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Policy & Planning

Carbon capture remains a risky investment for achieving decarbonisation
Is carbon capture and storage a realistic climate solution, or a subsidy harvesting exercise to extend the life of fossil fuel assets? We review 13 projects to find out.
Bruce Robertson

Sep 1, 2022

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Morrison buries more funds in CCS projects in late pre-election splurge
Coalition provides another $30m in grants for CCS, potentially investigating the capture and storage of CO2 in Angus Taylor’s electorate.
Michael Mazengarb

May 16, 2022

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“No prohibitions”: Renewables funds can be spent on fossil hydrogen and CCS, officials say
Angus Taylor’s latest intervention creates mass confusion, with officials insisting renewables funding could be redirected to fossil fuels and nuclear.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 4, 2022

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Taylor files new regulations to push ARENA into CCS and gas projects
Angus Taylor sets new regulations opening up Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support carbon capture and storage, and potentially gas projects.
Michael Mazengarb

May 18, 2021

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Policy & Planning

New report highlights limitations of CCS after stumbles at flagship project
At a time when wind and solar are surpassing expectations, a slew of new reports are showing that CCS isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Ketan Joshi

Jan 14, 2021

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Sand clogs up Australia’s only operating carbon capture project
Carbon storage at Chevron’s massive Gorgon LNG plant hampered by sand contamination which may result in increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 13, 2021

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Coal

Canavan revives carbon capture in new effort to underpin coal generators
Resources minister Matt Canavan has revived proposals for carbon capture and storage projects to help justifiy government backing of new coal projects.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 18, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Carbon capture technology could make pollution worse, says Stanford report
New report out of America’s Stanford University finds that adding carbon capture and storage technology to coal plants could have worse pollution outcomes than having none at all.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 29, 2019

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Gorgon commences carbon capture, better late than never
Chevron finally gets carbon capture project up and running at Gorgon after years of delays.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 9, 2019

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Coal

Audit office slams Australia’s dud investments in “clean coal”
Audit office slams Australia’s CCS funding programs, saying $450 million spent, and nothing achieved: Not a single tonne of CO2 saved, no technology ready for deployment, from a scheme that has been a governance catastrophe.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Coal lobby hits peak denial on battery storage, renewables
Australia’s biggest coal miner and leading research organisation come up with ridiculous claims on battery storage in attempts to justify new coal plants and CCS.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 4, 2017

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Coal

Another blow to CCS, as EU power giants bow out of Dutch project
European power giants Engie and Uniper pull out of major Dutch carbon capture and storage project in same week as US project abandoned.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 30, 2017

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