"The power station is a joint venture between Sembcorp and 8 Rivers Capital, which invented the Allam-Fetvedt Cycle. The process, which has so far only been demonstrated at Net Power’s test facility in La Porte, Texas, burns 4% natural gas and 4% oxygen in a combustor alongside CO2. The combustion process results in 925ºC, 300bar CO2, which is fed through a turboexpander to generate power."
"According to the International Energy Agency, coal is responsible for most global CO2 emissions. With this information, Beauchamp gives the framework on how sour gas can quickly help decarbonization targets. 'Across the world, 40% of the world's reserves are sour; 20% are so sour that prior to TarT, they were technically and economically irrecoverable,' said Beauchamp. “These reserves could not be processed with conventional technology."
"A bipartisan bill will be introduced Thursday by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) to re-up a program to foster next–generation agricultural research, including work to address the agriculture sector's ability to withstand extreme weather."
Jeremy Dillon of E&E News reports on the House Republicans’ new energy and permitting package. “‘Every time we need a pipeline, road or dam, an average of almost 5 years and millions of dollars in costs get added to the project to comply with Washington’s permitting process. That’s too long,’ Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said...
"The recent policy actions from the U.S. Congress and the early leadership from the private sector are a tremendous start. But a clear mobilization strategy using public private partnerships is needed now that leverages market forces and government policy to enable carbon removal capacity to be available in the time and scale needed to meet the climate challenge."
"Geothermal plants provide a steady, on-demand source of electricity, known as dispatchable generation. They pump steam or hot water from wells hundreds or thousands of feet underground to power turbines. Some leaders think such projects will complement wind and solar farms, whose production can vary based on weather conditions or the time of day."
"What Sound Agriculture did, Bayer explains, was develop a solution made up of pieces of the tomato’s own DNA that, when a plant is alive, helps to guide particular genes to turn themselves on or off. In this case, they selected bits of the plant DNA that regulated the cell walls of the tomato. The company soaked the tomato seeds in this solution as they started to germinate, locking in the gene expression pathway."
"Cummins is folding its existing clean power products unit into Accelera after pouring $900 million into R&D and acquisitions, including the recent purchase of truck parts maker Meritor, to build up the business. Cummins CEO and president Jennifer Rumsey wants rapid growth for the unit driven by demand for non-polluting trucks—and generous new federal incentives for low- and no-carbon hydrogen production."
"Constructing energy infrastructure to bring reliable natural gas to New England ought to be a top priority for state legislators. Yet leaders of New England states have doubled-down on their decarbonization plans. Maine Gov. Janet Mills is seeking to achieve what she calls 'deep decarbonization' of the state. Last year Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont axed a contract to build a natural-gas plant in Killingly, on the state’s border with Rhode Island. This year Connecticut’s two largest utilities hiked their rates by 43%, citing 'supply-chain constraints.' Massachusetts’ largest utility increased monthly rates by 64% because of “higher electric supply prices."
"America is blessed with abundant supplies of energy: Natural gas, oil, and space for wind, solar, and nuclear are all readily available. We are also an innovative society, and the technologies for using these resources are improving all the time. Only policy failures that ignore reality can prevent us from enjoying affordable and reliable energy far into the future."
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