Co2

How Low Can Utility Emissions Go?

How Low Can Utility Emissions Go?

Katherine Tweed: May 16, 2013

NOx and SO2 fell 70 percent in twenty years.

Carbon Auction Results Cheer California Regulators, Investors and Markets

Carbon Auction Results Cheer California Regulators, Investors and Markets

AOL Energy, Felicity Carus: November 28, 2012

The world’s second largest cap-and-trade program holds its first auction.

Will BMW’s Solar-Wind Package Tap a New Target Car Market?

Will BMW’s Solar-Wind Package Tap a New Target Car Market?

Herman K. Trabish: August 3, 2012

At upscale prices, BMW customers get green electric driving—but does that matter?

With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies

With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies

Herman K. Trabish: July 27, 2012

Quiz: Which type of energy got the first U.S. subsidy? Which got the most? Has the U.S. ever ended a subsidy?

Guest Post: CO2 Separation Technologies

Guest Post: CO2 Separation Technologies

Mike Walkinshaw: June 12, 2012

Do they still matter in the absence of a price on carbon emissions?

Could Waste Heat Be the Secret for Carbon Capture?

Could Waste Heat Be the Secret for Carbon Capture?

Herman K. Trabish: April 7, 2011

Is using waste heat to power emissions absorbers a preposterous idea whose time has come?

Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne and Prop 23

Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne and Prop 23

Eric Wesoff: October 23, 2010

Republicans, Democrats, VCs, sensitive and once-angry songwriters gather to raise money to fight California’s Prop 23.

An Industrial Fridge That Runs on CO2 Refrigerant

An Industrial Fridge That Runs on CO2 Refrigerant

Tech-On!: December 7, 2009

Sanyo’s new industrial refrigerator uses CO2 refrigerant, which is more environmentally friendly than alternatives for chlorofluorocarbon.

Japanese Vice Minister Talks CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid

Japanese Vice Minister Talks CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid

Tech-On!: November 9, 2009

Tetsurou Fukuyama, Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the environmental policies of the Hatoyama administration at the Smart Energy Symposium 2009.

Carbon Capture: Possible Solutions, Pt. IV

Carbon Capture: Possible Solutions, Pt. IV

Fredrik Wass: June 25, 2009

Carbon capture and sequestration have been about research and very little about actually putting the technology to real use. In this four-part series, we'll examine some of the issues and possible solutions.

Carbon Capture: Possible Solutions, Pt. III

Carbon Capture: Possible Solutions, Pt. III

Fredrik Wass: June 24, 2009

Carbon capture and sequestration have been about research and very little about actually putting the technology to real use. In this four-part series, we'll examine some of the issues and possible solutions.

Mitsubishi Heavy to Test CO2 Recovery

Mitsubishi Heavy to Test CO2 Recovery

Tech-On!: June 2, 2009

Mitsubishi Heavy and Southern Company will jointly launch a field test in 2011 to recover high-purity carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired flue gas.

Report: Iron-Fed Plankton Slow to Remove CO2

Report: Iron-Fed Plankton Slow to Remove CO2

Ucilia Wang: May 6, 2009

Two Berkeley Lab researchers have analyzed data from sea-diving devices and found that seeding iron to boost plankton growth doesn’t lead to the quick scrubbing of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide-to-Methanol Breakthrough

Jeff St. John: April 16, 2009

Scientists in Singapore say they’ve found a way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a biofuel. How that might be applied to capturing the billions of tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere remains to be seen.

NTT DoCoMo Tests DC-Powered Data Center

NTT DoCoMo Tests DC-Powered Data Center

: February 26, 2009
The company has unveiled its Tachikawa ICT ecology Center. Its testing facilities aim to reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent compared to existing sites.