Carbon capture and storage - one of the most important engineering challenges

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Technology

While the world has been recovering from the current recision there are very good companies that have technologies that could have an impact on reducing the carbon footprint. I personally have been in meetings that have taken me from bio-remediation to wind powered power generation companies trying to get their concepts off the ground. The fact is that there is good technologies that when applied will have a positive net affect on reducing the amount of carbon waste we produce. The problem that… Continue

Added by Steve Krushelniski on January 28, 2010 at 7:19pm — No Comments

Element Energy is now recruiting a Consultant

Element Energy is a growing low carbon energy technology consultancy. We provide a range of services, from early stage consultancy, strategic and business planning, feasibility and funding studies, right through to detailed designs, tender and project management. We have gained unparalleled experience in many aspects of carbon capture and storage, hydrogen energy and renewables, from detailed system design and developing industrial partnerships to an understanding of political initiatives and fu… Continue

Added by Harsh Pershad on January 21, 2010 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Great Ideas

My company is pushing a work from home initiative to cut our commuting footprint. We hooked up our employees with satellite internet service providers and moved our primary work application to a cloud hosting solution. I love the concept of capturing and capitalizing on the carbon emissions. Greed has caused this mess and creed can… Continue

Added by pat griswold on January 21, 2010 at 1:57am — No Comments

Seeking a Product Manager in CO2 Capture Systems and Equipment

The position is with a 70,000 employee international firm that is leading the way in developing carbon capture technology for the coal fired utility industry. They already have several existing pilot and demonstration plants either currently operating or in the development stage. The position reports to the VP of Business Development and is a technical liaison between customer requirements / demands and the product development staff. The position will also be involved in global product strategy… Continue

Added by Ted Rosenmayer on December 10, 2009 at 7:45pm — No Comments

Post Doc Research/ to join in MNC

Dear Sir/Madam, I am more than 16 years experience on EIA and more than 3 years experience on carbon sequestration by plantation. Looking for post doc research work in Europe or USA or to join in MNC. I have worked on carbon sequestration by plantation through dynamic as well as static method, biomass carbon stock, soil respiration, CO2 emission from human respiration, co2 emission from vehicular exhaust, etc in my PhD work and lot of consultancy services perfomed on thermal power plant, cement… Continue

Added by Bipal Kr Jana on November 4, 2009 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Programme manager for Bellona Environmental CCS Team

We are searching an energetic, extroverted, systematic and self-driven coordinator for the Bellona Environmental CCS Team (BEST). Building on Bellona’s position as one of the world’s leading NGOs on CCS (CO2 capture and storage), the BEST programme seeks to facilitate the urgent deployment of environmentally sound CCS globally. This will be done by drawing up national roadmaps for deploying CCS in a number of countries, carrying out analysis of key environmental and techno-economic aspects of CC… Continue

Added by Bjorn Utgard on September 29, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Water Quality Index Calculator

Click here to use the calculator rightaway. Water Quality Index(WQI) is a scale which help to estimate an overall quality of water based on the values of water quality parameters.The biggest problem of WQI is, the quality of water varies with the source of water collection and the standard range of acceptability which varies between national and international bodies.The index used for estimation of water quality of drinking water can not g… Continue

Added by Mrinmoy Majumder on May 24, 2009 at 4:24pm — 1 Comment

Environment Quality Index Calculator

The calculation of environment quality index is done by the following way : For any environmental parameter like AAQ,SO2 etc. mean of the measured value taken from different location and at different time is converted to a cluster comprising of 13 groups(A-M).The conversion is done with the help of the standard max and min value of the parameter.The difference between the max and min is divided by 13 and each division is assigned a group.A is assigned to the first division nearest to max… Continue

Added by Mrinmoy Majumder on May 24, 2009 at 4:15pm — No Comments

Job - New Energy Finance CCS analyst

New Energy Finance is looking for analysts to join its CCS team. Specifically, it is seeking an Analyst with a background in one of, or a combination of, the following: natural sciences, engineering, economics, or finance. Preferred candidates will have experience or academic expertise in CCS, fossil fuel based electricity generation, and/or the hydrocarbon industry. The analyst will focus on CCS activities taking place globally, with a specific focus on the European Union. The job description… Continue

Added by Keith Forward on April 9, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

postdoc open position at the European Commission

At the Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, in Petten, Netherlands, there is a an open call for Grantholders. The link is http://ie.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/grantholders.php Please read the job description on http://ie.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jobs/docs/Cat30/GH%20Project_IE-CEU-2009-30.3_Publication.pdf Contract terms and conditions (e.g. remuneration, taxation, social security, leaves, etc.) can be found on http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/jrc_petten_vademecum_en… Continue

Added by Manuela Musella on April 8, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Technology

Where can I go to look at new technology that will reduce CO2 emissions for low HP engines? There is a real need in the industry for this type of application. It needs to be Class 1 Div 1. Continue

Added by Steve Krushelniski on March 5, 2009 at 6:48pm — 1 Comment

Carbon sequestration work

I, Bipal Kr Jana, working on carbon sequestration research project and interested to publish my paper in association with some non Indian Authors. I would also like to submit my paper in International journal where beginners can submit the paper. If any friend interested to join me, I am happy to accept. I would also like to know about CDM project---If anybody I can share. I would also like to know about carbon credit---If anybody I can learn. Bipal Kr Jana email:bipalkjana10@rediffmail.com Continue

Added by Bipal Kr Jana on January 10, 2009 at 12:06pm — 3 Comments