WOODMAC CCUS 2025: Coal power boost creates new market opportunities for clean tech
A clean energy technology company is leaning in to developing low-carbon coal plants, seeing an attractive market opportunity amid the Trump administration’s increasing policy support for coal, a company executive said.
Read MoreWOODMAC CCUS 2025: CCUS “not the core driver” of Chevron’s gas generation deployment for data centres
CCUS additions may not be a part of Chevron’s new plan to deploy natural gas-fired power plants to power data centres across the US Southeast, Midwest, and West regions, a company executive said Thursday.
Read MoreWOODMAC CCUS 2025: US EPA’s repeal of GHG reporting rule could create challenges for 45Q projects
Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) experts said at a conference Wednesday the proposed repeal of the GHG Reporting Program (GHGRP) by the US EPA could create challenges for developers aiming to use 45Q tax credits, but appeared split over whether or not the policy change would pose a significant risk to projects.
Read MoreWOODMAC CCUS 2025: US Midwest CO2 pipeline “wasn’t worth it” due to grassroots opposition -executive
The president of a CO2 pipeline developer that scrapped its US Midwest project last year said that the company had underestimated the level of grassroots opposition going into the project, while sharing wider lessons learned for CO2 pipeline developers.
Read MoreSecond US DOE list of terminated grants targets Texas, Louisiana DAC hubs -media
Two large direct air capture (DAC) hubs are included in a new purported list of projects whose financial awards are being abruptly cancelled by the US DOE, although project developers say they have not been informed of any funding cancellations.
Read MoreWorld has more geologic CO2 storage capacity “than we’ll ever need” -experts
A recent study finding that the world’s geological CO2 storage capacity is far smaller than previously believed should not pose any barriers to scaling CDR, experts said Monday.
Read MoreTexas Permian Basin emissions rise through 2024, despite reduction efforts -analysis
Methane emissions from the US’s highest-producing oil field in Texas have roughly tripled over the last 14 years, despite significant emission reduction efforts among independent upstream producers in recent years, according to an analysis presented Thursday.
Read MoreUS DOE’s Regional DAC Hub programme ensnared in broad $7.5 bln grant termination
At least 10 carbon capture grants as part of the US DOE’s Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs programme were among the 321 financial awards the agency abruptly cancelled Wednesday, according to a preliminary list obtained by Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreUS allowed $280 mln of EV charging infrastructure grants to expire -analysis
Over $280 million in grant funding for EV charging infrastructure appropriated under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expired at the end of September as the Trump administration allowed the clock to run out on a spending deadline, according to a new analysis.
Read MoreGeorgia university to pilot state-specific exchange for forestry carbon credits
An Atlanta-based university is spearheading the creation of a state-specific forest carbon exchange platform designed to encourage investment in local projects and reduce risk for buyers and sellers.
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