Carbon Capture R&D Gets $8 Billion Boost

摘要

Support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) research and development activity is increasing. According to Emerging Energy Research, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- the stimulus bill -- will increase federal support for demonstration and deployment of CCS projects by 70% to more than $8 billion. The US and Canada have pledged to increase cooperation on research and demonstrations of CCS at coal-fired plants. Several different carbon capture technologies show promise. National Energy Technology Laboratory researchers developed a method to reduce the cost of making solid sorbents that capture CO2 in large-scale gas-solid processes. Carbon dioxide from a DTE Energy natural gas processing plant near Gaylord, MI, is being injected into the Michigan Basin by an MRCSP team, led by Battelle of Columbus, OH. The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium and the Illinois State Geological Survey were awarded a $66.7 million contract from the DOE to conduct a Phase III large-scale sequestration demonstration project in the Mt. Simon Sandstone.