Filter by
All
Insights and Commentaries
International partnerships help innovate Callide Oxyfuel Project
15th July 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, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
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)
Institute report provides new insights on measurement of relative permeability
15th July 2015
Relative permeability is an important factor in predicting the performance of geological storage. A recently released Global CCS Institute report prepared by Stanford University considers the measurement of relative permeability and addresses knowledge gaps. In...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Progressing carbon capture technologies for the cement industry
15th June 2015
Results of post-combustion pilot tests conducted at Norcem’s cement plant in Brevik were presented during the International CCS Conference held in Langesund on 20–21 May 2015. More than 130 representatives of the carbon capture and...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
China CCS deployment expands
15th May 2015
In this Insight, the Global CCS Institute's Dr Tony Zhang, Senior Adviser for Carbon Capture reports on progress in carbon capture and storage (CCS) in China. Tony attended the recent ADB-China Datang Corporation CCS Workshop...
Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
Global storage readiness assessment
15th May 2015
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment must be rapidly accelerated if the world is to meet its intended goal of limiting temperature increases to two degrees celsius. For accelerated CCS deployment suitable storage sites must...
Topic(s): Capacity development, CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery, law and regulation, Policy