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The missing puzzle piece for getting to 100% clean power
March 28, 2020
Across the country, dozens of cities and states have passed laws or resolutions targeting 100 percent carbon-free electricity — most recently 20 communities in Utah and the state of Virginia.
Inside ‘Project Odessa,’ an experiment in greener fossil-fuel power
March 16, 2020
Capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground seems a no-brainer, according to the new calculus of a changing climate. But it has a dirty downside: It burns a lot of energy, which typically means it spews a lot of other pollutants.
Nov 29, 2019
Few places can match Texas’ experience with oil and gas exploration. From Spindletop and the dawn of the oil era to George Mitchell and the rise of hydraulic fracturing, Texas has led the way in energy exploration innovation.
Nov 27, 2019
Testing continues at NET Power for a much-watched project that is demonstrating production of low-carbon natural gas power. The project is using a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycle,..
First-of-a-kind CCS gas plant moves ahead
Nov 27, 2019
A partner in NET Power LLC said it’s evaluating sites for a commercial version of the natural gas power plant it labeled a “great success” as a pilot project in Texas that aims for near-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 5, 2019
On one side of a utility road at the edge of Drax power station in Yorkshire sits a vast pile of deep black coal. On the other side, trains loaded to the brim with compressed wood pellets. “The old and the new,” says a worker.
Spanish oil and gas company vows to become a net-zero emitter of carbon
Dec 3, 2019
Can an oil and gas company become a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases?
June 27, 2019
8 Rivers Capital President and CEO Bill Brown on Net Power’s zero-emissions power plant.
This Power Plant Has Cracked Carbon Capture
July 3, 2018
NET Power figured out how to burn fossil fuels without releasing greenhouse gases, a critical step in the fight to slow climate change.
That natural gas power plant with no carbon emissions or air pollution? It works.
June 1, 2018
The carbon-capture game is about to change.
A radical US startup has successfully fired up its zero-emissions fossil-fuel power plant
May 31, 2018
In the age of climate change, when reducing emissions should be our primary goal, it may sound odd to celebrate the launch of a fossil fuel-burning plant. But Net Power is unique.
Innovative zero-emissions power plant begins battery of tests
May 30, 2018
A team of engineers in La Porte, Texas has spent the past several weeks running tests on a prototype power plant that uses a stream of pure carbon dioxide – not air – to drive a turbine.
This Power Plant Runs on CO2
May 30, 2018
Carbon capture costs nothing in NET Power’s new plant, which uses supercritical carbon dioxide to drive a turbine.