June 23rd, 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy is a world leader in the development of CCS technology. The DOE CCS/CCUS program, however, has not yet achieved critical mass. There is a need for a substantial increase in the number of large scale demonstration projects for both capture and storage technologies before either system even approaches commercialization. The National Coal Council recently completed a report for the U.S. Secretary of Energy that provides recommendations on how to accelerate the deployment of CCS technologies.
June 30th, 2015
Using a projection modeling system developed by MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM), we provide an integrated assessment of how human activities, given our current development path, are interacting with complex Earth systems and ultimately affecting the natural resources on which we depend.
July 9th, 2015
In recent years, there has been a strong focus on increasing the amount of renewable power generation on the U.S.
August 13th, 2015
The hype and media noise around grid-scale energy storage in the U.S. is reaching saturation levels. California’s energy strategy is a forcing function for more storage but what about the rest of the country? While ISOs like PJM have instituted competitive frequency regulation procurement, storage is only one of many options that can compete for this service.
June 4th, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) began R&D activities for Carbon capture in 1990 and has developed a high efficiency chemical solvent process, the KM CDR Process®, in collaboration with the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. The process has been applied to eleven (11) worldwide commercial CO2 capture plants which are providing captured CO2 from natural gas-fired flue gas to enhance chemical production such as urea and methanol.
June 18th, 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) invests in the power of American innovation.
LPO investments accelerate the deployment of innovative clean energy projects and advanced vehicle manufacturing facilities across the United States. The office’s team of financial, technical, environmental, and legal professionals is dedicated to advancing an all-of-the-above energy strategy that avoids, reduces, or sequesters greenhouse gases.
May 28th, 2015
Summit Power Group is an energy development company with a focus on carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery. This talk will provide a high-level overview of the status of CCUS in the power industry and discuss how different policy mechanisms under consideration can enable projects and support the growth of this emerging industry.
May 21st, 2015
The Annual Energy Outlook 2015, prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, presents long-term annual projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040. The projections, focused on U.S. energy markets, are based on results from EIA’s National Energy Modeling System. NEMS enables EIA to make projections under alternative, internally-consistent sets of assumptions, the results of which are presented as cases.
May 12th, 2015
As opponents of oil and gas development continue to urge colleges and universities to divest their endowments of fossil-fuel related stocks, a new study suggests the costs associated with adopting such policies are real and enormous. Authored by Professor Daniel R. Fischel, president of Compass Lexecon and a professor emeritus of law and business at the University of Chicago Law School, this first-of-its-kind report compares two investment portfolios over a 50-year period: one that included energy-related stocks, and another that did not. Based on those models, Prof.
April 9th, 2015
As the world looks to address climate change the demand for renewable power generation will increase. Energy storage will be needed to shift intermittent energy resources to match the demand for power. Solar thermal electric technologies (STE) offer the potential for low cost and efficient integrated energy storage. This talk will discuss the evolution of Abengoa’s thermal energy storage technologies for STE plants and how it can be used to help increase penetration of intermittent renewable generation and help support grid reliability.
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