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<title>Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage (SCCS) News Feed</title>
<link>http://www.sccs.org.uk/</link>
<description>Containment solutions to complement emissions reduction strategies [ www.sccs.org.uk/ ]</description>
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<webMaster>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</webMaster>
<managingEditor>Yasmin.Bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</managingEditor>


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<title>18-Mar-2010 - Models of Geological Capacity and Injectivity for Carbon Sequestration: Is the Pressure Off?</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/events/seminarDetails?ID=1444</link>
<description>Dr Andrew Cavanagh (Permedia Research) will be giving a seminar at the Grant Institute (13:00, Thu 18 Mar, 2010; Hutton Lecture Theatre) - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is forecasted to grow to a gigatonne waste management industry within two decades. However, our current experience of CO2 injection for storage is limited to a fraction of a gigatonne. Estimates of capacity and formation pressure response (aka injectivity) to industrial-scale storage have relied on analytical models and numerical simulations. However, observations from the three largest storage sites in the world (Sleipner, In Salah and Weyburn) tell a different story... (All Welcome)</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carbon-capture powerstation planned for Hunterston</title>
<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7061797.ece</link>
<description>Plans for a “green” coal-fired power station in Ayrshire, the first in the UK with carbon capture technology, are to be lodged with the Scottish government today. Environmentalists are outraged by the scheme which, if it gets the go-ahead, will the first new fossil-fuel power station in Scotland since 1973, when Lognannet in Fife was built. (Times Online)</description>
<guid>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7061797.ece</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DECC Funding for design studies in clean coal competition</title>
<link>http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_041/pn10_041.aspx</link>
<description>Funding was today awarded to E.ON and ScottishPower for design and development studies as part of the competition to build one of the world’s first commercial scale carbon capture and storage demonstration plants.</description>
<guid>http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_041/pn10_041.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vision for Carbon Capture from the Scottish Government</title>
<link>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2010/03/10132422</link>
<description>A plan to position Scotland as the world leader in carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been published. The carbon capture and storage roadmap, produced by the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise, is a comprehensive set of actions to put Scotland at the forefront of CCS development.</description>
<guid>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2010/03/10132422</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iberdrola Foundation Scholarships</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/iberdrola</link>
<description>Up to 40 scholarships are now available for postgraduate study in the area of Energy Sustainability. These Masters and PhD Scholarships, provided by the Iberdrola Foundation, are available in the following areas: Renewable energies,  Sustainable energy system, Environment and biodiversity, Clean carbon technologies, emissions management and carbon capture, Energy efficiency, Energy storage, Electric vehicles, Smart distribution networks.  Application Deadline - 07 March 2010</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/iberdrola</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:16:36 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Ambitious Carbon Capture and Storage prospectus revealed for North East England</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/ydjul3q</link>
<description>One North East has published a prospectus for the development of a Carbon Capture and Storage Cluster (CCS) in North East England - pioneering technology which offers major investment and job creation potential for the North East</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/ydjul3q</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CCS Technology and Stuart Haszeldine on Newsnight Scotland</title>
<link>http://bbc.co.uk/i/p68j0/</link>
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<guid>http://bbc.co.uk/i/p68j0/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alstom and TransAlta announce new Canadian CCS site</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/y979ob7</link>
<description>Alstom and TransAlta launch Project Pioneer, designed to capture and store 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/y979ob7</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burying carbon under the sea could be vital to cutting global warming</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/ykjzo6c</link>
<description>‘There is no known alternative to storing carbon under the seabed or below ground if the EU is to achieve its goal of containing global warming to 2 degrees C ', stresses leading geologist Professor Haszeldine - AlphaGalileo</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/ykjzo6c</guid>
<pubDate>Fr, 30 Oct 2009 14:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saudi Arabia announces new cO2 EOR site</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/ykoh3l2</link>
<description>The Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Saudi Aramco have announced that they will be working on a demonstration project for CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in Ghawar. The project will be operational by 2013.</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/ykoh3l2</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>Enhance Energy announces new CCS site for Canada</title>
<link>http://www.enhanceenergy.com</link>
<description>Enhance Energy announces plans for a large scale CO2 pipeline for EOR in Alberta, Canada. This project plans on injecting 6 times more CO2 than the Weyburn project. Please visit the CCS map for more details.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How Green Can Black Be? Carbon Capture in SCIENCE this week</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/RSH-CCS-in-SCIENCE-Sep2009</link>
<description>The capture of carbon dioxide at the point of emission from coal- or gas-burning power plants is an attractive route to reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. To commercialize carbon capture, as well as transport of liquified carbon dioxide and its storage in exploited oil fields or saline formations, many technological, commercial, and political hurdles remain to be overcome. Urgent action is required if carbon capture and storage is to play a large role in limiting climate change</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/RSH-CCS-in-SCIENCE-Sep2009</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>The Carbon Trust Low Carbon Innovation Awards</title>
<link>http://carbontrust.co.uk/technology/clean-tech/Low-Carbon-Innovation-Awards</link>
<description> Have you or your organisation developed, or pioneered the use of, an innovative low carbon technology? Then this is your chance to see it recognised and exposed to a wider audience.</description>
<guid>http://carbontrust.co.uk/technology/clean-tech/Low-Carbon-Innovation-Awards</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>(...) carbon capture and storage is crucial, and the construction of demonstration plants is urgent</title>
<link>http://www.newscientist.com/art/cleantechrevolution/view?id=mg20327173.100</link>
<description>Even optimists acknowledge that the world will be dependent on coal and gas for at least the next 30 years. That's why carbon capture and storage is crucial, and the construction of demonstration plants is urgent  ..writes Martin Rees in New Scientist</description>
<guid>http://www.newscientist.com/art/cleantechrevolution/view?id=mg20327173.100</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Organisation of Cleaner Innovation: Integrating environmental concerns into process technology investment projects</title>
<link>http://tinyurl.com/lhx9xx</link>
<description>The environmental innovation literature is dominated by accounts assuming that ever-improving environmental performance is the result of the mechanistic implementation of management strategy. This study, written by Dr Nils Markusson,  instead investigates the politics and contingent organisational dynamics of investment projects, with the aim to shed new light on how environmental concerns are integrated into them.)</description>
<guid>http://tinyurl.com/lhx9xx</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Short Course: Geology for Engineers 04-March-2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</link>
<description>This short course is designed for geologists, researchers, industry executives and managers with limited technical knowledge and anyone who wants to know more about CO2 injection, flow and storage in underground geological reservoirs.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Short Course: Risk and uncertainty in the geological storage of CO2 05-March-2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#co2risk</link>
<description>This course introduces risk management techniques and explores uncertainties associated with the geological storage of CO2. It complements the course 'CO2 Storage: Geology for Engineers', by examining the behaviour of CO2 in the subsurface and how this information is used to estimate properties of the storage site such as capacity. </description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#co2risk</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In the News: UK lined up to be Europe's carbon storage capital</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/08/carbon-capture-north-sea</link>
<description>Storage of carbon dioxide could bring in £5bn a year, say scientists (The Guardian)</description>
<guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/08/carbon-capture-north-sea</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In the News: Storing carbon dioxide could be Britain’s new oil industry</title>
<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6826737.ece</link>
<description>The North Sea will provide Britain with a natural resource worth as much as £10 billion a year if the Government exploits it as a store for carbon dioxide (CO2 ) captured from power stations, scientists have said... (Times Online)</description>
<guid>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6826737.ece</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In the News: Plan to trap CO2 under North Sea</title>
<link>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0909/1224254134609.html</link>
<description>BRITISH SCIENTISTS are confident that capturing CO2 emissions from power stations and storing them beneath the North Sea will not only be critical to reduce climate change, but could become big business if the same service is offered to other European nations. (Irish Times)</description>
<guid>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0909/1224254134609.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>In the News: Call to switch oil for carbon in North Sea</title>
<link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e753cdda-9c95-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0.html</link>
<description>Britain could earn billions of pounds a year and sustain tens of thousands of jobs by selling space deep under the North Sea for storing carbon dioxide captured from European power station emissions, geologists told the British Science Festival in Guildford on Tuesday. (Financial Times)</description>
<guid>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e753cdda-9c95-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>In the News: North Sea oil fields could store carbon</title>
<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6160079/North-Sea-oil-fields-could-store-carbon.html</link>
<description>Vast quantities of carbon dioxide could be stored in porous rocks beneath the North Sea, providing a potential money-spinner for the UK on a par with off-shore oil... (Telegraph) </description>
<guid>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6160079/North-Sea-oil-fields-could-store-carbon.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carbon capture and storage: UK’s fourth energy pillar, or broken bridge?</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS-Brief-2009-03.pdf</link>
<description>Mike Stephenson (BGS) and Stuart Haszeldine (University of Edinburgh)
were speaking at the "Carbon capture and storage in the north sea: a
national asset in a low carbon future" session at the 2009 British Science
Festival in Guildford.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS-Brief-2009-03.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK CO2 storage worth £5Bn per year</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS-Brief-2009-03.pdf</link>
<description>At the British Festival of Science on 8 September, Professor Stuart Haszeldine and Dr Mike Stephenson from BGS presented the latest research findings on CO2 storage.  A very large resource exists in saline formations (aquifers), which could store more than 40 Billion tonnes of CO2 in sedimentary rocks more than 1km deep beneath UK terratorial waters.  This can offer a storage asset to NW European power plants for 100 years of emissions.  If charged commercially, that could create GBP£5 Billion per year revenue. </description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS-Brief-2009-03.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Carbon Capture plant added to CCS map - The Shanghai Shidongkou Second Power Plant</title>
<link>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-08/31/content_8634756.htm</link>
<description>Another carbon capture plant has been announced in China. Refer to the CCS map for further information.</description>
<guid>www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Royal Society - Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty</title>
<link>http://royalsociety.org/displaypagedoc.asp?id=35110</link>
<description>The Royal Society has published the findings of a major study into geoengineering the climate.</description>
<guid>http://royalsociety.org/displaypagedoc.asp?id=35110</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Australia's Gorgon project given the go ahead</title>
<link>http://www.gorgon.com.au/06-news/pdf/090826_Gorgon_Federal_Environmental_Approval_Media_Statement.pdf</link>
<description>The Australian government has given approval for the Chevron operated Gorgon Project. This project plans on injecting CO2 below Barrow Island</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New CCS demo site announced in Japan - Osaki Power Station. Operational in 2017</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>Osaki CoolGen Corporation has announced the research and large scale demonstration of an IGCC plant in Japan. Please visit the CCS map for more details.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ADDITIONAL DATE - 'Geology for Engineers'- Thursday 4th March 2010</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for Engineers and Managers with limited or no previous geological knowledge. The aim is to provide an up-to-date introduction of the geological and geophysical aspects of CO2 Storage. ONLINE BOOKING WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Places still available - 'CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)'- Short Course on 28-August-2009  </title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for geologists, researchers, industry executives and managers with limited technical knowledge and anyone who wants to know more about CO2 injection, flow and storage in underground geological reservoirs. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Places still available - 'Geology for Engineers'- 27-August-2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for Engineers and Managers with limited or no previous geological knowledge. The aim is to provide an up-to-date introduction of the geological and geophysical aspects of CO2 Storage. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ScottishPower Carbon Capture And Storage Consortium Boosted With Appointment Of Shell And National Grid</title>
<link>http://www.scottishpower.com/PressReleases_1908.htm</link>
<description>Shell U.K Limited (Shell) and National Grid are joining ScottishPower’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) consortium, as the energy company sets out to deliver the UK’s first commercial size CCS system operating from a coal-fired power station by 2014. The Consortium is forging ahead with this new technology to help Britain lead the way in tackling climate change.  The Consortium is in the process of submitting a bid for the UK Government’s CCS competition.</description>
<guid>http://www.scottishpower.com/PressReleases_1908.htm</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:09:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New CCS site added to CCS map - GE's Wandoan Power Project, Australia</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>GE has announced a new IGCC plant for Queensland, Australia. Please visit the CCS map for further details.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:43:14 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>Places still available - 'CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)'- Short Course on 28-August-2009  </title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for geologists, researchers, industry executives and managers with limited technical knowledge and anyone who wants to know more about CO2 injection, flow and storage in underground geological reservoirs. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:12:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Four New PhD Positions - Carbon Capture Engineering</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/engineeringPhDs.html</link>
<description>Control of CO2 emissions, including emissions from power plants, is and will be one of the most important technological challenges in the foreseeable future - Four exciting new PhD projects are available at the Institute for Materials and Processes in the School of Engineering</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/engineeringPhDs.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 June 2009 13:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carbon capture switch-on 'like the first blurry picture on a television', and New CCS Chair FUnded</title>
<link>http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Carbon-capture-switchon-39like-the.5318262.jp</link>
<description>Energy firm Iberdrola, which owns ScottishPower, has chosen to establish the centre in Scotland to help accelerate the deployment of the technology. Nick Horler, chief executive of ScottishPower, said: "Only by making the UK a centre of excellence can we realise the full potential of CCS by training and nurturing a new talent pool with the necessary skills and expertise to take advantage of this emerging industry."

The firm announced yesterday that it would be funding a professorship of carbon capture and storage at the University of Edinburgh.</description>
<guid>http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Carbon-capture-switchon-39like-the.5318262.jp</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 June 2009 12:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Short Course 'Geology for Engineers'- 27-August-2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for Engineers and Managers with limited or no previous geological knowledge. The aim is to provide an up-to-date introduction of the geological and geophysical aspects of CO2 Storage. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#gfe</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:15:16 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Short Course 'CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)'- 28-August-2009  </title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course is designed for geologists, researchers, industry executives and managers with limited technical knowledge and anyone who wants to know more about CO2 injection, flow and storage in underground geological reservoirs. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SCCS Projects Overview - May 2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS_Overview.pdf</link>
<description>Updated Projects Overview now available - Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage May 2009</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/SCCS_Overview.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Scotland can lead the way in European CO2 storage</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/regional-study/</link>
<description>Scottish First Minister announces the North Sea can store at least 200 years worth of
CO2 emissions from large industry sources. Release of the one year joint study between SCCS, The Scottish Government and and a steering committee representing a broad
range of industry partners, is the most comprehensive CO2 source-to-store study ever performed in the UK. For the full report go to the SCCS website.
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<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/regional-study/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin Bushby (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>New CCS site announced in the U.S. - PURGeN </title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description> New Jersey announces the 'PURGeN' CCS site in Linden. PURGeN plans to store over 10 million tons of CO<sub>2</sub> from 2014. For more information please visit PURGeN on the CCS map.
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<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin Bushby (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>No new coal without CCS - DECC Press Release</title>
<link>http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn050/pn050.aspx</link>
<description> Ed Miliband announces no new coal fired power plants without CCS technology  
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<guid>http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn050/pn050.aspx</guid>
<pubDate>Thurs, 23 Apr 2009 14:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin Bushby (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>World's first CCS retrofit to go live this month</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description> Lacq is the world's first CCS retrofit of an existing power plant. Lacq will start injection within the month and plans to inject 150,000 tonnes of CO2 over 2 years. Visit Lacq on the CCS map and find out more.  
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<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Thurs, 09 Apr 2009 17:49:17 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin Bushby (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>Carbon Capture has a Sparkling Future - Nature Paper</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/publications.html#SG-Nature-Apr2009</link>
<description>New research undertaken at the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage and published in Nature shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields...  
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<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/publications.html#SG-Nature-Apr2009</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:13:17 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Increased injection amount for Spectra CCS plant</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>The planned Spectra CCS plant in Fort Nelson has increased their expected CO2 injection amount from 1 million to 1.9 million tons per year.</description>
<guid>www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 March 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>Australian CCS site now halted</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>Santos has put their Moomba CCS project on hold citing weak government support and plunging carbon prices.</description>
<guid>www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Tues, 10 March 2009 10:11:12 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>January GEOLOGY media highlights</title>
<link>http://www.sciencecodex.com/january_geology_media_highlights_0</link>
<description>Article with summaries of papers includes one from the University of Edinburgh entitled 'Long-term performance of a mudrock seal in natural CO2 storage'. The paper shows that natural rock units perform very well as seals to prevent upward leakage of injected CO2</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:11:12 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>ZEP CCS Project List added to google map</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>Full listing of the ZEP CCS sites added to google map. This is a listing of large EU CCS projects who include capture, transport and storage. Further details located on google map.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2008 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>CPD / Short Course 'CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)'- 17-Dec and 28-Jan  </title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course will run on 17-Dec-2008 and 28-Jan-2009 -Details now on the website online booking available ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/#eor</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>CPD / Short Course 'Geology for Engineers' -29-Jan-2009</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd</link>
<description>This short course is designed for Engineers and Managers with limited or no previous geological knowledge. The aim is to provide an up-to-date introduction of the geological and geophysical aspects of CO2 Storage. ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:12:13 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin.Bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>CCS map updated - New coal fired CCS site announced for Scotland</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>CCS power plant announced for Ayrshire at Hunterston. Further details linked to google map.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>PhD Opportunity - Carbon Storage in Underground Formations: CO2 Storage in Depleted Gas Fields</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/sccsjobs.html</link>
<description>Applications are invited to investigate an important aspect of Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS. You will carry out research with a particular focus on storing CO2 in depleted gas reservoirs and deep saline aquifers, seeking to understand the generic issues of the movement and trapping of CO2 in porous rock. The project will focus on understanding and mathematical modelling of CO2 trapping mechanisms during CO2 injection and storage in underground geological formations.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/sccsjobs.html</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2008 15:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>CCS map updated - Germany leads 'clean coal' pilot</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</link>
<description>Schwarze Pumpe to launch the world's first full-chain CCS plant. Further details linked to google map.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccsmap</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
<author>yasmin.bushby@ed.ac.uk(Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>CCS Education Centre Goes Live!</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/public/</link>
<description>The CCS Education centre pages are now live - check out www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ccseducation</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/public/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin.Bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>CPD / Short Course 'CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) ' - Date TBC  - Soon!</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/</link>
<description>This short (1-Day) course will run later this year - details will be posted shortly</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/cpd/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>New Sites  - Global CO2 Storage Map</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/storage/storageSites.html</link>
<description>New storage sites added to the Global Storage Sites Map! Any Queries to Yasmin.Bushby@ed.ac.uk</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/storage/storageSites.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Yasmin.Bushby@ed.ac.uk (Yasmin Bushby)</author>
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<title>New Masters Programme!</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/masters/</link>
<description>Subject to Approval, a new taught Masters programme in Carbon Capture and Storage will commence at the University of Edinburgh in 2009</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/masters/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>Carbon capture and storage: how does it work? CNN.com / Techology - 'Principal Voices'</title>
<link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/29/carbon.capture/index.html</link>
<description>Prof Stuart Haszeldine featured in CNN article.</description>
<guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/29/carbon.capture/index.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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<title>SCCS - 'Infinite' Article</title>
<link>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/spotlight/Infinite2007_SCCS.pdf</link>
<description>SCCS featured in the Annual Review of Research and Commercialisation at the University of Edinburgh.</description>
<guid>http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/spotlight/Infinite2007_SCCS.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Andy.Rutherford@ed.ac.uk (Andy Rutherford)</author>
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