Overview

Baker & McKenzie's newsletter highlights recent developments concerning carbon capture and storage (CCS) around the world.

This edition covers the following topics:

International
• Japan to demonstrate new gas CCS technology
• South Korea to invest around USD$2 billion in carbon capture
Australia
• GCCSI to decide on project funding
• Australia and Canada collaborate in $10 million demonstration project
Canada
• Alberta Government and TransAlta Partnership in CCS project
• Canadian Government to invest $795 million over next 5 years
China
• China and US joint research on CCS
Europe
• Profitable carbon capture and storage perhaps not far off
• Green Research Funding for 2011 by EC
• ERBD to fund Slovenian power plant
• Germany agrees to draft CCS legislation
South Africa
• Geological Storage Atlas to Disclose Potential Carbon Sites
United Kingdom
• Doosan Power Systems successfully tests technology
• Foster Wheeler AG wins FEED from E.ON UK
• UK DECC publishes initial guidance documents for NER300
• SSE enters low carbon agreement with Mitsubishi
• SSE to consider £1 billion UK CCS competition
• Imperial College, London to build CCS plant
• UK DECC market sounding for CCS Demonstration
United States
• DOE selects CCS projects as recipients of funding
• EPA sends final CCS injection reporting rules for White House review
• USD$1 billion for CCS network in Illinois
• Skyonic awarded USD$25 million by DOE
• Eltron Research and Development Inc and Eastman Chemical Company partnership for CCS
• US tax credit to Illinois clean coal project
• Siemens awarded USD$8.9 million by DOE
• Rockefeller and Voinovich introduce CCS Deployment Act of 2010
• DOE selects ADA-ES for USD$14 Million Award
• DOE selects ADA-ES for USD$14 Million Award

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