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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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The EU enabling legal framework for carbon capture and geological storage

2009
Scholarly Work
Scott Brockett
This paper explains the proposed enabling legal framework for carbon capture and geological storage that was part of the European Commission's 2008 Barroso Package on Climate Change and Energy.

Global learning on carbon capture and storage: A call for strong international cooperation on CCS demonstration

2009
Scholarly Work
Heleen de Coninck, Jennie C. Stephens, Bert Metz
This paper argues that developing strong international cooperation for CCS demonstration, with global coordination, transparency, cost-sharing and communication as guiding principles, would optimize collaborative global learning on CCS.

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Regulations 2009

2009
Regulation
State of Victoria, Australia
These regulations provide for the elimination or minimization of the environmental, health and safety hazards and risks associated with greenhouse gas sequestration operations, and prescribe administrative matters, fees and other requirements.

Pore space ownership issues for CO2 sequestration in the U.S.

2009
Scholarly Work
Ian Duncan, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Scott Anderson
This paper reviews a broad range of case law relevant to subsurface property rights and carbon dioxide sequestration and finds that U.S. state courts' application of basic common law principles is in fact consistent across all jurisdictions examined.

Geologic CO2 Sequestration: Who Owns the Pore Space

2009
Scholarly Work
Owen L. Anderson
This paper discusses the ownership of subsurface pore space in Texas to determine which property-interest holder has the sequestration rights.

State Policy on Geologic Sequestration: 2009 Update

2009
Scholarly Work
Melisa F. Pollak, Sarah Johnson Phillips
This white paper discusses state policy activity on geologic sequestration, with a focus on the latest trends and developments from 2009.

Regulating Geologic Sequestration in the United States: Early Rules Take Divergent Approaches

2009
Scholarly Work
Melisa F. Pollak, Elizabeth J. Wilson
This paper compares state and federal regulations for the geological sequestration (GS) of carbon dioxide, focusing on elements where their differences highlight the choices that must be made to create a regulatory framework for GS in the U.S.

Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

2009
Enacted Legislation
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union
This directive revised the EU Emissions Trading Directive to include CCS beginning from 2013 onwards.

20 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 3855/1-75

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Illinois
This section in the Illinois Power Agency Act requires a 5% clean coal portfolio standard for utilities and sets parameters for “initial clean coal plants” that include at least 50% carbon capture and sequestration.

220 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/16-115

2009
Enacted Legislation
State of Illinois
To supply electricity to alternative retail electric suppliers as part of their renewable energy portfolios, clean coal facilities must sequester 50% of CO2 emissions or purchase offsets to cover any drop of the total emissions sequestered below 50%.

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