Links
There is a lot of information about CCS available on the internet, but how do you find the information you are searching for? How does one find the best web sites and the best reports?
We have searched the web to find relevant information on CCS. The sites we regard as the most informative on this topic are listed below together with some recommended brochures and reports.
Who: CO2 Capture Project
What: The CO2 Capture Project (CCP) is an award-winning partnership of seven major energy companies working to advance the technologies that will underpin the deployment of industrial-scale CO2 capture and storage (CCS).
Why: At the heart of its work, is the large-scale application of CCS to the oil and gas industry itself. But importantly, the CCP is playing a critical role sharing the industry’s expertise to support the wider application of CCS — as a climate change mitigation tool
Where: http://www.co2captureproject.com
Who: CCS Education Initiative
What: The CCS Education Initiative is a collaboration of environmentally concerned businesses and organizations focused on the important and necessary role that CCS can play in mitigating global climate change
Why: The website covers various arenas and jurisdictions with a view to promoting informed discussion and analysis by decision-makers in government, industry and the wider community.
Where: http://www.ccs-education.net/
Who: CO2 Field Lab. This tri-national project partnership between Norway, France and the United Kingdom has already obtained the Eurogia+ label for its efforts.
What: The project aims to develop and set standards for monitoring CO<small>2</small> storage.
Why: The main objective of the CO2 Field Lab project is to assure and increase carbon storage safety by obtaining valuable knowledge about monitoring of CO2 migration in geological formations. This will enable detection of possible CO2 leakage at the earliest possible stage.
Where: http://www.sintef.no/co2fieldlab
Who: ECCO
What: Collaboration project under the EU 7th framework programme for research (7FP)
Why: Because the main objective of ECCO is to facilitate strategic decision making regarding early and future implementation of CO2 value chains.
Where: http://www.sintef.no/Projectweb/ecco/
Who: The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (Global CCS Institute)
What: Newsletter, reports and publications related to CCS deployment world-wide.
Why: The Institute`s central objective is to accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to ensure their valuable contribution in reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Where: http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/
Who: IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
What: The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) is an international collaborative research programme set up under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEA GHG focuses its efforts on studying technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Why: Experts on CCS
Where: www.ieagreen.org.uk/ccs.html
Who: NETL
What: The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), part of DOE’s national laboratory system. NETL has expertise in several energy fields, including CCS
Why: Very good in-depth information of how CCS works
Where:http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/index.htm
Who: UCL Carbon Capture Legal Programme
What: This website aims to provide a dedicated, up to date, open access and independent resource base on legal and regulatory issues related to CCS, together with associated policy material.
Why: The website covers various arenas and jurisdictions with a view to promoting informed discussion and analysis by decision-makers in government, industry and the wider community.
Where: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cclp/
Who: ZEP
What: ZEP is an European technology platform on CCS. In other words, it is a group of experts that will come up with recommendations on how CCS can be a reality in the EU
Why: More than 200 CCS experts on CCS are participating in ZEP
Where: www.zero-emissionplatform.eu/website/index.html
Who: The SUCCESS centre
What: The SUCCESS centre addresses several important areas for CO2 storage in the subsurface: storage performance, sealing properties, injection, monitoring and consequences for the marine environment. The “CO2-School” is in addition a major educational program.
Why: The centre will as far as possible try to bridge gaps from details to concepts and applications, from small to large scale, and to transfer data and knowledge between many related fields.
Where: http://www.fme-success.no/index.cfm?id=230911 http://www.ccs-education.net/
Bellona Polska
The Bellona Polish site
http://www.bellonapolska.pl/
CAGS - China Australia Geological Storage of CO2
Collaborative project that aims to help accelerate the development and deployment of geological storage of carbon dioxide in China and Australia.
http://www.cagsinfo.net/
Carbon Capture and Storage Accelerator
Platform aiming at providing guidance on CCS technologies worldwide.
http://www.prognoz.com/CCS/index.html
CCP
The CO2 Capture Project
www.co2captureproject.org
CCSA
The Carbon Capture & Storage Association - CCSA - works to raise awareness of the benefits of CCS
http://www.ccsassociation.org/
CO2CRC
The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
www.co2crc.com.au
CO2NET
www.co2net.com/home/index.asp
CO2 SINK
This site contains information about a European research project (CO2SINK) dealing with research on geological storage of CO2 in an underground geological formation in Ketzin, Germany, as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.co2sink.org/
CSLF
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
www.cslforum.org
DoE
U.S. Department of Energy, web-site on CCS
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/index.html
The Edison Foundation
http://www.edisonfoundation.net/events/2008-03-03/index.htm
EPRI
http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt
EU Geocapacity project
nts1.cgu.cz/portal/page/portal/geocapacity
FutureGen
www.futuregenalliance.org
Gassnova
Norwegian public body representing the NorwegianState in CCS matters
www.gassnova.no
Green Facts
Green Facts bring complex scientific consensus reports to the reach of non-specialists
www.greenfacts.org/en/co2-capture-storage/
ICO2N
The ICO2N - Integrated CO2 Network - represent a cross-section of Canadian industry committed to helping Canada meet its climate change objectives
http://www.ico2n.com/
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
www.ieagreen.org.uk/ccs.html
The In Salah Carbon Capture and geological Storage (CCS) project
www.insalahco2.com
International Journal of Greenhouse gas Control
ees.elsevier.com/jggc/default.asp
IPCC Special Report on CCS
http://www1.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/srccs.htm
Longyearbyen CO2Lab (UNIS)
Having identified saline aquifers where CO2 can be stored, the goal is to move on to carbon capture when storage capabilities in Longyearbyen (Norway) have been explored and mapped.
http://www.unis.no
MIT
The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program at MIT
sequestration.mit.edu/index.html
NETL
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/index.html
NewGenCoal
The Australian Coal Association's carbon capture and storage website,
http://www.newgencoal.com.au/
PCOR
Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership
http://www.undeerc.org/PCOR/
UKCCSC
Scottish Center for Carbon Storage
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/sccs/storage/storageSites.html
The Weyburn CCS Project
http://www.ptrc.ca/weyburn_overview.php
WEC
The World Energy Council has set up a program committee on Cleaner Fossil Fuels Systems
http://www.worldenergy.org/work_programme/technical_programme/technical_committees/cleaner_fossil_fuel_systems/default.asp
World Research Institurte (WRI)
http://www.wri.org/project/carbon-capture-sequestration
Who: IPCC
Title: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
What: A comprehensive report covering most aspects of CCS
Why: This is a few years old, so it does not cover recent news, but it contains all relevant information on CCS.
When: 2005
Where:link to report
Who: McKinsey & Company
Title: Carbon Capture & Storage: Assessing the Economics
What: CCS cost
Why: A good report on CCS cost based on input from several industrial stakeholders
When: October 2008
Where: link to report
Who: ZEP
Title: CO2 capture and storage (CCS) - Why it is essential to combat global warming
What: Why CCS is essential in the strategy to combat global warming
Why: A well-written explanation on the importance of CCS
When: May 2008
Where: link to brochure
Who: ZEP
Title: EU Demonstration Programme for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) - ZEP's proposal
What: A roadmap of how to establish 15 demonstration projects for CCS in the EU by 2015
Why: This roadmap could easily be the solution to how the EU can make CCS commercial viable
When: November 2008
Where: link to brochure
