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Hitachi, EON and Electrabel join forces to test carbon capture
Brussels (AFP) April 17, 2008 Japan's Hitachi, German energy group EON and Belgium group Electrabel are joining forces to design and run a carbon capture test centre, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday. Carbon dioxide capture and storage is seen as a major potential boon in the global attempt to cut down on the greenhouse gas in the fight against climate change. The target of the joint project is "to design, build and operate a test facility to investigate the behaviour of different solvents in the process for CO2 capture from flue gases," the companies said in their statement. Hitachi Power Europe will be responsible for the design, set up and the operation of the test facility which will be able to be moved around to Electrabel and EON Kraftwerke sites in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries wherever it is "technically most interesting," the statement added. Electrabel and EON Kraftwerke will integrate the test facility in their power plants so as to perform the test programs under real conditions. As well as CO2 capture, the three industry partners will be seeking to increase efficiency, especially for turbine and steam generators, and to reduce emissions in general. The development of carbon capture and storage techniques is part of an ambitious EU project to cut its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in 2020 from 1990 levels. Under the plans, the use of renewable energies like biomass, wind and solar power will rise to 20 percent of all European energy forms. Biofuels will also have to make up 10 percent of fuels used for transport. Carbon capture and storage works by capturing carbon dioxide emissions as they are produced by power stations and then storing them underground, so that they cannot interact with the atmosphere and produce the greenhouse effect. However the technology is in its infancy. The first EU-supported pilot project opened near Esbjerg, Denmark in 2006. The European-Japanese joint project is planned to last four years in total. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Historic Alliance Calls For A National Task Force On Carbon Capture And Storage
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 17, 2008In an historic alliance, industry, union and environment organisations have called on the Federal Government to establish a National Carbon Capture and Storage Taskforce to combat climate change. The new taskforce, proposed by the Australian Coal Association (ACA), CFMEU, The Climate Institute (CI), and WWF, would be charged with developing and implementing a nationally coordinated plan to oversee rapid demonstration and commercialisation of 10,000 GWh of carbon capture and storage (CCS) electricity per year by 2020. |
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