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Introducing the CCS Legal and Regulatory indicator
15th September 2015
Early consideration of the legal and regulatory barriers to carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be traced back to the 2005 publication of two seminal reports. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
CCS at a crossroads
15th September 2015
The following Insight is an excerpt from an article by Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative. Howard is a leading figure in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, driving greenhouse...
Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement, use and storage (CCUS)
CO2 Pipeline Design – an Australian perspective
15th September 2015
A new report published by Brown Coal Innovation Australia examines the applicability of Australian Standard 2885, the current Australian Standard (Standard/s) relating to pipelines, in the context of carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline transportation. Appropriate policies...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
CCS Policy Indicator updated for 2015
15th September 2015
The Global CCS Institute's Policy Indicator (CCS-PI) is an assessment of policy support for carbon capture and storage within countries with most promising conditions for its deployment. The 2015 update to the Institute's policy indicator...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Domestic policy, Health, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement, safety and environment, use and storage (CCUS)
Unlocking the North Sea’s carbon dioxide storage potential
15th September 2015
The CO2MultiStore Joint Industry Project is an ongoing study based in the United Kingdom (UK) to support the development of multi-user regional carbon dioxide (CO2) storage assets. Partners in the project include Shell, The Crown...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
Applying carbon capture and storage to a Chinese steel plant. Feasibility Study on a CCS facility in China
15th September 2015
The Global CCS Institute has recently published a feasibility study report on applying carbon capture and storage (CCS) to a steel plant in China. Toshiba was commissioned to conduct the study in collaboration with Chinese corporations. The...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 capture, CO2 storage, use and storage (CCUS)
Total publishes Lacq CCS Pilot report
15th September 2015
The Lacq Pilot project is a fully integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project operated by Total in the Lacq region of south-eastern France. From 2009 to 2013 the project captured more than 51 thousand...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
CarbonNet storage site selection and certification
15th September 2015
The CarbonNet project is investigating the potential of geological formations in south eastern Australia to store significant volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2), which could form the basis of a multi-user carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, 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)
Site characterisation for storage in the near shore Gippsland Basin
15th September 2015
CarbonNet is investigating the potential of geological formations in south eastern Australia to store significant volumes of carbon dioxide and form the basis of a multi-user carbon capture and storage (CCS) network. Earlier this year...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 storage, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)
Let's talk seriously about emission reduction, including CCS
15th August 2015
The following Insight is an excerpt from an article by Professor Robin Batterham, Kernot Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne and Chief Scientist to the Australian Federal Government 1999-2005. Read the full article here. The...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, Renewables, use and storage (CCUS)
Opportunities for CCS in the Chinese steel industry
15th August 2015
Toshiba has released the results of a feasibility study, Applying carbon capture and storage to a Chinese steel plant commissioned by the Global CCS Institute into the application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)