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The importance of CCS Hubs and Clusters
The importance of CCS Hubs and Clusters

15th June 2015

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only feasible option for capturing emissions from the many smaller-scale industrial sources of CO2 which make up almost half of global emissions reductions under the 2-degree scenario (2DS)....

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 hubs, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Bonn climate negotiations – "Non-State Actors" enter the scene
Bonn climate negotiations – "Non-State Actors" enter the scene

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: five Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Are we heading to a successful new climate agreement in Paris?
Are we heading to a successful new climate agreement in Paris?

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: four Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum
Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum

15th June 2015

In this Insight the Institute's Ian Havercroft, Senior Adviser - Legal and Regulatory in the APAC region discusses a new Institute initiative - the Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum. In recent years the Institute...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Capture technology development: Evolution versus Revolution?
Capture technology development: Evolution versus Revolution?

15th June 2015

The capture element of carbon capture and storage (CCS) accounts for the majority of the cost in the CCS chain. As CCS costs fall over the coming years, this will largely be driven by cost...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)

A new climate agreement and the role of INDCs
A new climate agreement and the role of INDCs

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: three Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

What might the Paris Agreement do for Technology?
What might the Paris Agreement do for Technology?

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: two Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Bonn climate talks progressing in a positive spirit
Bonn climate talks progressing in a positive spirit

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight Series: one Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

The UNFCCC Technology and Finance Mechanisms
The UNFCCC Technology and Finance Mechanisms

15th June 2015

The Institute is closely engaged with all aspects of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process as they relate to carbon capture and storage (CCS). We are particularly interested in the interaction...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Callide Oxyfuel Project paves the way for commercial scale CCS
Callide Oxyfuel Project paves the way for commercial scale CCS

15th June 2015

The Callide Oxyfuel Project in central Queensland, Australia ran in demonstration phase from June 2012 to March 2015. The project has produced valuable data on oxyfuel combustion processes and technology for retrofitting to coal-fired power...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)

“Is CCS/CCUS ready for prime time?” subject of Pittsburgh CCUS Conference
“Is CCS/CCUS ready for prime time?” subject of Pittsburgh CCUS Conference

15th June 2015

The Institute’s Neil Wildgust, Principal Manager – Storage and Ron Munson, Principal Manager – Capture presented the Global Status of CCS and the reasons why CCS/CCUS is ‘ready for prime time’ at the Fourteenth Annual...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Communication, use and storage (CCUS)

US CO2 injection rules clarified to facilitate CCUS
US CO2 injection rules clarified to facilitate CCUS

15th June 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a clarification of the rules for CO2 injecting companies to transition from EOR (enhanced oil recovery) to CO2 storage. In this Insight, L. Stephen Melzer, Melzer Consulting...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

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