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Publish date: September 20, 2011
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The project was focused on north-west and central Europe. One of the assumptions was that CCS will contribute to 1/3 of reduction in CO2 emissions. The three scenarios the project takes into consideration are:
• Reference: Onshore + offshore storage (based on national assumptions)
• Offshore only
• Offshore only + Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Based on infrastructure maps, the project draws the conclusion that there is uneven distribution of capture, transport and storage capacity. The geographical concentration of the different parts of the CCS value chain is as follows:
• Capture: Germany, Poland, UK
• Transport: Germany, Poland, Norway, Baltic region
• Storage: Germany, Poland, UK, Norway
• Trans-boundary transport: North Sea region, Baltic region.
CO2Europipe predicts that infrastructure types will be of one-on-one ‘networks’ type in the early phase, followed by complex, multi-user networks throughout most of Europe from about 2030, whereas the transition would take place between 2020 and 2030. The most important recognized issues that need to be tackled for such networks are the mixing CO2 flows on common design basis and quality requirements, as well as cross-border issues (liability in transport and storage).
The final outcomes will be published in October this year. For details please refer to the project’s website: http://www.co2europipe.eu/ and the presentations to be downloaded to the right.
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.