exchange within structure

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the completion of a successful test of technology in the North Slope of Alaska that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates. Conceptual rendering of CO 2 – CH 4 exchange methodology for the production of natural gas from hydrates. Source: NETL. Click to enlarge.

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US House Republicans Introduce Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of CO2

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US Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) Earlier post.) Congressman Skelton is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. earlier introduced an identical resolution, S.J. 26, in the US Senate. Earlier post.).

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