CO2CRC feature in energy special on ABC’s Q&A

CO2CRC staff attended the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday 12 June 2017.  Dr Max Watson, Robert Hilkes, Fiona Koelmeyer and Justine Loe had front row seats at the program’s special on Australia’s energy future.......

13
Jun
Commonwealth legislation to support financing of CCS

CO2CRC welcomes today’s announcement by the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Energy, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will now be eligible for funding by the......

30
May
130 metres of core recovered in CO2CRC’s latest research operation

Last month CO2CRC drilled a 1,667 metre deep well over 30 days at its Otway Research Facility. The team successfully recovered 130 metres of core from the well. The three inch diameter......

11
May
Visit us at APPEA

Be sure to visit the CO2CRC stand at APPEA, on at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from 14-17 May.  You’ll find us near Industry Display A and Catering Station 1, where you see......

11
May
Otway Research Facility becomes a temporary home

CO2CRC’s Otway Research Facility was humming with activity throughout March and April as a rig was brought in to drill a new $7.5 million well. The drilling program ran 24......

09
May
Guests view CO2CRC’s latest $45m research project

During April CO2CRC welcomed more than 30 guests to its Otway Research Facility.  The visitors, from the University of Melbourne, Advisian, the Global CCS Institute, Southern Rural Water, Environment Protection......

04
May
Reducing carbon emissions will take a global effort, UK and Australia renew their commitment.

Australia and the UK renew their efforts on carbon capture and storage (CCS) research, to advance the technologies which can prevent carbon dioxide produced from energy generation and heavy industrial......

04
May
$42m emissions reduction project at the Otway in Victoria begins

CO2CRC’s largest emissions reduction research project has kicked-off this week in Nirranda South, Western Victoria. The first stage of a $42 million carbon capture and storage (CCS) project will commence......

27
Mar
Gas industry says it holds key to low emission future with pipe storage

An article in The Courier Mail says that Australia’s vast network of gas pipelines could store up to six billion Tesla Powerwall batteries worth of energy for use when renewable sources are not......

27
Mar
Retrofitting carbon capture and storage to coal cheaper than solar

Using a black coal power plant retrofitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be cheaper per megawatt hour than with solar PV a new study by CO2CRC and Gamma......

09
Mar