Carbon Capture and Deep Decarbonization

15th November 2015

by Duncan Kenyon and Binnu Jeyakumar Technologies that capture greenhouse gases and either store or use them could play a significant and essential role in decarbonizing our world. But carbon capture and storage (CCS) has...

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

Carbon capture for coal to chemical industry in North West China

15th October 2015

Commercial coal-to-chemicals processes are being rapidly deployed as a clean coal technology, particularly in China. The process generally has a large carbon foot print. While CCS has been successfully applied to capture and store carbon...

Topic(s): CO₂ capture, Engineering and project delivery

Update on CCS Public Engagement in the Asia Pacific region

15th October 2015

Much of what we have learnt about carbon capture and storage (CCS) public engagement best practice has been developed through practical project experiences in Europe, North America and Australia. As more CCS projects enter the...

Topic(s): Communication, Education, Public engagement, Social research

Methodology for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in Oil and Gas Reservoirs

15th October 2015

The American Carbon Registry (ACR) has approved a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Methodology for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects​ for the measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emission reductions associated with capture and...

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

Capturing carbon from coal-to-chemicals at Yanchang

15th October 2015

The Global CCS Institute has commissioned four knowledge-sharing reports on critical aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) from Yanchang Petroleum Group (China). The first of these reports is now available, covering the application of...

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

Seals of the CarbonNet Project, Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia

15th October 2015

The CarbonNet Project (the Project) has identified a series of prospective carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage sites in the most promising area of the nearshore Gippsland Basin in south eastern Australia. The Project is investigating the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO₂ storage, use and storage (CCUS)

Are the legacy wells in the Gippsland Basin an issue for CO₂ storage?

15th October 2015

The CarbonNet project is investigating the potential of geological formations in the Gippsland Basin off south eastern Australia to store significant volumes of carbon dioxide (CO₂), which could form the basis of a multi–user carbon...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO₂ storage, Engineering and project delivery, Health, safety and environment, use and storage (CCUS)

CCS as least-cost options for integrating intermittent renewables in low-carbon power systems

15th October 2015

Intermittent renewable energy sources (intermittent‐RES) such as wind and solar PV can be a key component of the resulting low‐ carbon power systems, but their intermittency requires more flexibility from the rest of the power...

Boundary Dam after one year of operation

15th October 2015

Just over one year ago, SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage Project (BD3), the world’s first commercial scale power plant with a fully integrated carbon capture system, was in the global spotlight when it...

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

Partial CO₂ capture and the CO₂stCap project

15th October 2015

The CO₂stCap project is a new four–year research project aiming to reduce the cost of industrial carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture processes. In this Insight, Ragnhild Skagestad and Hans Aksel Haugen of Tel–Tek discuss the wider...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO₂ capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)

Lively discussions, photo booths and speed dating… an update from the European CCS Forum

15th October 2015

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute hosted its annual Members Meeting and CCS Forum for European Members on 24/25 September 2015 at the Glasgow Science Centre. Institute staff from the Europe Middle East...

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

An incentive mechanism for Industrial CCS? Exploring the findings of the Teesside Collective’s ‘Blueprint’

15th September 2015

Last month, a cluster of leading industries based in the North EastEngland, known as The Teesside Collective, announced its collaboration on Europe’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipped industrial zone.  This Webinar provided an opportunity to dig deeper into the important...

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