April 2009
ACCCE President and CEO, Steve Miller, Response to FERC Chairman's Comments
(Alexandria, VA) The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is deeply troubled by comments attributed today to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Wellinghoff. The Chairman’s remarks show a fundamental misunderstanding of vital steps needed to keep energy prices affordable, promote greater energy independence and reliability, and accelerate the deployment of new, advanced technologies that will help to address concerns about climate change.
Immelt: Clean Coal is Going to Happen
You know, clean, affordable energy is going to happen globally. And the technologies that are involved are -- whether it's clean coal or smart grid or renewal of nuclear energy or things like that, those are going to happen, and they're going to happen right now.
Read full article Chinese Clean Coal Will Be Critical, a Report Says
“Without strong action, carbon dioxide emissions in China could rise to an unsustainable level,” the International Energy Agency study said. “With more than 80 percent of China’s carbon emissions coming from coal, the Chinese power sector presents the biggest challenge, and will have to carry the biggest share of any reduction in emissions.”
Read full article A Plan for U.S. Emissions to Be Buried Under Sea
Experts have thought for years that capturing the emissions from power plants will be a crucial technology for limiting climate change. But high cost projections and scientific uncertainty have meant that progress on the technique has been limited, even as the effects of global warming are starting to be felt around the world.
Read full article Energy Secretary Chu, on Power Sources Old and New
Chu: I would prefer to say let's try to develop technologies that can get a large fraction of the carbon dioxide out of coal. Start with 70, 80 percent and build up to over 90 percent, but start now and try to get it out.
Read full article Soil of farms and forests offers significant carbon sequestration potential
The soil found on the nation's farms and in its forests has the capacity to store 650 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.
Read full article Peabody Energy Becomes Founding Member of Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
Peabody Energy today announced an agreement with the Government of Australia to become a founding member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute, an international initiative to accelerate commercialization of CCS technologies. The new organization has a mandate of facilitating development of 20 integrated, industrial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects worldwide by 2020.
Read full article Obama, Who Vowed Rapid Action on Climate Change, Turns More Cautious
While addressing climate change appears to be slipping down the president’s list of priorities for the year, he is holding in reserve a powerful club to regulate carbon dioxide emissions through executive authority.
Read full article How Fast Can Carbon Capture and Storage Fix Climate Change?
CCS is also going to take money—at least $20 billion over the next decade, according to International Energy Agency estimates. Even industry group the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity estimates it will cost $17 billion for CCS to be available by 2025.
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