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Teesside Collective blueprint for Industrial CCS in the UK
15th July 2015
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only available technology for eliminating emissions from many current industrial processes. The Teesside Collective is a group of industrial operators in the Tees Valley region of North East...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
Regional CCS clusters needed – UK is approaching a carbon policy black hole
15th July 2015
This interesting perspective on recent developments on industrial carbon capture and storage (CCS) at the United Kingdom's (UK) Teesside Collective was written by Philip Pearson, Senior Policy Officer at the UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC)....
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
Technology development and diffusion within the UNFCCC
15th July 2015
Technology is a central issue in addressing carbon emissions and the global climate change negotiations. Related issues including carbon markets, finance and technology transfer have widespread implications. The 2015 Agreement expected to result from the...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (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)
SCCS launch report from Joint Industry Project on CO2-EOR
15th June 2015
The Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR) Joint Industry Project (JIP) led by Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) has published results from a collaborative programme of work to develop an understanding of CO2-EOR, with...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
CCS opportunities and challenges in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
15th June 2015
This Insight provides the viewpoint of Julio Carneiro, assistant professor of the University of Évora, on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology opportunities in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). It is based on...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
G7 and the role of the European Union ahead of COP21 in Paris
15th June 2015
Several important events are taking place in the months ahead of the international climate change negotiations at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December. In separate events world leaders have demonstrated...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
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)
G7 leaders endorse energy sector transformation
15th June 2015
On 7-8 June 2015, Germany hosted the meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven) Heads of State and Governments. Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the European Commission and the US met...
Topic(s): Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Renewables
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?
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
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)