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)

Risky business: failure to deploy advanced coal technologies puts climate change goals at risk

15th July 2015

This interesting perspective on advanced coal technologies' role in meeting the climate challenge was written by Janet Gellici, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Coal Council (NCC). It was first published on...

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

National coal council recommends policy action to speed CCS deployment

15th July 2015

The Institute’s Pamela Tomski, Senior Adviser – Policy and Regulation, was a Lead Author of “Fossil Forward – Revitalizing CCS: Bringing Scale and Speed to CCS Deployment”, a study released in January 2015 by the...

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

Overview of Current Directions in Carbon Capture R&D

15th July 2015

Future carbon capture R&D efforts need to focus on cost reductions in three main areas:  materials, processes and equipment. In this webinar Ron Munson, the Institute’s Principal Manager – Capture, gave an overview of the current directions in...

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)

Supporting CCS deployment – an update from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change

15th July 2015

2015 has been hailed as a ‘watershed year’ for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Large-scale CCS power projects are now a reality and there’s a growing international recognition of the critical role the technology has to...

Technology development and diffusion within the UNFCCC

15th July 2015

Technology is a central issue in addressing carbon emissions and the global climate change negotiations. Related issues including carbon markets, finance and technology transfer have widespread implications. The 2015 Agreement expected to result from the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

ADB – connecting the policy, technology and finance communities

15th July 2015

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Clean Energy Forum 2015 was held in Manila, Philippines from 16-19 June. A key aim of the Forum is to link the policy, technology and finance communities. The Global CCS...

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

Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum

15th June 2015

In this Insight the Institute's Ian Havercroft, Senior Adviser - Legal and Regulatory in the APAC region discusses a new Institute initiative - the Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum. In recent years the Institute...

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

Are we heading to a successful new climate agreement in Paris?

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: four Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of the...

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