Lab report outlines updates to state’s regulations for carbon capture, storage in effort to achieve neutrality

To reach economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045 or earlier, California will likely have to capture, transport and geologically store tens of millions of tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO2) from large sources and from the atmosphere. California has an extensive regulatory framework that is rigorous, robust and will safeguard the environment, public health and safety during these...

'Underground battery' could store energy, CO2

Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels will require increased use of renewable energy and reducing the CO2 intensity of fossil energy use.The intermittency of when the wind blows and when the sun shines is one of the biggest challenges impeding the widespread...

Livermore develops the world's deepest ERT imaging system for CO2 sequestration

LIVERMORE, Calif.-- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have broken the record for tracking the movement and concentration of carbon dioxide in a geologic formation using the world's deepest Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) system.The research provides insight into the effects of geological sequestration to mitigate the impact of greenhouse gases.The team led by LLNL's...

Livermore scientists develop CO2 sequestration technique that produces 'supergreen' hydrogen fuel, offsets ocean acidification

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Lawrence Livermore scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalinity, which can be used to offset ocean acidification.The team demonstrated, at a laboratory scale, a system that uses the acidity normally produced in saline water electrolysis to...

Report gives carbon sequestration framework

The Laboratory's Julio Friedmann, in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, the Asia Society Center and the Monitor Group, on Wednesday released the report, "A Roadmap for U.S.-China Collaboration on Carbon Capture and Sequestration."The report provides a framework for long-term bilateral cooperation in the development and use of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)...

Funds injected into carbon sequestration effort

The Laboratory has received $3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars to capture and transport 1 million tons of carbon dioxide from Bay Area power plants and inject it more than two miles underground.Laboratory researchers will collaborate with Lawrence Berkeley and C6 Resources, a Shell Oil Company affiliate, on the carbon sequestration project.The goal of the LLNL...

Underground testing for carbon sequestration

Who would be willing to pay a higher energy bill to help save the planet? Roger Aines would. And he’s doing his part to lend a hand to the planet by spearheading a Laboratory effort that looks at sequestering carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) — produced by coal or natural gas power plants — in geological formations in Montana and Wyoming. Aines’ project is part of Phase III of the Big Sky Carbon...

Livermore Lab and American Shale Oil team to study carbon sequestration

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO), a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, announced today that they have entered into a technical cooperation agreement to develop carbon sequestration technologies for in ground shale oil production processes.Specifically, LLNL will partner with AMSO to study how to use depleted underground oil shale...

DDLS presentation dives into carbon sequestration in ocean depths

Chemical experiments in the deep sea will be discussed in depth when Peter Brewer, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, presents the next Director’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. The talk takes place at 3:30 p.m., Monday, March 12, in the Bldg. 123 auditorium.The initial work of Brewer and his colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute focused on...