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2013-06-14 08:44

UK awards funding for North Sea CO2 storage research

- (CC Journal) - £3.27 million has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to four research projects to study the geological viability and safety of storing CO2 underground in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields or saline aquifers

2013-06-03 08:58

Institute supports CO2 storage mapping program in Asia

- (CC Journal) - The Global CCS Institute has formalised a sponsorship agreement with the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in Asia and South-East Asia (CCOP) to provide initial funding of its CO2 Storage Mapping Program (CCS-M) in CCOP member countries

2013-05-24 14:31

Carbon capture in Europe a 'farce', say researchers

- (Business Green) - Europe's efforts to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry have "turned into a farce", and Brussels may need to adopt a target analogous to its renewable energy goals to kick-start the technology, researchers have said.

2013-05-20 11:02

CCS report recommends next steps for CCS in the UK

- (CC Journal) - The final report from the Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Taskforce confirms that UK fossil power stations with carbon capture, transport and storage, have the potential to be cost competitive with other types of low carbon power generation.

2013-05-18 11:09

Crossroads for Europe's carbon capture efforts

- (Sydney Morning Herald) - European policymakers face a difficult decision on building carbon capture and storage (CCS) - saving money in the long run requires spending more upfront.

2013-05-13 11:17

Cutting Carbon Dioxide Isn't Enough

- (Slate) - We have to invest in technology to remove the CO2 already in the atmosphere.

2013-05-13 11:14

Reservoir in Norway could make future carbon store

- (Energy Voice) - The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) said today it had found an 18-mile-long reservoir in a Norwegian valley which is suitable for storing carbon dioxide.

2013-04-07 12:43

UK and Canadian organisations announce CCS researcher exchange programme

- (Carbon Capture Journal) - The UK CCS Research Centre (UKCCSRC) and Carbon Management Canada (CMC-NCE) have established an exchange program allowing Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from their respective organisations to collaborate with each other on CCS projects.

2013-04-07 12:39

Bellona Europa organises a hearing on CCS in the European Parliament

- (Carbon Capture Journal) - Bellona Europa will host a hearing on the future of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) at the forthcoming plenary session of the European Parliament on 16 April.

2013-04-05 12:46

European Commission launches second call for CCS projects' proposals

- (Bellona) - The European Commission launched the second call for proposals under the NER300 programme on 3 April. The NER300 is funded from the sale of 300 million allowances from the New Entrants Reserve (NER) of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS).

2013-03-25 10:16

Scottish and South Korean researchers sign CCS collaboration deal

- (Carbon Capture Journal) - The UK’s largest grouping of carbon capture and storage (CCS) researchers, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS), has signed a strategic agreement with South Korea’s leading CCS research institute that will see scientists from both countries work together to develop cutting-edge technologies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power generation and industry.

2013-03-25 10:11

Preferred bidders announced in UK's £1bn CCS Competition

- (Carbon Capture Journal) They are the Peterhead Project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the White Rose Project in Yorkshire, England.

2013-03-18 12:08

EU eyes 40% emission reduction target by 2030

- (Responding to Climate Change) - The EU will increase its emissions reduction target to 40% by 2030, if a draft document by the European Commission is made law.

2013-03-18 12:01

Carbon Capture Vital for EU as Fossil Fuels to Stay, Draft Shows

- (Bloomberg) - The European Union will seek to promote the deployment of technology to capture carbon dioxide to attain its climate goals as fossil fuels are to remain a part of the bloc's energy mix, according to a draft EU document.

2013-03-13 15:46

Research vessel ALKOR; foto: GEOMAR

Research cruise in the central North Sea with RV Alkor (AL412)

Cruise 412 of the German research vessel ALKOR (22.03.-08.04.13) led by Dr. Peter Linke (GEOMAR) is conducted in the framework of the EU project ECO2. The project, supported by a team of international collaborators, investigates the potential environmental impact of the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in marine sediments.

2013-03-02 11:05

Shell bets on gas to limit climate change until 22nd century

- (Reuters) - Royal Dutch/Shell believes a policy-led shift to gas, carbon capture and nuclear power could keep a lid on climate change into the 22nd century...

2013-03-01 11:11

Bellona celebrates CO2 capture in Brevik, Norway

- (Bellona) - ESA (EFTA's surveillance authority) announced on Friday 22 February that it has approved the Norwegian government's initiative to support cement producer Norcem's CO2 capture project with € 10 million.

2013-02-23 13:54

Shell says no need to rush Australia Gorgon LNG expansion

- (Reuters) - There is no need to rush the expansion of the $52-billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex, the chairman of Shell Australia said on Wednesday, adding that the company wanted to avoid distraction while it kept the project on track.

2013-02-22 13:49

Micro CT Scanner to further carbon capture research

- A new Micro CT Scanner installed at Curtin University in Australia will help researchers understand how CO2 behaves in geological reservoirs.

2013-02-22 13:44

DNV KEMA launches CO2MPETENCY

- The new knowledge management component will help build and share competency around CO2 management and CCS projects.

2013-02-19 10:45

Affordable sensor could detect a single molecule of carbon dioxide

(R&D Magazine) - Researchers at the Universities of Toronto and St. Francis Xavier are developing an affordable, energy efficient and ultra-sensitive nanosensor that has the potential to detect even one molecule of carbon dioxide (CO2).

2013-02-18 11:01

National Grid sets date for UK drilling test programme

- National Grid has signed an Agreement for Lease with the Crown Estates to enable the UK's first carbon dioxide appraisal well to be drilled at a storage site in the southern North Sea 70km off Flamborough Head in Yorkshire.

2013-02-17 11:05

IEA & Nordic Energy Research call for policy action for industrial CCS

- The Nordic Energy Technology Perspectives (NETP) 2012, a study backed by the IEA and the Nordic Council of Ministers published on 22 January, explores how the Nordic region can achieve a CO2 -neutral energy system by 2050 by addressing, amongst others, the role of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in the industry, reports Bellona.

2013-02-10 10:39

Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon

- (BBC) - Researchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system.

2013-02-10 10:34

IEA: Business complacent about climate change

- (Responding to Climate Change) - Business leaders are worryingly unfazed by the potential of 4°C of warming, the International Energy Agency's (IEA) chief economist Fatih Birol has said.

2013-02-05 10:53

European progress on CCS must catch up with policy, says report

- (Gas World) - More supportive and equitable government policy, especially in Europe, is absolutely essential for a positive business case to be made for carbon capture and storage (CCS), says Global CCS Institute CEO Brad Page.

2013-02-04 12:44

CCJ conference - getting CCS moving

- Carbon Capture Journal hosted a free half day conference in London on October 8, where delegates discussed whether the industry is developing at a satisfactory pace and looked at possible ways to accelerate growth. The conference was chaired by Stuart Haszeldine, professor of carbon capture and storage, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.

2013-02-04 12:38

Farmers block CO2 plans for farmland

- (The West Australian) - Angry farmers are refusing surveyors access to their properties as they try to block moves to store carbon dioxide in an aquifer which sits under prime agricultural land.

2013-02-04 12:31

Norwegian Sea Can Hold 100 Years of Norway's CO2 Emission

- (Scientific American) - Norway could store 100 times its annual emissions of carbon dioxide under the Norwegian Sea to help fight climate change, adding to its even bigger potential under the North Sea, an official report showed on Friday.

2013-02-04 12:26

DNV KEMA launches new risk management guidance for the CCS industry

- Using the guidance will help gain public confidence that CCS can be delivered in a safe and responsible manner through knowledge-based, consistent and robust hazard management, says DNV KEMA.

2013-02-01 12:19

Carbon capture and storage: The devil lies in the details

- (Gulf News) - For some time we have been led to believe that carbon capture and storage or sequestration (CCS) is a world saviour in the abatement of climate change. Lately, the enthusiasm was softened due to the multitude of problems that must be overcome for CCS to play its expected role.

2013-01-21 11:00

Carbon tax cost killed off ScottishPower's Longannet CCS plan

- (Herald Scotland) - THE UK Government's upcoming tax on carbon emissions was one of the key reasons behind the collapse of the Longannet carbon-capture project, after the tax added around £250 million to the cost, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

2013-01-18 12:14

The great innovation debate

- (The Economist) - Even in these straitened times, money should still be found for basic research into areas such as carbon capture and storage.

Read more … The great innovation debate

2013-01-18 11:51

CCS "at a crossroads" in Europe says the European Commission

- (Global CCS Institute blog - Derek Taylor) - The European Commission has produced a draft of a new communication that, once adopted, is expected to form the basis for a public consultation on how to revitalise the activities of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the European Union (EU).

2013-01-18 11:10

Brussels steers towards 'resolute' new CCS targets by 2014

- (Euractiv) - Europe's failing plans to encourage the burial of carbon dioxide emissions underground should be boosted by new laws for emissions performance standards or mandatory carbon capture and storage (CCS) certificates, according to a draft EU communication seen by EurActiv.

2013-01-18 11:05

RWE starts carbon capture at UK coal plant

- (Reuters) - RWE has captured the first tonne of carbon in a UK pilot project, the company said on Thursday, bringing it a step closer to applying a technology that could significantly reduce climate-warming emissions from power plants.

2013-01-14 11:59

New EU CCS Policy: "The most important document that the European Commission has produced on CCS for the last two years", says Frederic Hauge

- (Bellona) - The European Commission is preparing a Communication to the EU Member States and the European Parliament on Capture and Storage of CO2 (CCS).

2013-01-10 12:09

Carbon capture delayed by high costs and poor policies - IEA

- (Responding to Climate Change) - High costs and a lack of policy incentives are delaying the development of large scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.

2013-01-02 15:06

7th Annual European Carbon Capture & Storage 2013

7th Annual European Carbon Capture & Storage 2013, London, 31 Jan to 01 Feb 2013

2013-01-02 14:44

Up-coming ECO2 meetings 2013

International workshop on leakage effects - 13 May 2013 in Bergen, Norway at University of Bergen 2nd annual ECO2 meeting - 13 - 16 May 2013 in Bergen, Norway at University of Bergen

2012-12-17 15:02

Research tests geo-electric techniques to monitor CO2 injection

- Carbon Management Canada is funding research into using the electric properties of CO2 for monitoring.

2012-12-17 14:58

CCS needs demonstration now, industry tells policymakers

- Europe must move beyond discussing CCS and start demonstrating the technology through concrete projects, industry body EURELECTRIC said in a new paper.

2012-12-17 14:52

UK online CO2 storage database to be launched

- The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that it has agreed a licence with The Crown Estate and the British Geological Survey to host and further develop its £3.8m UK CO2 Storage Appraisal project into an online database of mapped UK offshore carbon dioxide storage capacity.

2012-12-10 16:34

Environmental NGOs join call for more action on CCS

- The Australian-based Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) has commended the latest report by the international ENGO Network on CCS, calling for more governmental support for CCS development.

2012-11-19 14:34

Global CCS Institute looks toward restructuring

- (GHG News) - The Global CCS Institute is restructuring with an eye toward transitioning away from its beginnings as an entity primarily funded by the Australian government to a financially independent organization, according to Institute officials.

2012-11-19 14:05

Invitation to 2nd SiteChar Workshop - 11 December 2012

You are invited to participate in the 2nd SiteChar Stakeholder Workshop which will be hosted by Imperial College , London (UK), on Tuesday 11 December 2012:

2012-11-19 13:57

Alstom awarded concept study for Mongstad

- The Norwegian state owned enterprise for Carbon Capture and Storage, Gassnova, has awarded Alstom a concept study for a full-scale CO2 capture plant to be located at Mongstad near Bergen, Norway.

2012-11-19 13:55

US-Canada standard for CO2 geological storage

- CSA Group and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2) have announced the world's first bi-national standard for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

2012-11-19 13:44

ULTimateCO2 project helps understanding of long-term CO2 storage

A new €4M European project to improve understanding of the most effective ways to store CO2 has been launched.

2012-11-13 14:00

Commission moves forward on promises to strengthen ETS

- (Bellona) Last night (12 November) the European Commission presented a draft amendment to postpone the auctioning of 900 million allowances from 2013-2015 to later in the 3rd phase of the EU ETS scheme which ends in 2020.

2012-11-12 14:12

UK won't get EU cash for carbon storage: EU sources

- (Reuters) - The British government will not get any European Union funding under the first round of a subsidy scheme for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects because it has failed to provide the required financing guarantees, EU sources said on Sunday.

2012-11-05 14:23

UK CCS competition shortlist

- Four bidders have been short listed for the next phase of the UK's £1bn Carbon Capture and Storage competition.

2012-10-08 11:16

Developing carbon capture and storage

- (The Economist) - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) needs reliable investment to unlock its true potential, argues Howard Herzog, senior research engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative.

2012-10-03 11:05

ZERO and CCS: 10 years on the carbon-free trail

- (Zero) - ZERO is 10 years' old this week. It's a time of mixed emotions. If the world had found a pathway to a carbon-free future, our work would be done.

2012-10-03 11:00

CO2 lab at University of Western Australia

- The University of Western Australia (UWA) is planning to open a new CO2 research facility on its campus in 2013.

2012-10-03 10:57

Australian national research centre in Perth

- A new national research and development facility was launched in Perth by Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans.

2012-10-02 09:07

Subsea ravine leaks a new headache for carbon capture

- (Reuters) - Companies looking to store polluting carbon under the sea will have to pay more for tougher seabed screening, after geologists discovered a three-kilometre long fracture near Norway's pioneering subsea carbon storage project in the North Sea.

2012-10-02 08:00

North Sea fracture discovered

A large fracture, 3km in length, has been discovered during a scientific research cruise in the central North Sea. The discovery was made with the aid of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in 2011, deployed by University of Bergen from the research vessel G.O. Sars during an ECO2 Project survey to study the potential short-term and long-term impacts of CO2 storage on marine ecosystems.

2012-10-01 10:51

Imperial College London CO2 storage labs opened

- Exploring ways of storing CO2 deep underground in carbonate rock will be the focus of research carried out by scientists in four laboratories with £6 million funding.

2012-10-01 09:15

German representatives call for raising of CO2 emission price

- (Bellona) - EU technical experts met for a preliminary discussion on proposals to prop up the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on 18 September. The meeting followed calls for immediate action to remove the huge surplus of permits generated by the recession. In April, the market was pushed to a record low of € 5.99 a tonne.

2012-10-01 09:02

DOE releases risk profiles for CO2 storage sites

- A collaboration of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has completed the first risk profiles that can help to predict the probability of complications that could arise from specific CO2 storage sites.

2012-10-01 08:57

Report looks at Central North Sea CO2 storage hub

- A Scottish Enterprise report highlights the potential role of a Central North Sea C02 storage hub in enabling the development of CCS in the UK.

2012-08-13 17:23

GHGT-11 - International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies

Kyoto, Nov 18-22

2012-08-09 17:18

What do you know about it?

- (Ynke Feenstra - GCCSI blog) - How is electricity produced? What is causing climate change? What are the characteristics of CO2? You can probably easily answer these questions. But can your neighbours, your kids' football trainer, the owner of your favourite restaurant, the employees in the supermarket, or the policy makers in your municipality?

Read more … What do you know about it?

2012-08-07 11:12

Scientists poke holes in carbon dioxide sequestration

- (Physics Today) - Recent findings say earthquakes caused by CO2 injection may cause bottled-up greenhouse gas to leak.

2012-08-05 11:01

NER 300: Prize fund for carbon capture projects shrinks by £800m

- (The Guardian) - Michael Liebreich, at Bloomberg New Energy Finance blames eurozone crisis for decline in the value of NER 300.

2012-08-03 11:08

ZEP releases Market Economics Report for CCS

- (Bellona) - The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) yesterday released the report CCS: Creating a secure environment for investment in Europe on the market economics of CCS in Europe.

2012-08-02 11:28

Hits on Social Site Characterisation

- (Ynke Feenstra - GCCSI blog) - If you are working or interested in social acceptance and stakeholder engagement of CCS projects, you cannot have missed hearing about social site characterisation.

2012-08-02 10:55

Shell, Total Seek EU Support for Carbon Capture as Price Too Low

- (Bloomberg) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and Total SA (FP) are among a group asking the European Union to boost support for projects to trap and bury carbon as low prices in the region's emissions trading system deter investment in the technology.

2012-08-01 17:08

Webinar series highlights public acceptance insights

- (GCCSI & CSIRO) - On 16 August, the Institute will host the latest in its ongoing series of webinars with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Science into Society Group (SISG) Research Group Leader, Peta Ashworth and Senior Social Scientist Dr Anne-Maree Dowd presenting on public awareness and acceptance of CCS.

2012-08-01 11:24

New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean

- (CSIRO) - A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath.

2012-08-01 10:42

Carbon Capture & Storage: a Field-Based Masterclass

2012-08-01 10:38

IEAGHG International CCS Summer School

2012-07-30 15:53

CO2 release-experiment with the GEOMAR elevator lander

Report on RV Celtic Explorer expedition CE12010 - North Sea

The research cruise CE12010 with the Irish research vessel Celtic Explorer (20/07 to 06/08/2012; Bremerhaven - Hamburg) is conducted within the framework of two EU-projects. The EU project bit Eurofleets provides resources for ship time, travel and transport expenses to enable the investigation of research questions of the EU project ECO2.

2012-07-25 14:41

Estevan becomes home to major carbon storage project

- (Global Regina) - In Estevan, researchers are working on the very latest technology to reduce those emissions. They're trying to create a safe way to put the CO2 in the ground for permanent storage. The project is being called Aquistore.

2012-07-25 14:18

EU Commission ETS rescue plan to reduce allowance surplus

- (Reuters) - The European Commission outlined a keenly-awaited plan on Wednesday to bolster the carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by reducing a massive burden of surplus allowances.

2012-07-21 08:43

EU Commission to publish ETS rescue plan next week

- (Reuters) - The European Commission confirmed on Friday that it will announce plans next week to withhold carbon allowances to support the struggling Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which has suffered a collapse in prices under the burden of oversupply.

2012-07-19 14:30

EU Carbon Capture snub to Peterhead increases pressure on UK Government to release funding

- (newsnetscotland) - Pressure was piled on the UK Government last night to finally back plans for a pioneering green energy scheme in the north-east of Scotland after a Peterhead plant failed to win a huge Brussels grant.

2012-07-19 08:56

A Way to Trap Carbon Deep in the Ocean

- (NY Times) - After an eight-year analysis, an international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in the understanding of how algae and iron interact to sequester atmospheric carbon.

2012-07-18 08:51

Shell and SSE bag first offshore carbon storage licence

- (Business Green) - Shell and Scottish and Southern Energy's carbon capture and storage project has secured the UK's first licence to store CO2 offshore under the seabed.

2012-07-16 09:04

Green Matter: Carbon Capture redefined; CO2 as feedstock

- (Plastics Today) - As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, CO2-based polymers would appear to offer an intriguing means to capture and reuse CO2 that, up to now, was at best considered waste and at worst, an environmental hazard.

2012-07-15 10:38

UK Don Valley project leads EU funding bid

- (Carbon Capture Journal) - The European Commission has announced that 2Co Energy's Don Valley CCS Project currently leads the EU's funding contest.

2012-07-08 10:43

UK CCS Competition - a new beginning

- (Carbon Capture Journal) - The UK has set out its new long term CCS plans following on from the cancelled CCS demonstration project competition.

2012-06-29 13:23

German mediation committee agrees carbon capture law

- (planetark.org) - Germany's parliamentary mediation committee on Wednesday approved a compromise that would allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Germany on a test basis.

2012-06-29 13:19

Edinburgh University's activities in the social science of CCS - recent research and new book

- (Benjamin Evar - GCCSI blog) - CCS is facing a tough time! Most people in the field agree with this statement largely on the basis of a number of setbacks to planned demonstration projects and a dearth of financing from industry and national governments in recent years.

2012-06-29 12:50

World's first CCS leak experiment completed in sea off Scotland

- (guardian.co.uk) - An investigation into the safety of carbon capture and storage has pumped four and a half tonnes of carbon dioxide into the sea. The world's first experiment to investigate the impact of a breached storage tank of carbon dioxide on the marine ecosystem has been completed off the coast of Scotland.

2012-06-28 13:32

Hurdles, elephants and gondolas - the future of CO2 storage in Europe

- (Derek Taylor - GCCSI blog) - It is the future of CO2 storage that will determine the degree of success of CCS in Europe.

2012-06-27 12:47

Can CCS cause seismic events?

- Scientists from the U.S. Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and the Petroleum Technology Research Council (PTRC) have responded to the claims about CO2 storage causing seismic activity.

2012-06-27 12:37

NEL commissions three CO2 measurement facilities

- NEL, part of the TÜV SÜD Group, will commission three facilities to improve measurement of CO2 flows.

2012-06-26 12:45

CCS Roadmap for Romania launched

- Romania can become Europe's most climate friendly country according to a new report by Bellona.

2012-06-26 12:42

Ayrshire Power CCS project withdrawn

- Ayrshire Power, developer of a CCS power project at Hunterston, North Ayrshire in the UK, said it has put its plans on hold due to lack of investment certainty.

2012-06-11 11:17

New issue of Energy & Environment Journal focusses on CCS

- (multi-science.co.uk) - Special issue on CCS published by the Energy & Environment Journall.

2012-06-11 11:11

CO2 Capture Project launches interactive educational tool

- The CO2 Capture Project (CCP) has released an interactive version of its popular 'In Depth' brochure.

2012-06-06 12:22

CCS legal and policy - UK competition

- Calum Hughes, Yellow Wood Energy - At long last the process of deciding which of GB's incipient CCS demonstration projects will receive state support has recommenced in earnest. The new process contrasts sharply with its recently departed predecessor and offers much cause for optimism.

2012-06-06 12:10

CCS is happening today

- (Maurice Hanegraaf - GCCSI blog) - The reality of CCS happening today was one of the main conclusions taken from a panel session during an event organised by Gassnova, the IEA GHG and the Global CCS Institute in Bergen on 8 May 2012.

Seabed test mimics carbon dioxide release

BBC NEWS (Richard Black) - Scientists are beginning a month-long experiment in Scottish waters to study the impact of a possible leak from an undersea carbon dioxide storage site.

2012-05-14 10:59

Journey to Doha - key climate change talks in Bonn

- (Mark Bonner - GCCSI blog) - The Global CCS Institute's Mark Bonner discusses the upcoming UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn.

2012-05-14 10:44

SA ready to test carbon storage 'by 2017'

- (businessday.co.za) - South Africa is likely to be ready to test-inject carbon dioxide into underground storage cavities from 2017 in a bid to determine whether "carbon capture and storage" technology is viable,

2012-05-14 10:38

Growth of Carbon Capture and Storage stalled in 2011

- (worldwatch.org) - Global funding for carbon capture and storage technology remained unchanged at US$23.5 billion in 2011 in comparison to the previous year, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute.

2012-05-03 09:29

Social dynamics of CCS to be discussed in new book

- (routledge.co.uk) - This book is the first to bring together the full range of social and policy issues surrounding CCS shedding new light on this potentially vital technology and its future.

2012-04-30 09:24

UK to give £60m to developing countries to build CCS plants

- (guardian.co.uk) - The UK will provide £60m to developing countries to build carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants under an agreement reached among energy ministers from 23 countries at a meeting in London on Thursday.

2012-04-29 09:18

International Energy Agency publishes CCS progress report

The IEA and Global CCS Institute presented the report, 'Tracking Progress in Carbon Capture and Storage', at the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in London.

2012-04-29 09:12

Global CCS Institute to facilitate CCS knowledge sharing in

- The Global CCS Institute has won a tender to provide secretariat and knowledge dissemination services for the European Commission's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Demonstration Project Network.

2012-04-27 09:55

CO2 storage - do impurities matter?

- Tom Mikunda from ECN, a leading Dutch energy institute, looks at the impurities that can be present in captured CO2 and how research efforts are identifying how this affects its behaviour in a geophysical storage site.

2012-04-24 09:49

What can YOU learn from the Rotterdam CCS approach?

- (Barend Van Engelenburg - GCCSI blog) - You have probably heard of the Rotterdam CCS project. Maybe you are also aware that Rotterdam has accomplished a great deal when it comes to CCS.

2012-04-02 14:59

The Panarea natural CO2 seeps: fate and impact of the leaking gas (PaCO2)on marine ecosystems

A research cruise jointly conducted within the EU-funded projects EUROFLEETS, RISCS, and ECO2.

2012-04-02 14:38

CO2 hydrate as a possibility for CO2 disposal

- CO2 hydrate offers a possible technology for capturing and disposal of CO2. In this technology CO2 can be captured in the form of hydrate, transported and released at great depths into the ocean. Another option is to form the hydrate in the ocean at conditions that allow the hydrate to be thermodynamically stable. By Jerome Rajnauth and Maria Barrufet

2012-04-02 14:34

2012 - a crucial year for UK leadership in CCS

- Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has had a tough time trying to get going in UK but the CCSA believes that the UK is placed to take a World leadership position. In the following article Professor Jeff Chapman sets out his thoughts.

2012-04-02 14:11

CO2 leakage - how important is it?

- (Derek Taylor - GCCSI blog) - If public acceptance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is potentially the biggest hurdle to the deployment of CCS as a tool in our fight against climate change ..

2012-04-02 14:07

Building trust for effective CCS community engagement

- (Carmel Anderson - GCCSI blog) - The US academic Robert Putnam sees trust as an essential characteristic for community engagement. In his book Bowling Alone, he discusses two types of trust that are relevant for a CCS proponent.

2012-04-02 14:03

"Major step forward" as CCS competition nears launch

- (businessgreen.com) - Ed Davey confirms competition to advance commercial-scale carbon capture and storage will kick-off during parliamentary recess.

2012-04-02 13:58

Mongstad refinery uncertainties continue

- (The Foreigner) - Statoil's statement it may have to close the Mongstad oil refinery amongst huge deficits has prompted reactions from politicians.

2012-04-02 13:05

Global CCS Institute and China sign cooperation agreement

The Global CCS Institute and China's Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission (DCC-NDRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation on CCS.

2012-03-02 13:12

UK energy secretary confirms $1.6 billion support for carbon capture

- (platts.com) - The UK government is standing by its offer to put GBP1 billion ($1.56 billion) into a carbon capture and storage project to prove the technology and its commercial viability, newly appointed UK energy secretary Ed Davey has told industry participants, a spokesman for his ministry said Thursday.

2012-03-02 13:07

A risk based approach for verification of CO2 storage capacity estimation

There is an increasing need to focus on questions of CO2 storage capacity without compromising the safety or integrity of the storage site. Documentation of safe long term storage of large volumes of CO2 in geological formations is one of these challenges. By Semere Solomon, DNV.

2012-02-06 16:15

A policy strategy for carbon capture and storage

- (International Energy Agency) - The guide aims to assist those involved in designing national and international policy related to carbon capture and storage.

2012-01-30 11:37

Tailoring risk communications for local communities - looking at experience from the CO2CRC Otway project

- (Carmel Anderson - GCCSI blog) - Risk communication, the current subject of a roundtable blog on this website, is a key action of any CCS community consultation strategy.

2012-01-30 11:31

Debate on carbon capture and storage

- (BBC) - On 17 January 2012, MPs used a Westminster Hall to discuss Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Scotland.

2012-01-16 10:49

Insights into public perceptions of CCS - the Alberta story

- (Stacey Hatcher - GCCSI blog) - Last September, Don Wharton, Vice-President of Sustainable Development with TransAlta, led a webinar on our most recent findings after having conducted our second public opinion poll on perceptions of CCS.

2011-12-20 14:42

IEA confirms CCS as a critical technology to address climate change

- (Christopher Short - GCCSI blog) - Last month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest set of energy projections, the World Energy Outlook 2011, presenting current views of possibilities over the next 25 years for energy markets and energy-related CO2 emissions.

2011-12-20 14:37

Aligning CCS under the CDM

- (Kristina Stefanova - GCCSI blog) - The United Nations climate change talks in Durban agreed a package of measures early on Sunday - on the second extra day of negotiations - that would eventually force all the world's polluters to take legally binding action to slow the pace of global changing.

Read more … Aligning CCS under the CDM

2011-12-20 14:32

Research into monitoring tools to monitor less

(Andy Chadwick - GCCSI blog) - There are some misconceptions about storage site monitoring. It's commonly believed that because there are a lot of potential monitoring tools out there, they will all have a part to play as CCS is rolled out.

2011-12-20 14:29

Atlas for CO2 storage in the North Sea launched

- (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate) - The CO2 Storage Atlas provides an overview over areas in the Norwegian part of the North Sea where CO2 can be stored safely in the subsurface for a long time.

2011-12-20 14:20

Public review for the draft quantification protocol for the capture of CO2 and permanent storage in deep saline aquifers

- (Carbon Offset Solutions) - The opportunity for generating carbon offsets with this protocol arises from the direct disposal of CO2 from a previous source of emissions, into deep saline aquifers for permanent storage.

2011-12-13 09:25

Vattenfall drops carbon capture project in Germany

- (Reuters) - Swedish utility Vattenfall on Monday abandoned plans for a 1.5 billion euro ($2 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot project in Germany, due to popular opposition based on environmental fears.

2011-12-06 11:08

A risk based approach for verification of CO2 storage capacity estimation

- (CCJournal) There is an increasing need to focus on questions of CO2 storage capacity without compromising the safety or integrity of the storage site. Documentation of safe long term storage of large volumes of CO2 in geological formations is one of these challenges. By Semere Solomon, DNV.

2011-12-06 11:03

CCS legal and policy - Nov / Dec 2011

- (CCJournal) The deadline for EU member states to transpose the EU Directive on the Storage of Carbon Dioxide passed on the 25 June this year. The degree of compliance with this deadline, the transposition methods employed and the extent of acceptance of the new law in various member states are important indicators of how CCS is likely to develop across Europe.

2011-12-06 10:54

UK Government moves to calm carbon capture funding fears

- (The Guardian) - Department of Energy and Climate Change insists £1bn still available for pioneering projects despite earlier comments from the Treasury.

2011-10-21 16:06

IEA reports progress on CCS regulation

There has been visible progress in setting legal and regulatory frameworks for CCS according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

2011-08-04 09:59

Obstacles to Capturing Carbon Gas

- New York Times / Green Column: BRUSSELS — Can the world use fossil fuels and protect the climate too?

2011-07-26 14:16

EC readies to launch infringement cases over CCS directive

- (Platts) - The European Commission is set to announce later Tuesday that it plans to launch infringement procedures against a number of EU member states for failing to fully transpose the EU's 2009 directive on carbon capture and storage, EC climate spokesman Isaac Valero Ladron said.

2011-07-26 14:07

DNV releases CCS well integrity guideline

- carbon capture journal - DNV has released a new guideline for Carbon Capture and Storage projects. The CO2WELLS guideline is the result of a major joint industry project which brought together upstream operators and power utility companies.

2011-07-25 13:57

The Role of Earth Observation in Carbon Capture and Storage

- carbon capture journal - Over the last two years the European Space Agency (ESA) has been funding a project aiming to establish a ‘service concept’ based upon satellite Earth Observation (EO) technologies that could be applied to monitoring of CO2 capture and storage facilities. By Adam Thomas and Ren Capes, Fugro NPA One of the biggest challenges facing the CCS industry is demonstrating that CO2 capture and storage is safe, effective and can be achieved at industrial scale at a competitive cost.

2011-07-25 13:48

Nomination of areas for storage of CO2

- (Maritime and Energy) - Norwegean Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe has invited the industry to nominate areas in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea that might be suited for exploration for reservoirs for storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).

2011-07-01 11:30

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2011-07-01 10:00

Conferences

Porto Tolle CCS project approval overruled

Italy's high court has overturned government and local approval for Italian utility Enel's plans to convert its oil-fired Porto Tolle power plant into a coal technology plant. Approximately 250 MW of the plants capacity was planned with carbon dioxide capture and storage technology.

2011-06-16 17:01

Report on the first ECO2 research expedition

The first ECO2 research expedition has just concluded on Tuesday 14th June 2011 in Kiel (Germany). The research crew on board the R/V Alkor investigated the natural CO2 seep site Salt Dome Juist in the German North Sea and the industrial CO2 storage site Sleipner in the Norwegian North Sea.

2011-05-22 22:17

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