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12.04.2009 News
Secretary Chu Announces $3 Billion Investment for Carbon Capture and Sequestration
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of three new projects with a value of $3.18 billion to accelerate the development of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage at commercial-scale.
 
11.16.2009 Events
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Annual Review Meeting
 
11.13.2009 News
Worldwide Carbon Capture and Storage Projects on the Increase
Worldwide efforts to fund and establish CCS projects have accelerated, according to a new DOE online database, indicating ongoing positive momentum toward achieving the G-8 goal for launching 20 CCS demonstrations by 2010.
 
10.21.2009 News
DOE Partnership Completes Successful CO2 Injection Test in the Mount Simon Sandstone
 
10.13.2009 News
Secretary Chu Announces Up To $55 Million in Funding to Develop Advanced Carbon Capture Technology at Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants
DOE today issued an FOA to develop technologies that can capture CO2 from flue gases at existing power plants so that the greenhouse gas may be sequestered or put to beneficial use.
 
10.02.2009 News
Secretary Chu Announces First Awards from $1.4 Billion for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the first round of funding from $1.4 billion from the Recovery Act for the selection of 12 projects that will capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use.
 
09.16.2009 News
Energy Department Advances Carbon Capture and Storage Research on Two Fronts
Forty-three research projects that will advance CCS technologies while providing student training opportunities at universities across the country will be supported by $12.7 million in DOE funding announced today.
 
09.16.2009 News
DOE Research Projects to Examine Promising Geologic Formations for CO2 Storage
DOE today announced 11 projects valued at $75.5 million aimed at increasing scientific understanding about the potential of promising geologic formations to safely and permanently store CO2.
 
09.15.2009 News
Department of Energy Awards $71 Million to Accelerate Innovative Carbon Capture Project
DOE today announced that Arizona Public Service has been awarded $70.5 million from the Recovery Act to expand an existing industrial and innovative reuse carbon mitigation project.
 
09.14.2009 News
The Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership annual meeting has been posted in our events area.
 
09.08.2009 News
First-of-a-Kind Sequestration Field Test Begins in West Virginia
Injection of carbon dioxide began today in a first-of-a-kind field trial of enhanced coalbed methane recovery with simultaneous CO2 sequestration in an unmineable coal seam.
 
08.27.2009 News
DOE Announces More than $8.4 Million for Regional Sequestration Technology Training Projects
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced more than $8.4 million for seven projects that will facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technologies required for site development, operations, and monitoring of commercial carbon capture and storage projects.
 
08.26.2009 News
Carbon Sequestration Documentary Wins Coveted Aurora Award
A film about carbon sequestration produced with support from DOE has received a 2009 Gold Aurora Award in the documentary category for nature/environment.
 
08.24.2009 News
DOE Selects Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage
DOE today announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of CO2 storage in geologic formations.
 
08.10.2009 News
Department of Energy Awards $20 Million for Project to Advance Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage
The Department of Energy has announced that Ramgen Power Systems LLC, Bellevue, Washington, has been awarded $20 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to scale up a device that uses supersonic shockwaves to compress carbon dioxide for capture and storage.
 
07.29.2009 News
Bees, Balloons, Pollen Used as Novel CO2 Monitoring Approach
Researchers at FE's National Energy Technology Laboratory have discovered an innovative way to use bees, pollen, and helium-filled balloons to verify that no CO2 leaks from sequestration sites.
 
07.20.2009 News
Regional Partner Announces Plans for Carbon Storage Project Using CO2 Captured from Coal-Fired Power Plant
Southern Company and the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) have announced plans to store CO2 captured from a coal-fired power plant.
 
06.25.2009 News
DOE Partner Begins Carbon Storage Test
A DOE-sponsored project in Hopkins County, Kentucky has begun injecting carbon dioxide into a mature oil field to assess the region's CO2 storage capacity and feasibility for enhanced oil recovery.
 
06.24.2009 News
New Jersey Joins the Energy Department's Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnership Program
 
06.18.2009 News
RCSPs Project Management Team has been Awarded a Silver Outstanding Team Award for Excellence [PDF-68KB]
The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships’ (RCSPs) Project Management Team has been awarded a Silver Outstanding Team Award for Excellence from the Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board (FEB).
 
05.27.2009 News
DOE Establishes National Carbon Capture Center to Speed Deployment of CO2 Capture Processes
 
05.22.2009 News
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0000015 entitled "Recovery Act: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use" has been posted in our Business Solicitation area.
 

05.20.2009 News
Small-Scale Carbon Sequestration Field Test Yields Significant Lessons Learned
The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership has completed a preliminary geologic characterization and sequestration field test at FirstEnergy's R. E. Burger Plant near Shadyside, Ohio.

 
05.15.2009 News
Secretary Chu Announces $2.4 Billion in Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced at the National Coal Council that $2.4 billion from the ARRA will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of CCS technology.
 
03.17.2009 Publications
DOE Releases Report on Techniques to Ensure Safe, Effective Geologic Carbon Sequestration
The National Energy Technology Laboratory has created a comprehensive new document that examines existing and emerging techniques to monitor, verify, and account for carbon dioxide stored in geologic formations.
 
03.10.2009 News
DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam
A Department of Energy team of regional partners has begun injecting carbon dioxide into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO2 storage in the U.S. Great Plains region.
 

02.27.2009 News
DOE Partner Begins Injecting 50,000 Tons of Carbon Dioxide in Michigan Basin
A U.S. Department of Energy team of regional partners has begun injecting 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into a Michigan geologic formation believed to be capable of storing hundreds of years worth of CO2.

 

02.19.2009 News
DOE Seeks Applications for Tracking Carbon Dioxide Storage in Geologic Formations
DOE today issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of CO2 storage in geologic formations.

 

02.17.2009 News
Carbon Sequestration Partner Initiates Drilling of CO2 Injection Well in Illinois Basin
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium has begun drilling the injection well for their large-scale carbon dioxide injection test in Decatur, Illinois.

 

02.11.2009 News
DOE Regional Partner Initiates CO2 Injection Study in Virginia
A team of regional partners has begun injecting CO2 into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO2 storage.

 
12.08.2008 Events
RCSP – Monitoring, Verification, & Accounting (MVA) Webinar with the AWA
 
08.04.2008 Publications
The Carbon Sequestration Newsletter (08/08) [PDF-1.8MB]
 

07.08.2008 Publications
Conference Proceedings for the "2nd U.S.-China Symposium on CO2 Emissions Control Science & Technology" have been posted.

 
07.01.2008 Publications
The Carbon Sequestration Newsletter
 
09.01.2007 Events
An Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration (Video-WMV)
 
09.01.2007 Publications
Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap