http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:00 EDT The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has reached an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to begin initial engineering and preparation for full front-end... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/10327.html Thu, 7 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Ten of the world’s largest chemical companies, together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD; Geneva, Switzerland; www.wbcsd.org), released today an accounting and reporting guide to help the sector consistently account and report climate impacts in the corporate value... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/10309.html Tue, 26 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) announced today the selection of eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/9581.html Thu, 26 Jul 2012 0:00:00 EDT Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today it is acquiring Société Générale's equity interest in Orbeo, the 50-50 joint venture (JV) between the two groups that is dedicated to the carbon markets. Once this transaction has been completed, Orbeo will become a... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/8716.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 0:00:00 EST Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) announced today the successful launch of operations at a 25-MW coal-fired carbon capture facility at Southern Company's Plant Barry, owned and operated by Alabama Power. Through the successful launch of this project, MHI seeks to... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/8139.html Mon, 13 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT This greenhouse-gas-(GHG) reporting startup package is designed to help companies quickly set up the calculations, data collection and quality control and assurance... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/7391.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT Carbon footprint studies have received considerable attention, both from consumer goods manufacturers as well as from commodities producers. Having developed the life-cycle-assessment (LCA) software Umberto... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/7424.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. EPA (Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) announced today in a statement that it is announcing its intention to extend this year’s reporting deadline — originally March 31 — and plans to have the final uploading tool available this... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/6456.html Tue, 1 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EST Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has successfully completed the first test phase with its CO2 capture process in a pilot facility at the Staudinger power plant operated by E.ON. With its innovative and particularly ecofriendly process the company is setting new benchmarks in CO2 capture in... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/6168.html Fri, 19 Nov 2010 0:00:00 EST In the Chinese province Shandong, a coal-fired power plant will be putting into operation the first industrial-scale plant worldwide for CO2 storage by algae. Within the framework of this project, GEA Westfalia Separator Group (Oelde, Germany; www.westfalia-separator.com) has been awarded a contract to the... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/6110.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 0:00:00 EDT