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Which low carbon technology is now a reality?
Which low carbon technology is now a reality?

15th March 2015

With fossil fuels expected to supply over 70% of the world's energy needs by 2040, we face some urgent questions: where should efforts be focused in reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Which technologies hold the most...

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

Pumping CO2 underground can help fight climate change. Why is it stuck in second gear?
Pumping CO2 underground can help fight climate change. Why is it stuck in second gear?

15th March 2015

This article by Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer at MIT was published in The Conversation US on March 12 2015. It is republished here with permission. The first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage operation at a...

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

CCUS: Building a climate change solution
CCUS: Building a climate change solution

15th March 2015

Duncan Kenyon, director of the Pembina Institute’s unconventional oil and gas program, has worked extensively on climate change related policy and projects, including a variety of CCS activities for the Shell Quest and SaskPower Boundary...

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

European CCS beyond Road and the UK, opportunities in the Baltic
European CCS beyond Road and the UK, opportunities in the Baltic

15th March 2015

The European carbon capture and storage (CCS) story is often framed in the context of the ROAD project in the Netherlands and the various CCS projects under development in the UK, the most advanced of...

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

Adding CCS to the energy mix in the UAE
Adding CCS to the energy mix in the UAE

15th March 2015

The UAE Ministry of Energy supports the development and deployment of CCUS technology and projects that can transform the energy sector while effectively supporting global efforts to combat climate change. The following Insight by His...

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

SaskPower CCS Challenge awards announced
SaskPower CCS Challenge awards announced

15th March 2015

The winners of the hotly contested SaskPower CCS Challenge have been revealed. The announcement follows an innovative education program run by Boundary Dam's operator, SaskPower, and the Regina Catholic School Division (RCSD), with local schools in...

Topic(s): Communication, Education, Public engagement

CCS in the News: February 2015
CCS in the News: February 2015

15th February 2015

The Global CCS Institute, together with media reporting agency, Mediascape Global, has tracked a growing media interest in CCS technology over February, highlighting the importance of CCS. This Insight by the Institute’s Senior Media and...

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

CO2 transport systems development status of three large-scale European CCS demonstration projects with EEPR funding
CO2 transport systems development status of three large-scale European CCS demonstration projects with EEPR funding

15th February 2015

        The European CCS Demonstration Project Network was pleased to present the webinar “CO2 transport systems development status of three large-scale European CCS demonstration projects with EEPR funding” on Thursday, 26 February 2014. This webinar,...

Topic(s): CO2 capture, CO2 storage, CO2 transport

Boundary Dam CO2Degrees education awards
Boundary Dam CO2Degrees education awards

15th February 2015

Students around the world taking part in the Institute-led CO2Degrees education program are getting ready for a special awards ceremony soon to commence on March 6th, 2015 in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Late last...

Topic(s): Communication, Education, Public engagement

Lessons learned from CCS development in the North of the Netherlands
Lessons learned from CCS development in the North of the Netherlands

15th February 2015

By Barend van Engelenburg (DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond) and Hanneke Puts (TNO) The planning processes for developing and implementing new, innovative technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) take place in complex political, societal, economic and...

Topic(s): Public engagement

Reduction of freshwater usage of a coal-fired power plant with CCS by applying a high level of integration of all water streams
Reduction of freshwater usage of a coal-fired power plant with CCS by applying a high level of integration of all water streams

15th January 2015

           The integration of the recently built 1070 MWe coal-fired unit in Rotterdam (Netherlands) with the proposed new 250 MWe demonstration carbon capture unit of the Rotterdam Opslag en Afvang Demonstratieproject (ROAD) would...

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

CCS outcomes from COP 20
CCS outcomes from COP 20

15th January 2015

The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Lima, Peru on 1-12 December 2014. Here, thousands of delegates from...

Topic(s): Communication, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement

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