US CO₂ injection rules clarified to facilitate CCUS

15th June 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a clarification of the rules for CO₂ injecting companies to transition from EOR (enhanced oil recovery) to CO₂ storage. In this Insight, L. Stephen Melzer, Melzer Consulting...

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

Revitalizing CCS: bringing scale and speed to CCS deployment

15th June 2015

In this webinar, Janet Gellici, Executive Vice President and COO of the National Coal Council, and the Institute’s Pamela Tomski, Senior Advisor, Policy and Regulatory and a lead author on the report, Fossil Forward - Revitalizing...

SCCS launch report from Joint Industry Project on CO2-EOR

15th June 2015

The Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR) Joint Industry Project (JIP) led by Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) has published results from a collaborative programme of work to develop an understanding of CO2-EOR, with...

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

CCS features at European Sustainable Energy Week

15th June 2015

This year, for the first time, European Union Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) included a workshop featuring carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the policy conference segment of the European Union (EU). Since 2005, this annual...

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

Proposed Market Stability Reserve to stabilise European carbon trading

15th June 2015

A new Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to stabilise the carbon price under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). The Global CCS Institute's Francesco Corona, Communications Adviser for Europe, Middle East and...

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

CCS opportunities and challenges in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries

15th June 2015

This Insight provides the viewpoint of Julio Carneiro, assistant professor of the University of Évora, on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology opportunities in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). It is based on...

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

G7 and the role of the European Union ahead of COP21 in Paris

15th June 2015

Several important events are taking place in the months ahead of the international climate change negotiations at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December. In separate events world leaders have demonstrated...

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

The importance of CCS Hubs and Clusters

15th June 2015

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only feasible option for capturing emissions from the many smaller-scale industrial sources of CO₂ which make up almost half of global emissions reductions under the 2-degree scenario (2DS)....

Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO₂ hubs, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

G7 leaders endorse energy sector transformation

15th June 2015

On 7-8 June 2015, Germany hosted the meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven) Heads of State and Governments. Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the European Commission and the US met...

Topic(s): Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Renewables

Bonn climate negotiations – "Non-State Actors" enter the scene

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: five 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)

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)

Progressing carbon capture technologies for the cement industry

15th June 2015

Results of post-combustion pilot tests conducted at Norcem’s cement plant in Brevik were presented during the International CCS Conference held in Langesund on 20–21 May 2015. More than 130 representatives of the carbon capture and...

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