[Lwvcnmtopics] Updates

[George Richmond]

I have included some topics of interest.  In January the NM PRC resumes 
regular meetings:

A) PNM is proposing to sell its Coal Fired Plant in NM to a business of 
the Navajo Nation who will capture the carbon.

Here is a news release from Occidental Pete on this topic as I was not 
sure if the technology would/could work.


  Oxy Low Carbon Ventures Awarded Project Tundra
  Carbon Storage Consulting Services Contract

/Minnkota Power Cooperative advances development of the world’s largest 
carbon capture facility/

//

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:00 AM EST

HOUSTON – December 15, 2020 –Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, 
<https://www.oxylowcarbon.com/>a subsidiary of Occidental (NYSE: OXY), 
announced today it was awarded a contract to provide Carbon Storage 
Consulting Services forProject Tundra 
<https://www.projecttundrand.com/>, an initiative led by Minnkota Power 
Cooperative, to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility at the 
Milton R. Young Station – a coal-fired power plant, near Center, North 
Dakota.

A leader in the multi-disciplinary execution of carbon management, Oxy 
Low Carbon Ventures will advise Minnkota on the safe design and overall 
requirements of Project Tundra’s storage facility. Oxy Low Carbon 
Ventures leverages Occidental’s 40+ years of carbon management 
expertise, in which it safely processes, transports and stores 
approximately 20 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO_2 ) 
annually in its operations.

Occidental has developed standards and protocols recognized by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for monitoring, reporting and 
verifying the amount, safety and permanence of CO_2 stored through 
secure geologic sequestration. The company holds the nation’s first two 
EPA-approved monitoring, reporting and verification plans for geologic 
sequestration through enhanced oil recovery production. Oxy Low Carbon 
Ventures will apply this singular expertise and know-how to advise 
Minnkota on the safe design and overall requirements for Project 
Tundra’s storage facility.

“Project Tundra is one example of how our experience in carbon 
management is helping industry realize its carbon reduction goals,” said 
Dr. Doug Conquest, Vice President, Services, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures. 
“The potential for underground sequestration of CO_2 is on the order of 
billions of tonnes per year, and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures is perfectly 
positioned to help companies and governments meet their ambitions to 
address climate change. We commend the Minnkota Power Cooperative on 
their leadership and vision.”

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE:

https://www.oxy.com/News/Pages/Article.aspx?Article=6380.html

*B) Transition to Clean Energy in Europe*

2020: Europe's Energy Transition in 5 Trends | Greentech Media 
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/2020-europes-energy-transition-in-five-trends?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily>

*C) News on Solar Energy*

Greentech Media’s Must-Read Solar Stories of 2020 | Greentech Media 
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/greentech-medias-must-read-solar-stories-of-2020?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily>

*D) On storage batteries.*

Invinity Flow Battery Costs Fell 30% Post-Merger, Says Exec | Greentech 
Media 
<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/invinity-flow-battery-costs-fell-30-post-merger-says-exec?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily>

I only publish the links as the articles are too long...and maybe some 
of you are not interested.

*I welcome comments/suggestions.*

*After becoming an Observer to the NM PRC, I am highly confident the 
move to Green energy will work, with the Grid or Transmission Lines 
being a challenge.*

*Happy New Year,*

*George Richmond*


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George M. Richmond
152 Juniper Hill Road, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122-1913

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