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How can Norway contribute to building a full-scale CCS plant?
ZERO believes that the Norwegian government has to launch a competition for government grants to build a full-scale CCS plant by 2020. The competition should be announced during fall 2014, and the final decision should be made by the end of 2015.
CCS – Laying the foundation for a full-scale plant in Norway within 2020 starts now
Let us think ahead regarding CCS. This is how ZERO’s Gøril Andreassen opened the ZERO Breakfast on May 27: What now, CCS? How can Norway front the development of CCS.
The UK must fast-track CCS pilot projects, according to MP report
The Energy and Climate Change Committee in the UK released a report yesterday, where they urge the UK government to fast-track final funding to two CCS pilot projects.
Scottish and Cypriot scientists explore storage in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Scientists from Scotland and Cyprus have formed a research partnership that could open up a new frontier for the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, as part of a budding hydrocarbons industry in the eastern Mediterranean, says SCCS in a recent press release.
IEA says the business-as-usual approach is no longer viable
In a report released in May, the IEA states that the progress of developing and deploying clean energy is going too slow.
CCS essential climate mitigation technology, according to IPCC
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its Fifth Assessment report, where they recognize that a widespread deployment of CCS is crucial to reach the climate goals for 2050.
Looking at CO2 storage around the world
In our fifth article about carbon storage we are looking at the most prominent storage sites and projects around the world. We have previously covered the potential to store CO2 in the North Sea, but also want to show the variety of storage sites that exist around the world.
Research concludes that impacts of an unlikely leakage of CO2 will be small
The EU FP7 research project RISCS have published its final report. ZERO has been part of the project and partner in communicating the result, which concludes that storing CO2 is safe.
Environmental NGO groups in favour of CCS
Wired claims that environmentalists are actively working against CCS in an article this week, but the ENGO Network on CCS has promoted CCS as a part of the climate solution since 2011.
CGS Europe releases report on CO2 storage opportunities in Europe
CGS Europe has participated with 34 research institutes around Europe to create an overview of the many potential CO2 storage pilot projects across Europe. The report presents 22 potential pilot projects in 15 European countries.
FEED contract and funding awarded to the Peterhead CCS Project
The British Secretary of State signed an agreement with Shell UK Ltd this week to move forward with the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) work on the Peterhead CCS Project in the UK.
Europe must integrate CCS in 2030 framework
Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) released a policy briefing this week where they advise that the European Union must identify and propose quantifiable milestones for CCS as part of the new 2030 climate and energy framework.
North America and China lead the way on CCS technology
North America and China is leading the development of CCS technology according to a report that was released in Brussels today.
Boundary Dam – Just Do It!
SaskPower visited Oslo this week to share their experiences from building the CCS project Boundary Dam, which was built faster and is less expensive than the Norwegian Mongstad project.
Lack of CCS initiatives in the EU’s 2030 framework
The EU Commission’s communication on the policy framework for climate and energy from 2020 to 2030 was released on January 22, and showed a surprising lack of CCS initiatives after positive signs from the European Parliament the week before.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister in Mongstad Hearing
The CCS project at Mongstad was cancelled in September 2013, shortly after the Auditor General released a report that questioned the lack of financial control in the project. Former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will have to meet in a hearing on January 20 to shed a light on what went wrong.
EU resolution on the development of CCS
On January 14, 2014 the European Parliament took an important step towards developing more CCS in Europe.
The Future of CCS in the EU
With COP19 behind us and with a realization that we are no closer to a climate solution that we were before the meetings in Poland, it is time to take a look at what is going on with CCS in the EU.
Putting it back – How to deploy large-scale CCS
ZERO recently released a report about policy instruments for large-scale CCS, which offers a thorough analysis of the policy-making instruments and suggestions on how to best implement CCS in Europe.
A case study looking at the potential for long-term CO2 storage beneath the North Sea
In this fourth article about carbon storage, we are looking at the potential for long time CO2 storage beneath the North Sea. The previous three articles have made the argument that the technology exists, is safe and has support around the globe, and in this article we aim to show where it can be done.
