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The UK’s first industrial CCS cluster – Introducing the Teesside Collective
The UK’s first industrial CCS cluster – Introducing the Teesside Collective

15th April 2015

​   The widespread application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology on industrial processes such as steel, chemical and cement manufacturing, is increasingly recognised as a key priority for tackling CO2 emissions from these vital...

Topic(s): Business cases, Capacity development, Carbon capture, CO2 hubs, CO2 transport, CO2 utilisation, Communication, use and storage (CCUS)

Indonesia’s first CCS Project
Indonesia’s first CCS Project

15th April 2015

Indonesia has abundant primary energy resources in the form of oil, natural gas, and coal used for domestic and export requirements. The Indonesian Government plans to rapidly expand the domestic use of coal for electricity...

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

Early public engagement on Indonesia’s CCS Gundih Pilot Project
Early public engagement on Indonesia’s CCS Gundih Pilot Project

15th April 2015

In April 2015, Dr Farah Mulyasari from the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia gave Global CCS Institute staff and Australian-based Members a presentation on the public engagement strategy associated with Indonesia’s ‘Gundih CCS Project’....

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

Building carbon capture technical capacity in Mexico
Building carbon capture technical capacity in Mexico

15th April 2015

Over the past year, the Global CCS Institute has conducted a series of carbon capture and storage (CCS) workshops in Mexico that have drawn participants from academia, industry, and government institutions such as Secretaría de...

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

BASTOR2 – Unlocking the potential for CCS in the Baltic Sea
BASTOR2 – Unlocking the potential for CCS in the Baltic Sea

15th April 2015

            The Baltic Sea CO2 Storage (Bastor2) project was established with the primary objective of investigating the potential and conditions for geological storage in the Baltic Sea Region. However, the degree...

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

Carbon storage in the Baltic – new insights from the Bastor2 study
Carbon storage in the Baltic – new insights from the Bastor2 study

15th April 2015

This Insight, written by one of the study's authors, Per Arne Nilsson, is adapted from the Executive Summary to the Final Summary Report from the Elforsk Bastor2 study. The five part report series was undertaken...

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

Speeding up CCS deployment in the Asian region
Speeding up CCS deployment in the Asian region

15th March 2015

The Institute's Chris Consoli, Senior Adviser for Storage (Asia Pacific) recently attended a storage mapping workshop in Bali, Indonesia to share recent developments in identification and assessment of CO2 storage sites around South East Asia....

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

Institute response to the EU Emissions Trading System consultations
Institute response to the EU Emissions Trading System consultations

15th March 2015

A recent consultation period ahead of the EU Emissions Trading System Directive's reform called for submissions on a range of low carbon technologies. The Global CCS Institute participated in the process in support of carbon...

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

Status of CCS in developing countries
Status of CCS in developing countries

15th March 2015

Deploying CCS in developing countries is critically important.  The International Energy Agency estimates that to achieve global emissions reduction targets 70% of CCS projects will be in non-OECD countries by 2050. This webinar provided an...

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

Which low carbon technology is now a reality?
Which low carbon technology is now a reality?

15th March 2015

With fossil fuels expected to supply over 70% of the world's energy needs by 2040, we face some urgent questions: where should efforts be focused in reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Which technologies hold the most...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement, use and storage (CCUS)

Pumping CO2 underground can help fight climate change. Why is it stuck in second gear?
Pumping CO2 underground can help fight climate change. Why is it stuck in second gear?

15th March 2015

This article by Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer at MIT was published in The Conversation US on March 12 2015. It is republished here with permission. The first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage operation at a...

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

CCUS: Building a climate change solution
CCUS: Building a climate change solution

15th March 2015

Duncan Kenyon, director of the Pembina Institute’s unconventional oil and gas program, has worked extensively on climate change related policy and projects, including a variety of CCS activities for the Shell Quest and SaskPower Boundary...

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

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