ENERGY - Former DOE Chief Steven Chu Takes Board Seat at Carbon Capture Firm

Vancouver-based Inventys Thermal Technologies, a VC-funded carbon capture technology firm, added former DOE Secretary Steven Chu to its Board of Directors. The startup claims that is has developed a breakthrough in capturing CO2 from coal and natural gas power plants with a "capture cost of about $15 per ton of CO2" -- significantly less than existing methods.  According to the company, the Inventys system is based on a low-pressure thermal swin ...

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