Carbon Capture & Storage

DOE: Hopeful on Coal’s Future

Published: September 10th, 2010

Coal remains a vital component of U.S. energy supply, and carbon capture and storage is a key to the fuel’s future, Energy Secretary Steven Chu asserted. “Our challenge is to lead the world” in... Read more

Carbon Capture & Storage

Feds Give Carbon Capture $1 Billion

Published: June 15th, 2010

Carbon capture and storage technology, an idea touted by the Obama administration as a promising way to cut carbon emissions, but largely untested for large-scale base-load power plants, received a major... Read more

Carbon Capture & Storage

CRN Studies Carbon Dioxide Uses

Published: January 6th, 2010

Research is under way on how to convert carbon dioxide from coal-based power plants into products that co-ops and consumer-members can use. NRECA’s Cooperative Research Network, through its alliance... Read more

Carbon Capture & Storage

Carbon Storage Potential Studied

Published: September 25th, 2009

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is participating in a project to evaluate the carbon dioxide sequestration potential of a site near its Craig, Colo., coal-based power plant. The... Read more

Carbon Capture & Storage

G&T Gets $100 Million for...

Published: July 17th, 2009

Basin Electric Power Cooperative has been awarded $100 million to help fund a large-scale carbon capture project... Read more

Carbon Capture & Storage

Basin Backed on Carbon Capture

Published: January 23rd, 2009

With the help of a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a North Dakota G&T will be at the forefront of cutting-edge, carbon capture and storage technology. Basin Electric Power Cooperative... Read more