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Early deployment: maximizing carbon capture and storage under the Lieberman Warner Global Warming Bill
1st April 2008
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the cost-effectiveness and overall impact on CCS deployment of the bonus allowance and incremental cost (performance standard) subsidy mechanisms.
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Energy efficiency policies around the world: review and evaluation
28th January 2008
Topic(s): Energy efficiency, Policy law and regulation
This report presents results from a joint project and three year study facilitated by the World Energy Council and ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency). Findings include the main long-term drivers of energy efficiency policies are; security of energy supply, efficiency of national economies, environmental concerns, including global warming and, in developing countries, investment constraints on the energy supply side.
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Content and material featured within this section of our website includes reports and research published by third parties. The content and material may include opinions and recommendations of third parties that do not reflect those held by the Global CCS Institute.
Regulation of carbon capture and storage
1st January 2008
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
This policy brief concentrates on a key institutional barrier: the defi cit of regulatory frameworks for capture and storage of CO2. It builds upon IRGC commissioned papers and a workshop involving eleven international teams which was held in Washington DC in March 20071 and from comments and presentations made during a conference held in November 2007 at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
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From EOR to CCS: The evolving legal and regulatory framework for carbon capture and storage
1st January 2008
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
Carbon capture and storage has been proposed around the world as a potentially key technology for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The United States oil and gas industry has a long experience in transporting, injecting, and effectively storing CO2 in tertiary oil recovery operations usually known as Enhanced Oil Recovery. As a result, there already exists a legal and regulatory framework that addresses many – but not all – of the issues that will need to be addressed if carbon capture and storage is to be adopted by policymakers as part of a carbon regulation regime. A review of that existing framework allows identification of those aspects that appear adequate to govern the sale, transport, and injection of CO2 for carbon capture and storage purposes as well as those that do not. Building on this analysis, the authors conclude that the current legal framework will be largely adequate from a transactional and interim standpoint to allow parties to structure a relatively seamless transition from CO2 storage that is an incidental result of oil production operations to those incremental injections of CO2 intended solely for permanent underground storage. The authors also suggest some possible approaches for crafting new rules to fill potentially remaining legal or regulatory gaps.
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Carbon capture and storage projects under the climate policy regime: The case of Halten CO2
1st December 2007
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
The aim of this study is to assess institutional, political and legislative issues associated with the planned “CO2 value chain from Tjeldbergodden to Draugen and Heidrun” industrial project. The Draugen and Heidrun oil reservoirs are two important components of the value chain and are situated on the Halten Bank off mid-Norway. For short we refer to the project as the “Halten CO2 project”. This study is supplemented by an economic study and a study of legislative issues. The economic study is carried out by CICERO and focuses on the social value of the Tjeldbergodden industrial project. The legislative study focuses on environmental liability, discusses the relevant Norwegian legislation, and point out which adjustments Norwegian authorities should consider before CO2 chains become operative in Norway. It is carried out by the Scandinavian Institute of Marine Law at University of Oslo (Berger, 2007a and 2007b).
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Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the north-east atlantic
25th June 2007
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
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An international regulatory framework for risk governance of carbon capture and storage
1st May 2007
Topic(s): Engineering and project delivery, Policy law and regulation
CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in geological structures and its possible risks have been topics of extensive study in recent years. In contrast, the legal and regulatory structures necessary to support widespread capture and long-term, secure storage have received far less attention. This essay seeks to bridge this gap by building on existing CCS risk literature and outlining some of the key components of an international risk governance framework necessary for the widespread diffusion of CCS. The discussion is summarized by making preliminary recommendations on attributes that an effective regulatory regime for CCS should possess.
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Technical support for an enabling policy framework for carbon dioxide capture and geological storage
1st April 2007
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
This paper presents a high level view of the key policy options for regulating CO2 capture and storage (CCS) activities in the EU. Also outlined are some suggested issues and amendments to existing EU legislation that will be required in order to clarify their scope, confer their provisions or remove them as potential barriers.
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Carbon capture and storage: A legal perspective
1st January 2007
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
This paper provides an up-to-date examination of a number of key existing CCS legal mechanisms and regulatory options at EU and international level and proposals for their change, which it is hoped, could eventually resolve some issues of legal ambiguity.
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International carbon capture and storage projects: overcoming legal barriers
23rd June 2006
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Policy law and regulation
This paper examines regulatory developments of major CCS projects to determine actual progress in regulating such projects. There are five case studies of CCS projects that range from enhanced resource recovery to direct storage and which have been developed for a mix of purposes, such as commercial, research and development, and pilot demonstrations. These case studies indicate that regulatory progress varies greatly among projects, and differs depending on the size, scope, and the location of the projects. The focus of this report is the legal and regulatory context for international projects, but it should be recognised that CCS field projects in the United States are also addressing many of the regulatory issues related to CCS.
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