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New details released on the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Publish date: September 20, 2005

Some 500 sources producing some 25 MW of electricity based on more than 50 percent fossil fuels and providing more than 10 percent of their output to the electricity grid plan to become partners in the regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Based on a voluntary agreement, the predominantly east coast states intend to meet the obligations of the Kyoto Protocol. Several other states could join later. For more information consult www.rgi.org. In an ill-advised attempt to stop the state-by-state approach, the DOE has announced that states cannot establish their own energy efficiency standards or establish policies upon such standards. Separate emissions-based standards, including Green House Gass emissions is still permissible.

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6th meeting of the Carbon Removal Expert Group summary and feedback 

The Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) has been formally approved by the Council on the 19th of November 2024 and entered into force on the 9th of December 2024, providing an official mandate for the Commission to develop methodologies on carbon farming and carbon removals. However, the technical documents and specifications are still being drafted and revised for input from the Carbon Removals Expert Group (CREG), of which Bellona is a member. 

Photo: Christening of Northern Lights’ first CO₂ carrier in Stavanger in 2025, by Olav Øye

A great leap towards a scaled European market for CCS: Northern Lights expands storage capacity, will store CO₂ from Stockholm  

Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.

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