http://www.compasscoal.com/blog Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:26:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monday, August 10, 2009 Duke Energy, one of America's largest electric utilities, will explore a variety of renewable and other clean-energy technologies with China Huaneng Group, China's biggest electric utility, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed today in Beijing. The MOU between Duke Energy and China Huaneng Group – which ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/duke-energy-signs-an-mou-with-china-huaneng-group-to-develop-ccs-technology.html DOE has created a network of seven Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) to help develop the technology, infrastructure, and regulations to implement large-scale CO2 sequestration in different regions and geologic formations within the Nation. Underlying this Regional Partnership approach is the belief that local organizations and citizens will contribute expertise, ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/doe-ccs-regional-partnerships.html ATLANTA, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southern Company today announced plans to demonstrate carbon capture and sequestration on a coal-fired power generation plant to support the development of technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions Along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), the Electric Power Research Institute ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/carbon-capture-at-southern-company-power-plant.html Fluor Selected for SaskPower Carbon Capture Engineering Features Fluor's Econamine FG PlusIRVING, Texas, Apr 07, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded front-end engineering for CO2 capture for the SaskPower Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration project in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. The contract value ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/carbon-capture-project-in-canada-moves-forward.html Economic Benefits from Advanced Coal Electric Generation February 11, 2009 The Next Generation of Advanced Clean Coal Technologies to Create Millions of Jobs for American Workers Unions and Industry Group Release Study Citing Economic Impacts of Advanced Coal Electric Generation (Washington, D.C.)– A coalition of key labor and energy industry groups agree that the ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/clean-coal-technologies-create-jobs.html ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT The energy challenges our country faces are severe and have gone unaddressed for far too long. Our addiction to foreign oil doesn't just undermine our national security and wreak havoc on our environment -- it cripples our economy and strains the budgets of working families all across ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/obama-energy-policy-abstract-january-2009.html Houston and St. Louis, Dec 16, 2008 - ConocoPhilips and Peabody Energy today announced the filing of an air permit with the Commonwealth of Kentucky to site a state-of-the-art coal-to-natural gas facility near Central City in Muhlenberg County. The filing is a major step toward advancing development of the project ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/conocophillips-and-peabody-energy-select-site-in-muhlenberg-county-ky-to-develop-coal-to-gas-facility.html As the global warming battle continues, look for "coal to fuel" projects to gain momentum. By Jim Ostroff, Associate Editor, The Kiplinger Letter,  Jan 9, 2009 Coal is likely to be a big winner in the new Obama administration. Over the next two years or so, look for Congress to provide several ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/the-new-black-gold-is-coal.html IEA urges a quick and global push to develop and deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies 20 October 2008 Paris --- Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is one of the most promising technological solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to salvage our climate. Still, many questions remain. To ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/international-energy-agency-eia-releases-new-study-on-ccs.html Pentagon unveils new CTL technology development program as reported by www.futurecoalfuels.org, Sept 17, 2008 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) earlier this month unveiled a new “aggressive” program designed to enable the Department of Defense “to effectively and economically” utilize U.S. coal reserves “as part of an overall strategy to ... http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/pentagon-unveals-new-coal-to-liquids-techology-program.html