CarbonStorage.io Pulse

CO2 sequestration is heading for the Mountain State. The EPA has granted West Virginia the right to manage Class VI applications similar to Louisiana, Wyoming, and North Dakota.

Tenaska (as noted in last week’s newsletter) is teaming up with Svante to form a fully integrated CCS solution. Tenaska has currently announced 10 CCS developments in the U.S. Combining Svante’s capture capability and Tenaska’s transportation and storage developments, the partnership could be a leading solution within the low carbon industry

Finding another home for your captured CO2 besides sequestration? The DOE announced $100MM in federal funding for pilot CO2 conversion projects. Projects include biological, catalytic, and mineralization conversions. We’re seeing a growth in VC investment for CO2 conversion projects primarily led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Bonanza Carbon Capture, an ethanol CCS joint venture between Gary Climate Solutions and Conestoga Energy permitted a test well in Kansas to permanently sequester the facilities 150,000 tons of CO2 per year.

ENGIE and Turn2X announce e-NG partnership. Turn2X is capturing biogenic CO2 to turn into carbon neutral natural gas that’s compliant with EU’s RED II & III. The pilot plant is expected to produce 15,000 MWh/yr (~51,000 MMBTU/year).

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and French renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe have entered a MOU to co-develop green H2 projects in Europe. Lhyfe’s current portfolio includes an e-methanol project in France, 20 MW project in UK and a 10 MW plant in Germany