Carbon capture could deal with energy-intensive mining industry’s challenge

More than 90 % of South Africa’s electricity is generated from coal, resulting in the release of about 440-million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year.

Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage aiming to start test injection in 2016

The South African Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage’s (SACCCS’s) current main focus is on the preparation for the Test Injection, due to start in 2016, centre head Tony Surridge reported at the Second Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Week,...

Study could help SA’s investigations into CO2 storage in Karoo

The International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Programme’s (IEAGHG’s) scoping study on nonconventional storage could help South Africa’s investigations into storing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Karoo basin. This is...

Newly launched atlas identifies viable sites for SA carbon storage

South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters on Friday launched the South African Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Atlas for the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground. The Atlas highlighted, at a theoretical level, that South...

'Greenification' is mining industry’s new global buzzword

Highlighting the historical importance of the mining sector in South Africa, Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu emphasised that the sector must also play a role in the country’s socioeconomic development in the future, and reiterated...

'Greenification' is mining industry’s new global buzzword

Highlighting the historical importance of the mining sector in South Africa, Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu emphasised that the sector must also play a role in the country’s socio-economic development in the future, and reiterated...

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a new buzzword that was played out repeatedly at last week's CCS workshop in Johannesburg, which attracted many international visitors. CCS is seen as the bridge that will allow the world to continue to use coal...

Coal on its way to a cleaner future

Significant resources are being put into transforming coal into a cleaner technology, and a new era needs to dawn for the fossil fuel, particularly in South Africa, where it will be an irreplaceable part of the energy mix for some time. Coal has...

Coal on its way to a cleaner future

Significant resources are being put into transforming coal into a cleaner technology, and a new era needs to dawn for the fossil fuel, particularly in South Africa, where it will be an irreplaceable part of the energy mix for some time.

Coal very much part of the energy mix of the future – UK Minister

UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband said that he saw coal playing a role in the energy mix in the future, with the assistance of carbon capture and storage (CCS), because the coal of the future must be clean.

New centre aiming to build carbon capture and storage demo plant by 2020

South Africa’s Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will be opened in March this year, and will start working towards its vision of having a CCS demonstration plant operational in South Africa by 2020. South African National Energy...

All new coal power stations should be carbon-capture ready, says international agency

All new coal plant the world over should be built in such a way that they are ready to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which are seen as the main cause of global warming and climate change, says International Energy Agency (IEA)...