Our country’s energy landscape is rapidly changing. For the first time in decades we’re producing more barrels of oil in the United States than we import from other countries, thanks…
carbon capture
Panelists at the ELECTRIC POWER 2015 general session on environmental issues were frank about difficulties with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. But the power sector can—and should—make it happen, they…
Given the costs and other concerns about currently available technologies for capturing and storing carbon dioxide from fossil-fueled power plants, interest in new technologies remains high. Here’s a look at…
What turns a trend from trendy to established? In the energy industry it can be any number of things, from a technology breakthrough, to a new market, to forces of…
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have developed a method to manufacture nanoporous graphene for use in supercapacitors from atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Graphene is a form of carbon that…
Strategies for compliance with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards led the list of topics covered during the Power Plant Pollutant Control “MEGA” Symposium held Aug. 19–21, in Baltimore, Md.,…
Norway's government on Friday terminated a full-scale project to capture carbon dioxide at the Mongstad refinery on the country's western coast, citing high risks connected to the facility. It will…