News

Desktop computer showing a news website
14
May

BLOG: Pooling European learning and expertise to protect our atmosphere

Dr Maxine Akhurst

By Dr Maxine Akhurst

Maxine Akhurst is a research geoscientist at British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh and leader of CO2 storage research in the ALIGN-CCUS project. She recently hosted the second technical meeting for the project at the BGS offices in Edinburgh.

Read full article
03
May

Asahi Kasei Europe starts hydrogen demonstration project in Herten

Last week, ALIGN-CCUS project partner Asahi Kasei Europe began its green hydrogen demonstration project in Herten, Germany.

The joint project with the Hydrogen Competence Center h2herten aims to transform simulated electric power from wind energy into hydrogen and contribute to developing a large-scale, green hydrogen production system in Europe.

Read full article
28
Mar

ALIGN innovation: can methanol-based synthetic fuels drive an energy revolution?

Interview with Prof. Dr. Ralf Peters (left), Head Fuel Processing and Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich.

By Tom Mikunda, TNO

One of the most ambitious goals of the ALIGN-CCUS project is delivering the world’s first full carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) chain, which means creating an integrated system that captures and then uses man-made carbon dioxide to make useful products.

Read full article
08
Mar

Unearthing the facts about carbon capture and storage

By Indira Mann, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage

The technical challenge of storing carbon dioxide deep below ground is nothing compared to trying to describe the process to the uninitiated.

So, when we took the ALIGN-CCUS project to UnEarthed, a public engagement event centred around the earth sciences, in late 2017, we were fortunate to have a virtual reality carbon capture and storage (CCS) experience – courtesy of Shell – to help us out.

Read full article
15
Feb

Capture milestone boosts CO2-to-fuel research goal

Scientists at RWE are celebrating their first milestone in work to create synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide (CO₂) as part of the broader ALIGN-CCUS project, which secured European funding last year.

The company’s CO₂ capture pilot plant at their lignite-fired power station in Niederaussem, Germany, has captured its first 1000 tonnes of CO₂ for the project, providing a high-purity source of the gas for this unique integrated carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) demonstration.

Read full article

Pages