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Publish date: April 29, 2011
Written by: Niklas Kalvø Tessem
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The report was commissioned through the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom as part of the work of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Technology Action Plan. CO2 reuse may provide moderate revenue stream in some locations, and may be particularly beneficial in developing countries.
– Some of the beneficial uses of CO2 examined in the report may help form part of an overall carbon mitigation strategy. CCS remains a very real solution to the significant reduction of CO2 emissions, said Craig Chambers, Client Relationship Executive in Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Energy, Mining and Industry Group.
The report also suggests some areas of action. Key priorities are the mapping of opportunities and to identify points where CO2 sources align with strong demand for CO2. Furthermore the report encourage that large scale CCS demonstration projects in emerging and developing economies focus more on CO2 reuse opportunities.
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.