Webinars about the ACT3 Call

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The ACT3 call is now open for applications. There will be several webinars with information about the call:

Webinar 26 August 15:00 CEST about the ACT3 Call

The webinar will be arranged by the ACT coordinator as a Teams meeting. The webinar will include a 20 minutes presentation of the ACT3 Call followed by a Q&A session. The webinar will be recorded and published at the ACT website.

You can register for the webinar by sending a short email to the organiser, Aage Stangeland at ast@rcn.no

The webinar will mainly be a repetition of a previous webinar available from this link.

Webinar 28 August targeting applicants from India

A separate webinar targeting Indian applicants will be set up 28 August at 14.30-15.30 IST. More information is available from this link.

Webinar 31 August targeting applicants from the Nordic countries

This webinar is arranged by the Nordic Energy Research (NER) and is targeting applicants from the Nordic countries that are interested in learning more about NER's role in the ACT3 call. Read more and sign up here.



New ACT3 Call out now!

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Following the successful ACT1 and ACT2 calls in 2016 and 2018 respectively, which resulted in twenty research projects being funded, the New ACT Call invites transnational research proposals that address the technological, environmental, social and economic challenges required to accelerate CCUS.

The intention is that new projects funded through the new ACT Call will make a significant contribution to establish CCUS as an international climate change mitigation tool.

The ACT community has welcomed new members since its first call. The following countries and regions participate in the new ACT Call: the Canadian province of Alberta, Europe’s Nordic Countries via Nordic Energy Research, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the USA.

Read more about the new ACT Call here.

Download the full Call Text for the new ACT Call.





Report highlights 20 Years of CCS Research & Development in USA

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A recently released report, “Safe Geologic Storage of Captured Carbon Dioxide: Two Decades of DOE’s Carbon Storage R&D Program in Review” dives into how the department and NETL and other national laboratories, research organizations, and industry stakeholders have worked collaboratively to meet the challenge of addressing the emission of greenhouse gases while ensuring the continued use of fossil fuels that underpin our nation’s economic prosperity.

Read the Press release

Download the report

LAUNCH-CCUS Webinar: Accelerating the commercial implementation of carbon capture

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LAUNCH, an international research project focusing on the development of novel carbon capture solvents for use at scale by industry and as part of efforts to speed the delivery of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) worldwide, is organising its first webinar on Wed 20 May, 11:00 - 12:00 CEST. Read more here

Pre-ACT webinars

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The Pre-ACT project (www.sintef.no/pre-act) will during the spring of 2020 arrange a series of webinars summarizing important findings from nearly three years of research on topics ranging from CO2 pre-injection modelling/experimental studies and novel monitoring concepts, to conformance verification strategies, decision making guidelines, and storage case studies in the North Sea. The webinars are open to all and include a Q&A, as an efficient means of communication in times of travel/event restrictions.

Details are available from this PDF file.