Innovations
This section deals with environmentally friendly innovations in the energy production sector. Over the past years many new technologies have come to light that help produce waste, greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful effects on human health and the global environment.
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06.05.2008
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Mandatory CO2 capture and storage suggested
BRUSSELS – United Kingdom Member of European Parliament (MEP) Chris Davies wants to make CO2 capture and storage mandatory for all new fossil fueled power plants from 2020, a proposal that Bellona supports but would hope to see applied to all new plants built from today on.
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05.05.2008
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Carbon capture and storage needed to reduce emissions sufficiently
In a press statement today, Greenpeace International expresses its opposition to CO2 capture and storage (CCS), underscoring again the diverging opinions among environmental organisations on this issue. Bellona, unlike Greenpeace, fully supports to CCS technologies as a major instrument for a global transition to renewable energy sources.
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18.04.2008
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Bellona CCS proposal well received in Poland
BRUSSELS - The Polish government welcomed a Bellona proposal to use the Norwegian funds dedicated to poorer EU Member States for financing a full-scale demonstration plant for CO2 capture and storage (CCS).
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25.11.2005
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$30 billion spent on alternative energy development
According to the Worldwatch organization, the total world investment in renewable energy development was $30 billion dollars for 2004.
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26.09.2005
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FutureGen-project back on track
The 10 year one billion USD project to build a full-scale coal-fired zero emission power plant is one step closer to realisation.
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20.09.2005
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Black liquor ethanol with a twist
The State University of Net York (SUNY) is making progress in an experiment to derive Ethanol from pulp and paper production.