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Publish date: October 15, 2007
Written by: Aage Stangeland
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Why CCS
In this study it is documented that CCS together with enhanced energy efficiency and more renewable energy is the only strategy to ensure 50 to 80 percent reduction in global CO2 emissions. Read more.
Bellona has also published a Why CCS brochure (PDF).
The potential for CO2 capture
CCS has a large potential for reducing global CO2 emissions. In this study it is documented that a wide implementation of CCS can reduce global CO2 emissions by 33 percent. Read more.
Scenarios for CO2 emissions
Future CO2 emissions depends on which incentives and regulations that are implemented to reduce the emissions. Bellona has studied several scenarios for CO2 emissions onwards to 2050, and all scenarios shows that large reductions in CO2 emissions will require much stronger incentives that are considered by decision makers today. Read more.
Potential and barriers for renewable energy
The final solution to the climate challenge is renewable energy production. However, there are large barriers to large increase in renewable energy production. Read more.
CO2 storage
Safe CO2 storage is possible. Bellona has performed a study to investigate how safe CO2 storage can be performed. Read more.
Regulatory framework for CCS
A successful implementation of CCS requires that a regulatory framework for CCS is established. Bellona has identified what needs to be addressed in a new framework. Read more.
CCS and CDM
Bellona has suggested that CCS is included in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol. This can lead to signifivatnt reductions in global CO2 emissions. Read more.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.