North Dakota’s Department of Agriculture is inviting grant proposals from ethanol producers under its Low Carbon Fuels Program, aiming to fund capital projects that cut carbon intensity.
Deep Sky, in partnership with Quebec-based Skyrenu, has completed North America’s first permanent underground storage of CO₂ captured directly from the atmosphere, a full carbon removal loop achieved at Deep Sky Alpha in Innisfail, Alberta.
Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies have stored the first CO₂ volumes at Norway’s Northern Lights CCS project, marking the world’s first operational open-access CO₂ transport and storage facility. Phase 1 capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year is fully booked, with Phase 2 set to expand to 5 million tonnes annually.
Block Energy is pleased to announce that it has completed its initial CO2 injection as part of the Carbon Capture and Storage ("CCS") project. Following data review, injection rates will likely be optimised, providing the potential to increase per-well injection capacity.
John Crane, a global leader in rotating equipment solutions, and a business of Smiths Group plc, is proud to support one of the UK’s most significant carbon capture and storage initiatives with the supply of advanced dry gas sealing technology for high-performance CO₂ compression.
The Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub successfully completed the drilling operations for a second deep-characterization well, a key step in advancing commercial-scale carbon sequestration in Wyoming.
Coastal Bend LNG, developer of a multi-train natural gas liquefaction and export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast, announced it has commenced a front-end engineering and design study with Solvanic for electrochemically mediated amine regeneration carbon capture at its Coastal Bend LNG facility.
Ethanol Producer Magazine has proudly announced dates for the 42nd annual FEW, taking place on June 2-4, 2026. The industry’s premier event will return to St. Louis, Missouri and be held at the America’s Center. As the longest-running and largest ethanol conference in the world, the FEW 2026 will continue to provide insights and opportunities that shape the ever-changing future of the ethanol industry.
Global energy technology company SLB has been awarded a technologies and services contract for carbon storage site development in the North Sea by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), an incorporated joint venture between BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies.
Vår Energi and licence partners, Storegga and INPEX Idemitsu Norge, announce that the Trudvang CO₂ storage project has successfully passed feasibility gate (DG1), marking a major step toward realising one of Europe’s most advanced and strategically located carbon storage hubs.
TGS, a global leader in energy data and intelligence, has partnered with Equinor to advance the digitalization of carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations. Their software delivers real-time, reliable data to enable more efficient workflows and informed decision-making across the CCS lifecycle.
Carbon Clean announced the official opening of its new Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in Navi Mumbai, India. The GIC will be one of the world’s largest dedicated carbon capture research facilities, spanning 77,121 square feet and housing two carbon capture plants alongside state-of-the-art laboratories for solvent development, analysis, and testing. It will serve as a hub for research, innovation, and technology demonstration.
Frontier has facilitated offtakes with Arbor, a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) company that uses waste biomass to create clean energy while removing CO2. These offtakes will enable the launch of Arbor’s first commercial facility and test the viability of a new, highly efficient BECCS approach for generating clean electricity and removing CO₂. The facility, located near Lake Charles, LA, is expected to become fully operational in 2028.
Hafslund Celsio announces the sale of 1.1 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals to Microsoft over a 10-year period. The agreement is a significant contribution to the commercial success of Hafslund Celsio’s full-scale CCS project in Oslo and is a recognition of the waste-to-energy sector as a credible provider of permanent carbon removals.
Bayou Bend, a joint venture between Chevron, Equinor, and TotalEnergies SE, is a carbon dioxide (CO₂) transportation and storage project in Southeast Texas. It’s designed to support key regional industries in reducing the carbon intensity of their operations. The goal is for Bayou Bend to serve as a central hub for CO₂ storage in the area.
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation Successfully Demonstrates World’s First End-to-End Value Chain for Onboard Captured CO2
By Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
July 02, 2025
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation has successfully completed the world’s first maritime pilot demonstrating the full value chain of onboard captured carbon dioxide in China on 25 June 2025. This cross-sectoral demonstration highlights how captured CO2 from ships can be repurposed for industrial applications, linking maritime decarbonisation efforts with broader land-based carbon ecosystem.
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced that it has been awarded an £833 million contract by Technip Energies to act as the construction partner for Net Zero Teesside Power – an Onshore Power, Capture and Compression project and poised to be the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage.
Alberta’s government is investing $5 million from the industry-led TIER fund to help Deep Sky design, build and operate the world’s first direct air capture innovation and commercialization centre in Innisfail.
Entropy Inc., a subsidiary of Advantage Energy Ltd., has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase an interest in three carbon hubs from a Canadian oil and natural gas producer for $20 million and contingent payments of approximately $15 million (subject to adjustment) based on commercial milestones achieved by various projects .
Heidelberg Materials has officially inaugurated Brevik CCS in Norway, the world’s first industrial-scale carbon capture, and storage (CCS) facility in the cement industry. Brevik CCS will capture around 400,000 tons of CO₂ per year, representing 50% of the plant’s emissions – and equivalent to the amount of CO₂ emissions per passenger for roughly 150,000 round-trip flights between Frankfurt and New York.
Seatrium Limited announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with long-term strategic Favoured Customer Contract partner Solvang ASA, Norway, for installation and retrofitting of full-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) systems. The milestone LOI was formalized during Nor-Shipping 2025 in Oslo, reinforcing the companies’ shared commitment to sustainable maritime solutions.
PETRONAS CCS Ventures, MISC Berhad (MISC), and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced the incorporation of a strategic joint venture. This joint venture will lead the development and act as the ultimate owner of Liquefied Carbon Dioxide (LCO₂) carriers, which are critical for transporting LCO₂ to designated storage sites.
Global energy technology company SLB launched Sequestri™ carbon storage solutions — a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and services for accelerating safer and more economic carbon storage projects. The Sequestri portfolio addresses the unique challenges of long-term carbon storage, providing tailored hardware and digital workflows that improve decision-making across the full carbon storage value chain.
Backed by an EU Connecting Europe Facility Grant, the project will deliver world-scale CO₂ reception infrastructure and unlock economies of scale for Denmark and the European Union.
Eni has signed an agreement to enter into a period of exclusivity with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) aimed at progressing the confirmatory due diligence phase and completing the drafting of the documents related to the sale of a co-control stake of 49.99% in Eni CCUS Holding.
Worley Consulting has been chosen to continue delivering Lender’s Technical Advisor services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power). NEP is the CO2 transportation and storage provider to carbon capture projects across Teesside and the Humber in North-East England, while NZT Power aims to become the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage.
INEOS Energy and Royal Wagenborg launched and named the first European built offshore CO2 carrier to enable carbon capture storage across Europe. The launch and naming of Carbon Destroyer 1 marks a defining moment in the development of Project Greensand and the EU’s first commercial -scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain.
BKV Corporation announced the formation of a strategic joint venture between BKV dCarbon Ventures, LLC, BKV’s wholly-owned subsidiary, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on behalf of its Energy Transition Fund I, to expand BKV’s portfolio of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration projects.
Marking a major milestone in the development of commercial-scale geological storage of CO2 in Europe to combat climate change, Carbfix has on 30 April received a storage permit for its injection site at Hellisheiði, Iceland, from the Environment and Energy Agency of Iceland.
A deal has been signed to boost emission reduction projects at Calcinor's lime plants, which could cut emissions by around 900,000 tons of CO2 per year, plus the development of a logistics chain for capturing, transporting, liquefying, storing, and loading the CO2 onto vessels for subsequent use or permanent storage.
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