![]() ![]() This is the circle of light colored material at the "top" of a ripe acorn. The hilum is the connection between the acorn and its cup, or cap. The key to early picking is a part of the acorn called the hilum. If you can easily return in a week or two, then that's probably a good solution.īut what if you can't easily return? Or what if you are concerned that acorn predators may get to the ripening acorns before you are able to return? If the green acorns are accessible to picking, you may be able to collect nearly-ripe green acorns, if you are observant and careful. The timing of acorns ripening is never exact from year to year, so it is very possible to arrive at a producing, desirable oak, only to find the acorns are still green. Often, collecting desirable acorns requires travel for hours. Read on for an opportunity to learn from my successes and mistakes. I've killed tens of thousands of acorns, either by letting them be too wet, or too dry. Seems it is often easier to collect acorns than it is to handle and store them properly. While tens of thousands of cool and unusual oaks have been grown from acorns I've collected, there have been massive acorn losses along the way. I've earned this knowledge honestly, and painfully. The Storage Permit also sets out the requirements that the developer must follow during operations.After more than 30 years of acorn collecting, I've learned things about acorn handling and storage that are neither obvious, nor commonly known, even among oak-cognoscenti. Under the terms of the licence, the company would need to submit and be awarded a Storage Permit before CO2 injection could begin. The licence grants authorisation for offshore exploration for the purposes of selecting a site for CO2 storage. ![]() PBD has been awarded an ‘Initial Term’ CO2 Storage Licence for a four year period. Through Acorn CCS, Scotland can use legacy oil and gas assets to deliver environmental benefits, unlocking CO2 transportation and storage solutions for other CCUS projects along the east coast of the UK.” Industry has a crucial part to play in meeting our world-leading ambition to develop and deploy this cutting-edge technology to reduce emissions so it’s great to see more key players joining the race to build the UK’s first facility.”Īlan James, managing director of Pale Blue Dot Energy and the Acorn CCS Project Leader, added: “ Securing the CCS Licence is a really important step to help us develop one of the UK’s first CO2 transportation and storage networks. We are also looking closely where else we can play a role, including the role of gas as a transition fuel reducing emissions in flaring and venting considering CO2 opportunities for EOR and where suitable bringing attention to energy integration with renewables, including gas-to-wire.”Įnergy and Clean Growth Minister, Claire Perry, said: “ This project shows our modern Industrial Strategy in action as companies, backed by government, seize the economic opportunities of moving to a greener, cleaner economy. “We welcome the government’s recently-announced Action Plan to develop the UK’s first carbon capture, usage and storage projects and are continuing our close working with the government and others to identify existing UKCS infrastructure which could be re-used. We undertake a wide range of activities which complement this, including licensing carbon capture usage and storage projects such as this. ![]() The project seeks to re-use existing oil and gas infrastructure for transporting and storing carbon and to repurpose or rebuild an existing CO2 capture facility based at the St Fergus Gas Terminal.ĭr Andy Samuel, chief executive of the OGA, said: “ The OGA fully supports the transition to a low carbon economy and can play a role in the transition. ![]() The award has been made to Pale Blue Dot Energy for the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project. The Oil and Gas Authority UK has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence as an independent regulator. ![]()
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