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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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(EPRI) will produce an engineering design and cost estimate of a membrane-based post-combustion CO 2 capture system on Duke Energy’s East Bend Station in Kentucky. The project team will create a model that replicates the station’s performance and will be used to estimate the impacts of retrofitting CO2 capture to the plant.

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

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Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams. gigatons to 2.3

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DOE Regional Partner Initiates Coal Seam CO2 Injection and Methane Recovery Study in Virginia

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The results of the study will be used to assess the potential of carbon storage in coal seams as a safe and permanent method to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing production of natural gas. billion tons of CO2 in the coal seams while increasing natural gas production up to 2.5 feet in thickness.

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

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The large membrane pilot will be designed to focus on partial capture from a slipstream of flue gas using the MTR Polaris membrane. UKy-CAER Heat-integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants. UKy-CAER Heat-integrated Transformative CO2 Capture Process for Pulverized Coal Power Plants.

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DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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In a typical DFC application, natural gas is combined with ambient air for the fuel cell power generation process. University of Kentucky Research Foundation will design, fabricate, install, and test a large-pilot facility that will illustrate an innovative carbon capture system integrated with an operating power plant. NRG Energy Inc.

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Battelle, Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership release Phase II reports

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The focus of the overall MRCSP program is to develop a class of carbon sequestration technologies, which includes capture and storage of carbon dioxide in deep geologic structures such as saline formations, active and depleted oil and gas fields, organic rich shales, and unmineable coal seams.

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DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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The oxy-combustion process replaces the air used for combustion with a mixture of oxygen and recycled plant emissions (flue gas) and/or water for temperature control. Gas Technology Institute. The boiler concept should allow for a more compact combustor with reduced gas-phase heat exchanger surface area.

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