The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has signed an agreement with NRG Energy Inc. to design, construct, and operate a system that will capture and store approximately 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year.

BASF and US research institute RTI International are joining forces to develop a new, highly cost-effective technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants and other industrial sources.

Foster Wheeler has signed, together with Endesa and the Spanish Foundation, Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN), a grant agreement with the European Commission (EC).

EDF, in partnership with Alstom and Veolia Environment, is creating a research demonstrator for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide at Unit 4 of EDF’s coal fired power plant at Le Havre, France.

he Government of Saskatchewan and Hitachi, Ltd. have signed an agreement to work together and share information for developing energy and environmental technologies, including carbon capture & storage (CCS) for thermal power plants, renewable energy and smart grid technologies.

Powerspan Corp. said its ECO2 post-combustion CO₂ capture technology can be scaled up and that a retrofit project can be implemented at less than $40 per ton of CO₂ captured.

Peabody Energy CEO and Chairman Gregory Boyce testified that coal with carbon dioxide emissions control should be part of the climate change solution. Do you agree or disagree?

Duke Energy Indiana told regulators the cost of its 618 MW Edwardsport coal gasification plant under construction will rise from $2.35 billion to $2.88 billion.

Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce testified that coal needs to be part of the climate change solution but only if it involves such technologies as carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Alabama Power is expected to break ground April 14 on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project at its Barry coal-fired plant.

The UK government has won Parliament’s approval for the authority to levy a tax on electricity suppliers including EDF, E.ON and Centrica that will fund carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

TransAlta Corp. has fully retired all four units at its 537 MW Wabamun coal-fired power plant in Alberta after 54 years of operation.

The Department of Energy said it will invest $37.5 million over the next five years in the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center.

The cost of electricity generated from coal will increase relative to renewable energy as the world develops and implements technologies that curtail carbon emissions from coal fired power plants, say international experts at Globe 2010, but it is a price worth paying.

The UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced it is searching for organizations or consortia to bid for a major project that could establish an advanced carbon dioxide capture technology demonstration project.

Drax, the owner of the UK's biggest coal fired power station, has embarked on feasibility studies into the use of carbon capture and storage after joining talks with a regional development agency to help develop its GBP2bn ($3.5bn) carbon cluster project.

NRG Energy Inc. will receive up to $154 million from the Department of Energy and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit at the company's 3,564 MW WA Parish coal-fired power plant in Texas.

Fluor Corp. and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. have formed an alliance with Fluor's Power Group to market and sell carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture systems for existing coal-fired power plants in the United States and Canada.

The question is, what’s going to happen over the next 10 years in particular? I think at that time we’re looking at the need for tens of thousands of megawatts not only to meet new load growth but hopefully to start replacing some aging coal plants around the country.