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The devil’s in the details: Policy implications of ‘clean’ vs. ‘renewable’ energy
The devil’s in the details: Policy implications of ‘clean’ vs. ‘renewable’ energy

15th March 2019

In the wake of several major climate reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. Government, climate change has taken center stage in American political discourse, encapsulated by — but in no...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, COP24, Economics, Policy, United States

Addressing the liability challenge
Addressing the liability challenge

8th March 2019

Liability continues to be viewed by some project developers, policy-makers and regulators as a critical issue for the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The topic has been debated at length across several fora...

Topic(s): law and regulation, Liability

A CCS wake-up call
A CCS wake-up call

28th February 2019

The IPCC 1.5 report has set the tone. We are in a race against time to avoid the dangerous consequences of climate change. Current estimates predict that the world is on the way to 3.0°C. Despite strong scientific...

Introducing CO2RE: The world’s first global CCS intelligence database
Introducing CO2RE: The world’s first global CCS intelligence database

20th February 2019

The launch of the CO2RE CCS Intelligence Database represents a significant evolution of the Global CCS Institute’s vast CCS knowledge and data repository. CO2RE is the world’s first global CCS intelligence database. It puts core...

Energy Transition: Carbon Capture is Clean Energy, too
Energy Transition: Carbon Capture is Clean Energy, too

15th February 2019

This piece by Brad Page, CEO, Global CCS Institute was first published on Utility Dive. Politicians, academics and energy experts globally are debating the paradigms of the energy transition. Which sources of energy qualify as...

CCS takes center stage at the EU-Norway Energy Conference
CCS takes center stage at the EU-Norway Energy Conference

6th February 2019

On February 5, EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell Børge Freiberg hosted the 4th EU-Norway Energy Conference in Brussels. On the agenda, the...

Carbon capture is the only way to address the world’s climate blindspots
Carbon capture is the only way to address the world’s climate blindspots

4th February 2019

This article was published by Lee Beck, Senior Advocacy and Communications Advisor, on Greenbiz. Industrial emissions are the world’s climate blindspot. Although rarely talked about, cement, iron, steel and chemical production and other sources of...

The Global Status of CCS: Is US Technology Leadership at Risk?
The Global Status of CCS: Is US Technology Leadership at Risk?

1st February 2019

On January 28, The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center hosted the US launch of the Global CCS Institute’s signature publication, The Global Status of CCS, first presented at the COP24 United Nations (UN) climate conference in Katowice,...

Is this technology the answer to our CO2 emissions problem?
Is this technology the answer to our CO2 emissions problem?

19th January 2019

The following piece was published by Brad Page, CEO, Global CCS Institute, on World Economic Forum. The article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Climate change is rattling the world. 2018 was the...

Carbon capture and climate change: cut the nonsense
Carbon capture and climate change: cut the nonsense

16th January 2019

The following Opinion Editorial from Global CCS Institute CEO, Brad Page, was published on 16 January 2019 on Morning Consult. What role does carbon capture and storage play in the energy transition? Al Gore, one...

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