Chuck
07-19-2009, 06:56 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg In China, the similarly named GreenGen plant is expected to be completed before FutureGen. Australia has a project called ZeroGen, and several European countries are working on similar technologies. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/13/carbon.capture.storage/index.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Future_Gen_Coal_to_H2_and_Electricity_with_CO2_sequestration.jpgJohn D. Sutter - CNN (http://www.cnn.com) - Jul. 13, 2009
It would be interesting to find out if this can work in the near future --Ed.
In the high-stakes game of climate change, the United States and other countries are betting on the idea that technology can make dirty coal cleaner.
For years if not decades, U.S. efforts to develop big coal-fired power plants that push CO2 emissions into the ground instead of spewing them into the atmosphere have stalled.
The situation has gotten so bad that green-tech experts refer to this period of technological development as the "valley of death" for carbon capture and storage technology, or CCS.
But some CCS advocates say that new investments in the emissions-reducing technology will push it off the drawing boards and into reality.... http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/13/carbon.capture.storage/index.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Future_Gen_Coal_to_H2_and_Electricity_with_CO2_sequestration.jpgJohn D. Sutter - CNN (http://www.cnn.com) - Jul. 13, 2009
It would be interesting to find out if this can work in the near future --Ed.
In the high-stakes game of climate change, the United States and other countries are betting on the idea that technology can make dirty coal cleaner.
For years if not decades, U.S. efforts to develop big coal-fired power plants that push CO2 emissions into the ground instead of spewing them into the atmosphere have stalled.
The situation has gotten so bad that green-tech experts refer to this period of technological development as the "valley of death" for carbon capture and storage technology, or CCS.
But some CCS advocates say that new investments in the emissions-reducing technology will push it off the drawing boards and into reality.... http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/13/carbon.capture.storage/index.html