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The Importance of R&D in Advancing Energy Technologies
The Importance of R&D in Advancing Energy Technologies

17th July 2017

Carbon capture has been practiced at the industrial scale for over 40 years, and it has the potential to be used more widely in the future if breakthrough technologies continue to be developed and commercialized. ...

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

Webinar: Mission Innovation: Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge
Webinar: Mission Innovation: Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge

17th July 2017

Mission Innovation aims to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable.  Through a series of Innovation Challenges, member countries have pledged to support actions aimed at...

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

Kicking the tyres and feeling the scale
Kicking the tyres and feeling the scale

17th June 2017

Building on last year’s successful Forum, the Global CCS Institute hosted the APAC CCS Forum on June 19th in Melbourne.  Using as its theme, "No Longer Up in the Air", the event provided an unique...

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

Project of Common Interest Proposals are out for public consultation
Project of Common Interest Proposals are out for public consultation

17th June 2017

Arising from the concept of regional cooperation set out in Europe’s Energy Union vision and the exciting potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS) hubs and clusters in Europe, the European Commission is now seeking...

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

Australian CCS Research Conference, a great success!
Australian CCS Research Conference, a great success!

17th June 2017

The very first Australian CCS Research Conference was a resounding success. The event brought together leading Australian and international researchers after a long hiatus to discuss the latest developments in CCS research. The conference was...

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

It's time to reconsider carbon capture
It's time to reconsider carbon capture

17th May 2017

The urgency of reducing carbon emissions increases with every passing month. If the world is to achieve its climate goals, every viable avenue for carbon emission reductions must be deployed. Carbon capture and storage (CCS)...

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

Can the United States Achieve a Low Carbon Economy by 2050?
Can the United States Achieve a Low Carbon Economy by 2050?

17th May 2017

  Karl Hausker, PhD, Senior Fellow, Climate Program, World Resources Institute, is the leader of the analytic and writing team for the latest study by the Risky Business Project: From Risk to Return: Investing in a...

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

Major strides in 2017 for CCS
Major strides in 2017 for CCS

17th May 2017

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a critical technology if we are to meet Paris Agreement climate goals. Study after study has demonstrated that a suite of low-carbon technologies, including CCS, is needed to deliver...

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

Webinar Series: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Part 1. CCUS in the United Arab Emirates: Status and Potential
Webinar Series: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Part 1. CCUS in the United Arab Emirates: Status and Potential

17th April 2017

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is a Ministerial-level international climate change initiative that is focused on the development of improved cost-effective technologies for carbon capture and storage (CCS). As part of our commitment to raising awareness...

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

GHGT-13, a reflection
GHGT-13, a reflection

16th December 2016

The IEAGHG's Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT) is the major technical CCS conference held every two years, and this year the 13th GHGT conference (GHGT-13) was held from 14 to 18 November 2016 in...

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

Global Status of CCS: 2016. Saline Aquifer Storage Performance at the Quest CCS Project
Global Status of CCS: 2016. Saline Aquifer Storage Performance at the Quest CCS Project

16th November 2016

The Global CCS Institute launched The Global Status of CCS: 2016 at a dedicated event at the 22nd conference of the parties (COP 22) in Marrakech on Tuesday, 15 November.  The Global Status of CCS: 2016 report is an essential reference...

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

The South West Hub Project: Developing a project in unconventional geology
The South West Hub Project: Developing a project in unconventional geology

16th October 2016

The WA Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) has been investigating the Lesueur Formation on-shore South West of Western Australia.   The South West Hub project has been acquiring field data between 2011 and 2015 involving...

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

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