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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)

Pilot scale testing critical to advance second generation capture technologies
Pilot scale testing critical to advance second generation capture technologies

15th June 2015

Advances in carbon capture technologies were a major topic of discussion at the Fourteenth Annual Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Conference, held 28 April – 1 May in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this Insight, the...

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

The role of Carbon Capture and Storage in a decarbonised world
The role of Carbon Capture and Storage in a decarbonised world

15th May 2015

The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a global initiative coordinated by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)[1]. Last year the Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, 2014 Report was released, which provides a comprehensive...

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

A review of the CO2GeoNet 10th Annual Forum
A review of the CO2GeoNet 10th Annual Forum

15th May 2015

CO2GeoNet, the European network on the geological storage of CO2 held their 10th Annual Open Forum "CO2 storage - the cornerstone of our low carbon future” from 11-12th May 2015, in San Servolo, Italy. In...

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

Advances in CCS monitoring featured in new video online
Advances in CCS monitoring featured in new video online

15th May 2015

This insight, co-written by John Hamling, Senior Research Manager of the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota, and Neil Wildgust, the Global CCS Institute’s Principal Manager – Storage, outlines how...

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

Aquistore to provide valuable CO2 storage research
Aquistore to provide valuable CO2 storage research

15th May 2015

Aquistore, Canada’s first deep saline aquifer storage site, is an example of Canada’s continued leadership in CCS technology development. This insight by the Institute’s Neil Wildgust, Principal Manager – Storage, outlines the role of Aquistore...

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

East and Southeast Asian countries unite to drive carbon dioxide storage
East and Southeast Asian countries unite to drive carbon dioxide storage

15th May 2015

In this Insight the Global CCS Institute's Chris Consoli, Senior Adviser for Storage (Asia Pacific) discusses methodologies for selecting geological carbon dioxide storage and estimating storage capacity and their relevance to East and Southeast Asia. A...

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

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