News tagged with carbon capture

Green potential of our industrial past

Manipulating the soil in urban and industrial areas in order to capture more carbon from the atmosphere is the “best resource we have to begin to mitigate human CO2 emissions”, experts claim.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Test for carbon capture leaks developed

Scientists have developed the first ever fail-safe test to check for carbon dioxide (CO2) leaks from carbon capture and storage sites deep underground.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Carbon capture and storage: Carbon dioxide pressure dissipates in underground reservoirs

The debate surrounding carbon capture and storage intensifies as scientists from the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) examine the capacity for storing carbon dioxide underground, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Carbon capture and storage technologies could provide a new green industry for the UK: research

The UK has the capacity to develop new green industries for capturing harmful carbon dioxide emissions from industry and storing them deep underground, but more investment is needed to further develop the relevant technologies ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Oscillating layers of molecules on liquid's surface influence carbon capture

Two tiny molecular layers in a liquid that traps carbon dioxide constantly swap places, influencing how much of the greenhouse gas is absorbed, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Australia hopes for carbon capturing 'sponges'

Australian scientists said Monday they are working to develop "molecular sponges" that they hope will soak up carbon gases and help in the fight to contain greenhouse gas pollution.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

China-US collaboration on clean energy research

Chinese and US scientists will be collaborating on research into clean energy with millions of dollars in backing by the two nations, a US national laboratory announced on Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Solar-powered process could decrease carbon dioxide to pre-industrial levels in 10 years

(PhysOrg.com) -- By using the sun's visible light and heat to power an electrolysis cell that captures and converts carbon dioxide from the air, a new technique could impressively clean the atmosphere and ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (107) | comments 215 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists develop tech to track carbon dioxide

(AP) -- Scientists have developed a method for detecting and tracking carbon dioxide deep underground, giving the federal government an important tool as people look for ways to keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture

The EU commission on Wednesday granted 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to offshore wind farms and carbon capture and storage schemes to help relaunch Europe's economy and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed construction of a pilot plant to support development and validation of its carbon capture technology. Final commissioning testing prior to plant operation ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Major funding to help cut CO2 emissions

The University of Nottingham is to share in £6.9m of research funding to investigate carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies which could drastically cut CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel power stations. The funding fr ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Carbon capture has a sparkling future

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings - published ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0