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Global CO2 Storage Resource Database a critical step forward for the deployment of CCS
4th August 2020
At the global level, both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) consistently show CCS being deployed at a significant scale to reduce emissions to net-zero by 2050 and...
Topic(s): CO2 storage
New international system for classifying storage resources provides further confidence in CCS
2nd May 2019
The theoretical capacity of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resources has always been higher than the CO2 storage required to meet the projections of any climate change scenario. In addition, the recent IPCC Special Report cited...
Topic(s): CO2 storage, SRMS
Migration-assisted storage: opportunities are (almost) endless
18th November 2018
In the pursuit of geological CO2 storage sites, migration assisted storage (MAS) offers the largest storage resource potential and spatial availability, globally. MAS can trap and immobilise CO2 in a formation without a physical structure...
Topic(s): CO2 storage
New large-scale CCS facilities added to Global CCS database
18th November 2018
Following significant developments of “the decarbonised hydrogen (H2)” as well as “hubs and clusters” in the UK and Netherlands, new large-scale CCS facilities have been included in the Institute database, with approvals from facility proponents....
Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, CO2 capture, CO2 hubs, CO2 storage, CO2 transport, CO2 utilisation, use and storage (CCUS)
Is the world ready for carbon capture and storage?
18th October 2018
Our global ambition to avoid the serious impacts of climate change was confirmed with the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. To meet the objectives of the agreement, we know that CCS will require...
Topic(s): Capacity development, CO2 storage, Economics, Education, law and regulation, Policy
Managing carbon geological storage and natural resources in sedimentary basins
17th March 2017
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute, together with Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development (ANLEC R&D), will hold a series of webinars throughout...
Topic(s): CO2 storage
Laboratory-scale geochemical and geomechanical testing of near wellbore CO2 injectivity improvement
17th January 2017
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute together with ANLEC R&D will hold a series of webinars throughout 2016 and 2017. Each webinar will...
Topic(s): CO2 storage
Water use of thermal power plants equipped with CO2 capture systems
16th December 2016
The potential for increased water use has often been noted as a challenge to the widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Early studies, that are widely referenced and...
Topic(s): CO2 capture, CO2 storage
CarbonNet storage site characterisation and selection process
16th November 2016
The CarbonNet Project has undertaken an extensive geoscience evaluation programme to identify, characterise and select prospective offshore storage sites in the nearshore Gippsland Basin, in south eastern Australia. The process builds upon basin and regional...
Topic(s): CO2 storage
Effective enforcement of underground storage of carbon dioxide – A presentation of the findings of recent research
16th August 2016
Dr Meredith Gibbs, a leading Australian environmental and climate change lawyer and the Institute’s inaugural Legal Fellow, presented the findings of her research programme on the effective enforcement of the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2)....
Topic(s): CO2 storage, law and regulation, Policy
Induced seismicity and CO2 geological storage
16th April 2016
Appropriately selected and characterised carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage sites, an essential element of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, are unlikely to be adversely affected by induced seismicity. In this Insight Global CCS Institute...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 storage, Health, safety and environment, use and storage (CCUS)
The Global Status of CCS: 100 days after the COP21 Paris Agreement
16th March 2016
The COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris during December 2015 spoke with great promise of a renewed global commitment to tackle climate change. Front and centre in the post-COP discussion has been one significant shift in...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 capture, CO2 storage, CO2 transport, CO2 utilisation, use and storage (CCUS)