Phillips 66, Uniper, Vitol sign Humber Zero CO2 MoU
Coal | Electric Power | Natural Gas | Metals 19 May 2020 | 12:42 UTC London Author Henry Edwardes-Evans Editor Daniel Lalor London — Phillips 66, Uniper and Vitol-owned VPI Immingham have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to install post-combustion CO2 capture...
Equinor, Shell and Total sign off on building world’s first carbon capture network
International oil giants hand in $685m Northern Lights plan to Norwegian government to develop project to capture 5 million tonnes of CO2 a year from European heavy-emitters Rechargenews.com 15 May 2020 14:37 GMT UPDATED 15 May 2020 15:22 GMT By Darius Snieckus Energy...
A Red Corner of a Blue State Fights to Reopen
New York Times By Nicholas Casey May 12, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET To understand why Mayor Nate Duckett wants Farmington, N.M., to reopen while the governor wants it shut, it helps to know something about what he calls his city’s “death spiral.” Perched in a rural corner of...
New Mexico Tech Gets $17M DOE Grant to Study San Juan Carbon Sequestration
California Energy Markets - Abigail Sawyer - May 1, 2020 A New Mexico university will receive millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the potential for long-term carbon sequestration in underground saline aquifers near the San Juan Generating...
NMPRC Defers Decision on Least-Cost Solar Replacement for San Juan
California Energy Markets - Abigail Sawyer - May 1, 2020 The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission during a webcast meeting April 29 voted 3-2 to defer approval of Public Service Company of New Mexico's least-cost solar projects proposed as part of the replacement...
NM Tech receives funding to study carbon dioxide storage near the San Juan Generating Station
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 5:40 p.m. MT April 27, 2020 AZTEC — The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is receiving approximately $17.5 million of U.S. Department of Energy funding to study safe storage of carbon dioxide in underground...
NM Tech to lead $22M study on CO2
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Monday, April 27th, 2020 at 6:11pm ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Efforts to convert the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station to the world’s largest carbon capture facility got a boost last week when the U.S. Department of Energy...
PRC decision looms regarding PNM’s San Juan Generating Station replacement power
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 12:16 p.m. MT April 17, 2020 AZTEC — With Public Service Company of New Mexico preparing to end its use of the San Juan Generating Station, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission must decide how the utility will...
San Juan CCUS Project Moves Forward Despite Plummeting Oil Prices
California Energy Markets Abigail Sawyer Apr 10, 2020 Updated Apr 10, 2020 A $1.3-billion plan to convert the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in northwestern New Mexico to a carbon capture, utilization and sequestration facility is moving ahead despite recent...
Carbon Capture Now a Jobs Lifeline Thanks to 45Q Credit
Posted on April 9, 2020 by Justin Ong Wrongly perceived as unachievable, capture carbon is on the cusp of major development. A natural gas power plant in California. A coal power plant in North Dakota. A cement facility in Colorado. A new Louisiana LNG terminal. A...
N.M. OKs abandonment of coal plant after meeting ‘sabotage’
Edward Klump, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, April 2, 2020 Racist and lewd comments halted a virtual meeting of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission yesterday, but the panel reconvened in the afternoon and approved the abandonment of two remaining...
PNM gets OK to abandon San Juan
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 at 3:07pm Updated: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 at 9:16pm Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal The state Public Regulation Commission during an online meeting Wednesday unanimously...
PRC unanimously approves PNM ending operations of San Juan following meeting interruption
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 12:28 p.m. MT April 1, 2020 | Updated 10:22 p.m. MT April 1, 2020 STORY HIGHLIGHTS The decision does not impact Farmington and Enchant Energy's plan to keep the San Juan Generating Station open through a carbon capture...
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Governor signs energy-related bills
By Jens Gould jgould@sfnewmexican.com Mar 3, 2020 Updated 12 hrs ago. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law three pieces of energy-related legislation Tuesday, saying the initiatives will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and boost the renewables industry....
Sargent & Lundy official discusses San Juan retrofit, past success with Petra Nova Project
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 1:06 p.m. MT March 3, 2020 FARMINGTON — As plans to retrofit the San Juan Generating Station with carbon capture technology move forward, the Petra Nova Project at the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Texas is held up as...
Mayor says PRC hearing examiners’ recommended decision in SJGS case is a positive step
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 7:55 p.m. MT Feb. 24, 2020 FARMINGTON — The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission hearing examiners have recommended that the commission approve Public Service Company of New Mexico's application to abandon the San Juan...
Is proposal to capture carbon a boondoggle?
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 at 11:20pm Updated: Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 at 11:21pm Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal A new report by a think tank that favors renewable energy says plans to convert the...
After years of waiting, IRS and Treasury release guidance for carbon capture tax credit
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 4:17 p.m. MT Feb. 22, 2020 FARMINGTON — The proposal to retrofit the San Juan Generating Station with carbon capture technology and keep it open after 2022 relies heavily on tax equity financing, but there has not been...
Enchant Energy praises new IRS tax credit rules
BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Published: Friday, February 21st, 2020 at 9:45pm Updated: Friday, February 21st, 2020 at 11:19pm ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Internal Revenue Service released its first guidance this week on federal tax credits for carbon...
Carbon Capture Investors Get Tax Credit Clarity From IRS
Allyson Versprille February 19, 2020, 12:07 PM MST Investors and developers looking to take advantage of an enhanced tax credit for carbon capture projects just got much-needed clarity from the IRS. The agency, in a notice and a revenue procedure Wednesday, addressed...
New Mexico’s San Juan coal carbon capture project could put investors at risk for $450M: IEEFA
AUTHOR Catherine Morehouse PUBLISHED Feb. 13, 2020 Dive Brief: A company proposing to retrofit the San Juan coal plant with carbon capture is underestimating the project's cost and overestimating its viability, according to a report released Wednesday. Project...
IEEFA analyst says San Juan Generating Station proposal based on faulty assumptions
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 8:57 a.m. MT Feb. 13, 2020 FARMINGTON — A new report released by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis criticizes a proposal to retrofit the San Juan Generating Station with carbon capture technology....
A Rare Trump-Era Climate Policy Hits an Obstacle: The Tax Man
By Brad Plumer Feb. 11, 2020 Updated 1:43 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — A rare policy enacted under President Trump to address climate change has run into an unexpected hurdle: the tax man. In 2018, Congress approved a lucrative tax break for companies that use carbon capture...
Looking forward: PNM official talks next steps as utility looks to end SJGS operations
Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily TimesPublished 2:23 p.m. MT Feb. 10, 2020 FARMINGTON — The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is approaching the wire for when it must issue a ruling on Public Service Company of New Mexico’s application to end operations at the...
Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks
New York Times By Hiroko Tabuchi Ms. Tabuchi went to Yokosuka, Japan, to examine a controversial decision to invest heavily in coal. Feb. 3, 2020 Just beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a...
Agreement between Enchant Energy, Westmoreland Another Step in Keeping Power Plant Open
THE DAILY TIMES STAFF Friday, January 31, 2020 at 12:00 PM The Farmington Daily Times FARMINGTON — A memorandum of understanding between Enchant Energy and Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC has been signed that will define how the two parties enter into a coal supply...
Energy Chiefs Tout CO2 Capture as Thunberg Slams Lack of Action
By Francine Lacqua and Jeremy Hodges January 21, 2020, 4:18 AM MST https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-21/energy-chiefs-tout-co2-capture-as-thunberg-slams-lack-of-action Capturing carbon dioxide from the fossil-fuel industry is key to slowing dangerous...
Carbon capture plan could save Four Corners economy
BY MARTIN KRAL / ROSWELL RESIDENT Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 at 12:02am Albuquerque Journal It is a new year, and the state of New Mexico needs to make some serious decisions about how it wants to proceed with consistent and workable energy policy. Oil and gas has...
Mine Workers Ask PRC to Support Carbon Capture Plan, PNM’s San Juan Generating Station Abandonment
Farmington Daily Times BY HANNAH GROVER/REPORTER TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 5:09 PM MST FARMINGTON — The group of mine workers, dressed in gray shirts with yellow or orange reflective stripes, stood out in the crowd gathered at San Juan College for the Public Regulation...