Tag: environmental engineering
CARBON CAPTURE CO2 storage in the middle of Manhattan
new York Coughing, Shane Johnson stands in front of the skyscraper called “Grand Tier”, one of his most recent projects. The location is captivating: right across the street is Lincoln…
Turbine manufacturers want to combine gas power plants with CO2 storage
Construction site for a gas power plant Industry does not want to wait for hydrogen to become available and is proposing other approaches. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The manufacturers of gas…
How the polluter cement should become climate-neutral
Dusseldorf Climate experts call it “the gray danger”: Concrete is one of the worst climate sinners. Almost eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to the…
How secure is Germany’s power supply without nuclear power plants?
Dusseldorf On April 15, the last three German nuclear power plants go offline. Then, after around sixty years, nuclear power generation in Germany will finally end. The topic will move…
Will we soon be storing CO2 underground in Germany?
Dusseldorf When it comes to the energy transition, the majority of Germans officially want more renewable energies – but just not in their own neighborhood. Opencast coal mining is not…
US energy industry discusses hydrogen and CO2 storage
DAC facility In Ector County, Texas, Oxy is building the world’s largest DAC plant together with the Canadian start-up Carbon Engineering in the joint venture “1Point Five”. (Photo: Oxy) new…
Wintershall wants to transport German CO2 away with Fluxys
CO2 storage In Denmark, Wintershall is driving the “Greensand” project with the British chemical group Ineos. (Photo: Wintershall Dea/Sören Weper) Dusseldorf The gas company Wintershall Dea and the Belgian transmission…
Great Britain wants to store CO2 from new coal mine underground
London, Dusseldorf The announcement came at an unusual time: in mid-2022 – in a year that brought record heat and drought even to the British Isles – the British government…
Great Britain wants to store CO2 from new coal mine underground
London, Dusseldorf The announcement came at an unusual time: in mid-2022 – in a year that brought record heat and drought even to the British Isles – the British government…
Germany cannot outsource everything
Demonstration against natural gas production method fracking There is immense resistance to almost everything in Germany. Not only against fossil energies. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Fracking gas from the USA, nuclear…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates live at Europe 2023
Microsoft founder Bill Gates As co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates hands out billions of dollars in grants each year to support not only charitable causes,…
Greens urge caution when it comes to storing CO2
Construction of the CCS infrastructure in Kollsnes, Norway Norway creates the possibility for foreign companies to store CO2. (Photo: Klaus Stratmann, Handelsblatt) Berlin The Greens have considerable reservations about the…
No climate neutrality without removing CO2 from the air
afforestation To meet the Paris climate targets, carbon dioxide must be removed from the air. However, conventional methods such as afforestation are not enough. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In addition to…
Climate protectors also want to enable CO2 storage in Germany
CCS in Norway In Norway, the storage technology for CO2 is already being used on a large scale. (Photo: Klaus Stratmann, Handelsblatt) Berlin When Economics Minister Robert Habeck is in…
Industry & climate protectors promote a quick start together
CO2 emissions The authors of the position paper consider the development of a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in Germany and Europe to be crucial. (Photo: IMAGO/Wienold) Berlin The cement…
The US dream of a CO2 vacuum cleaner for the climate
new York For Exxon boss Darren Woods it is the “Holy Grail”, for Warren Buffett a promising investment, for Bill Gates a chance to save the climate – and US…
Federal government wants to expand underground CO2 injection
As early as 2030, the use, capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CCS) “on a megaton scale” would have to be used primarily for industry, according to the ministry’s “Evaluation…
EU creates the business case with CO2 removal from the air
CO2 filter in Switzerland The technology already works on a small scale. (Photo: Meinrad Schade/laif) Brussels The EU Commission is launching a new way of protecting the climate. A new…
We will only become climate neutral in 2050 if we recover CO2 from the atmosphere
In the fight against the climate crisis, turning away from fossil fuels alone is no longer enough. Rather, some of the greenhouse gases that continue to be emitted will have…
How Norway could absorb Europe’s CO2
Gas production platform “Sleipner” Research into CO2 separation began in 1996 250 kilometers off the Norwegian coast. The technology is now mature. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm One thing Chancellor Olaf Scholz…