Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2016

A regional interdisciplinary team led by Montana State University has received $6 million from the National Science Foundation to address questions about whether biofuels and carbon capture technologies can be sustainably introduced into the Upper Missouri River Basin. In 1990, Congress began expanding the program beyond the NSF.

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MARCH 11, 2009

A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.) Evaluation of mineral trapping through carbonation will also be completed. Funded with $21.3

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