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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)

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)

SaskPower CCS Challenge awards announced
SaskPower CCS Challenge awards announced

15th March 2015

The winners of the hotly contested SaskPower CCS Challenge have been revealed. The announcement follows an innovative education program run by Boundary Dam's operator, SaskPower, and the Regina Catholic School Division (RCSD), with local schools in...

Topic(s): Communication, Education, Public engagement

Boundary Dam CO2Degrees education awards
Boundary Dam CO2Degrees education awards

15th February 2015

Students around the world taking part in the Institute-led CO2Degrees education program are getting ready for a special awards ceremony soon to commence on March 6th, 2015 in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Late last...

Topic(s): Communication, Education, Public engagement

Lessons learned from CCS development in the North of the Netherlands
Lessons learned from CCS development in the North of the Netherlands

15th February 2015

By Barend van Engelenburg (DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond) and Hanneke Puts (TNO) The planning processes for developing and implementing new, innovative technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) take place in complex political, societal, economic and...

Topic(s): Public engagement

CCS outcomes from COP 20
CCS outcomes from COP 20

15th January 2015

The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Lima, Peru on 1-12 December 2014. Here, thousands of delegates from...

Topic(s): Communication, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement

Institute introduces CCUS to students at recent APEC meeting
Institute introduces CCUS to students at recent APEC meeting

15th January 2015

The Institute's Meade Goodwin reports on Institute activities at a recent meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico where the Institute’s America's team presented presented workshops designed to introduce college students...

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

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