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Carbon capture can drive a 21st century revival of British industry
The Government's 'Heseltine report' into the regeneration of Teesside concludes that CCS could reap windfall gains. "This is a rare instance when existing industries can harness a new technology and ensure that Britain becomes a European and world leader," it said. Britain is already a player in CCS technology; Shell Cansolv installed the world's first utility scale filtering system on a 110 megawatt coal-plant for SaskPower in Canada and UK engineers Costain are managing a project for Emirates Steel Industries in Abu Dhabi, capturing the CO2 at source and transporting it in pipes for enhanced oil recovery.

Canada’s new $25-million Clean Energy Innovation Program will fund new tech for carbon capture, use and storage
The Government of Canada is looking for projects to receive funding under a new program designed to accelerate commercialisation of greenhouse gas reduction technologies. The Clean Energy Innovation Program will divide $25 million over five areas, including carbon capture, use and storage. “R&D activities in this area will help reduce capture costs and improve efficiency to help deploy this technology more broadly ─ paving the way for significant emission reduction,” Natural Resources Canada says. “Carbon capture, use and storage will help meet Canada’s 2030 emission reduction targets. This will particularly be the case in the oil and gas, and industrial sectors.

Map helps maximize carbon-capture material
A careful balance of the ingredients in carbon-capture materials would maximize the sequestration of greenhouse gases while simplifying the processing of natural gas, according to researchers at Rice University. The lab of Rice chemist Andrew Barron led a project to map how changes in porous carbon materials and the conditions in which they're synthesised affect carbon capture. They discovered aspects that could save money for industry while improving its products.

Energy leaders partner with UND division for carbon-capture efforts
Energy providers have officially partnered with a division of the University of North Dakota to develop updated carbon capture technology aimed at reducing coal-fired power plant emissions. Leaders from Allete Clean Energy, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., BNI Energy and UND’s Energy and Environmental Research Center gathered Monday at the EERC building on campus to sign a memorandum of understanding outlining their cooperative agreement to work together to submit a bid for a competitive proposal that would be put forth by the U.S. Department of Energy. The ultimate goal of the project is to reduce the level of carbon dioxide released as a byproduct of burning coal.

Explaining Carbon Capture Use and Storage
The World Coal Association (WCA) has recently published a series of country-specific factsheets titled “Coal in key economies” looking at the countries that recognised a role for high efficiency low emissions (HELE) coal in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The World Coal Association published an additional factsheet with basic information on what is carbon capture use and storage, how it is linked to global climate goals and why policy parity is important.